Mommy & Baby Exercise Class
Motherhood is not for the weak - Join us to get strong!
Dr. Danielle Racioppi (Back to Me Physical Therapy), leads exercises designed to rebuild mom's post-baby core and pelvic floor. Through baby-included movements, baby will work on gross motor skills too. Ideal for mommy/baby pairs 6 weeks to 9 months postpartum. Meet other new mamas while having fun with your baby and strengthening your body.
Tuesdays 9:00am, April 16th, 23rd, 30th and May 7th, 14th, 21st
Drop in rate: $50/pair for each class
Package of 4 or more classes: $45/pair for each class
Earth Day Walk & Dance
Celebrate Earth Day at Dance Local
Enjoy some outside time! Walk from Bedwell Elementary school to Dance Local. Enjoy a snack on the patio and then dance the afternoon away! Students will be dismissed as a “walker” to Meg Regan, safely walk 1 mile together as a group and be picked up at the studio for 5pm.
For children ages 1st Grade & up, $36/child
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Irish Dance Workshop
Beginner Irish Dance Lesson
Grades Kindergarten - 3rd
Get into the St. Patrick's Day spirit with a beginner Irish Step Dance lesson! Learn basic soft shoe dance movements with Madison Ferruggia, Irish Step Dancer/Bernardsville High School Senior. Plus, enjoy making green crafts and eating healthy green snacks! Shoes not required, students can wear socks.
$36/per person
Winter Finale Celebration and Campfire
Outdoor Dance Event
Saturday, March 9th, 3-5 PM
Join us for our winter adventures finale at Fairview Farm Wildlife Preserve in Bedminster, NJ, and say goodbye to winter as we get ready to spring forward. We’ve made it through the darkest winter days! Get down with some outdoor dance moves to lift your spirits up with special guest Dance Local. We’ll rock our wild winter moves on a scavenger hunt for all ages and enjoy one last campfire with warm Scandinavian glogg and treats.
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to connect with nature and celebrate the end of winter together! Bundle up and bid farewell to the chilly season.
This event is part of RHA’s (Raritan Headwaters Association) partnership with Friluftsliving Family, helping busy families create easy outdoor adventures, wherever you live! Learn more and follow along with this winter’s “15 Weeks of Friluftsliv” on the Friluftsliving Family Instagram page or via newsletter!
$20/per person
Ladies’ Dance Night Out
Galentine’s Dance Night Out
Thursday 2/8 (Weather Date Tuesday 2/13)
8-9pm
After a great time at Bernardsville's Galentine's event, join us at the studio to learn simple dance moves and have fun with your gal pals! BYOB if you’d like. Instructor: Meg Regan
Free event with RSVP: Sign Up
*In memory of my fabulous gal pal, Andrea Guadagno, donations will be accepted to support Andrea Mychaels Performing Arts Foundation. Andrea was a fierce mover and shaker, excellent educator, and rockstar singer. I am grateful to have danced alongside her. “Yaydance!” - Meg
Gentle Yoga for Adults
Mondays 11:15-12 PM
March 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
We all need to slow down, breathe deeper and relax our minds and bodies. That's exactly what this 45 minute class is designed to do. Through gentle movement, breathwork and guided relaxation, and with the aid of relaxing essential oils, we will practice slowing down and being present. Leave feeling rested, rejuvenated and ready to move mindfully through the rest of your day! This floor based class is open to all levels. Please dress comfortable and bring a water bottle.
$98/per person ($100 via Venmo)
Ladies' Dance Night Out
Learn simple dance moves and have fun with your gal pals! BYOB
Thursday, January 18, 2024
8-9pm
$24/person
Fletcher Towel Class for Adults
Fletcher Towelwork is a simple method of movement (first invented by Ron Fletcher, a first generation student of Joe & Clara Pilates) that uses a towel like prop to improve and correct forward posture, open and increase range of arm and chest motion/mobility, and improve balance while strengthening back muscles.
Teacher Colby Chapman has led a variety of movement classes for over 25 years and created the first Pilates Mat Program at the local Somerset Hills YMCA.
Tuesdays 10am: January 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th
$98/per person
✅ Free Rehearsal Space Program
✅ Free Rehearsal Space Program
Dance Local is providing 36 hours of free rehearsal space to NJ based dance groups and individual artists through August 2023. Applicants must be aged 18 yrs+ and current Dance New Jersey Members.
😎 Summer Camps
ELEMENTARY Dance & Yoga Camp (ages 5/6-10yrs)
Aug 7th-11th, 9am-12pm ($275/child)
Start the day with yoga by Pam Nixon/Peace Play and then enjoy dancing, movement games and crafts with new friends.
PRESCHOOL Friday Fun Camp (ages 3-5yrs) CAMP FULL
July 14th, 21st, 28th, Aug 4th
9:30-11:30am ($167/child)
Children will love this fun morning of creative movement, games, crafts and songs and making new friends.
🎤 Ladies Night Out Dance Party
🎤 Ladies Night Out (Downtown Bernardsville)
Put on your mom jeans (or sweatpants) and join a fun dance party. Move and let loose to a variety of songs - you name it and it's on the playlist! Enjoy tasty drinks and treats throughout the evening!
Please wear comfortable, moveable clothing and SOCKS.
🎸 “Songs From Home” Album Release Party for Kids
🎸 “Songs From Home” Album Release Party for Kids
Mr T. Music & Friends, Allen Thurlow & Jim Goodwin will perform original music from "Songs From Home" live on the Dance Local patio! Then the party continues inside the studio with activities, crafts, face painting, dancing and more!
Tickets: $29 (includes autographed CD), Ticket Form
☮️ Adult/Child Yoga
☮️ Adult/Child Yoga
The ABC's of partner yoga - Align, Breathe. Connect. An opportunity to partner and be present in poses and activities with your loved one. Children ages 7-11yrs, ($40/pair). Please bring a mat and water bottle.
⭐ Dance Day
⭐ Dance Day
A day of movement activities, crafts, a trip to the library and of course - lots of dancing! Drop off event for children aged Kindergarten+ ($76/child)
🌈 Preschool Dance Break
🌈 Preschool Dance break
Enjoy a morning of movement games, crafts and dance! Craft included. Please pack a nut-free snack and water bottle. Drop off class for preschool aged children, 4yrs+, $36/child.
💐 Breathe, Bloom, Boogie
💐 Breathe, Bloom, Boogie
A gathering to help reset your mind and body with Jennifer Russell (Massage Therapist), Tacy Quinn/Friluftsliving Family and Meg Regan/Dance Local.
BREATHE: Harness the power of your breath as Jen guides us through simple yet powerful practices that even the busiest person can immediately add to their wellness toolbox. Learn fun tidbits about how optimizing breathing mechanics helps everything!
BLOOM: Discover the power of flowers to re-energize and ground you. We know that spending time in nature has positive effects, come see how flowers can accelerate this through creative recipes and crafts. You’ll bring home a seasonal petal scrub and new ideas for easy ways to savor spring with friends and family.
BOOGIE: End the night with easy moves to let loose and let go. Feel your personal power as we groove to the breathy, bloomin’ voices of singers such as Janis Joplin, Adele, Stevie Nicks, Florence & The Machine and more!!
Please wear comfortable, moveable clothing and SOCKS.
💪 Barefoot Body Weight Fusion Workshop
💪 Barefoot Body Weight Fusion Workshop
A unique and challenging workout done with no equipment. Your focus: building muscular strength and endurance, balance, core strength and flexibility. These 5 components are the building blocks to increasing functional fitness.
Brought to you by Jennifer Morrison, owner of MSBH Fitness & Wellness. Jennifer is a certified exercise physiologist, personal trainer, group fitness instructor and weight training specialist.
All fitness levels are welcome! Please wear comfortable, moveable clothing. Mats available, BYO if preferred.
Thursdays 10:15-11:15 am on May 11, 18, 25, June 1
$99/4 Week Workshop, $27/Drop In Class
👢Line then 🍷 Wine
👢Line then 🍷 Wine
Mary Jane Canose will lead a variety of Line Dances and then we'll sip reds and whites shared by 56 Degrees Wine Co. Please wear comfortable, moveable clothing and SOCKS. Jazz shoes/sneakers or clean, dark soled soft sneakers are permitted for this class.
Dance Day
Gather at Dance Local with Director Meg Regan for a day of dancing, movement games, crafts, a trip to the Bernardsville Public Library & more! To celebrate Earth Week, our day’s theme will be “OUR PLANET!” Please wear socks, pack a nut-free lunch and water bottle. Ages Kindergarten+ $75/child.
Preschool Dance Break
Spring break? Take a DANCE BREAK! Enjoy a morning of dancing, movement games, crafts, and more! Please wear socks, pack a nut-free snack and water bottle. Led by Meg Regan, Director Dance Local. Drop off class for children ages 4yrs+ ($36/child).
Breath Circle (Special Event)
Clear your energetic slate one breath at a time! Release stuck, blocked, outdated energy from your cells, your thought matter, and your spirit. Come home to yourself! Please bring a yoga mat, eye cover/wash cloth any supportive items for your practice (ie photos, crystals, items that bring you comfort, inspiration).
Email Amanda Modale to register for this event: amanday@aol.com
Breathwork Healing is a meditation tool, utilizing a specific 3 part breathwork technique (taught by David Elliott), to facilitate a release of stuck energy, thought patterns and emotional baggage. Memories, belief systems, stress, trauma, loss, grief, fear, and anxiety can surface to begin the process of healing. Once we are freed, we experience deeper levels of joy and love, creativity, and healthy self-love and self-expression.
Learn more: www.BreatheYourLife.com
Instructor April Linson is a modern day healing practitioner, using the ancient tools of breath and sound, to bring harmony, peace, and coherence to clients. Her gentle and attentive nature creates a sacred and safe space for deep healing. Using the practices of guided breathwork meditation, as well as the frequencies of sound and vibration within tuning forks (Biofield Tuning), April has learned healing most often occurs when we learn to listen on a deeper level. Using the tools that have personally transformed her relationship with herself and others, as well as her purpose in the world, she is overjoyed to share these practices with others.
Adult Class - Strength, Sweat & DANCE
Guest instructor, Erin Carlisle Norton of The Moving Architects will bring us a one of kind movement experience. To warm up and strengthen the body, barre like exercises and Pilates movements will be used and then we will get our cardio on modern dance style, to the super fun rock songs of the 1990s. No prior dance experience necessary!
Please wear comfortable, moveable clothing and SOCKS.
$24, Sign Up Here
Adult Class - Beginner Jazz
“All That JAZZ!” Join guest teacher Leah Horowitz for a jazz dance class. Learn the basics and a fun, energetic combination at the end!
Please wear comfortable, moveable clothing and SOCKS.
$24, Sign Up Here
ShamROCK Kids Concert
Get into the lucky, St. Patrick's spirit! Music and dance performances by Mr. T & Friends Music, (including Melissa Leonard & Darcey Brooten) and local high school Irish Step Dancer, Madison Ferruggia! “Design a Shamrock” craft included. All ages welcome, drop off available for ages 5yrs+.
Adult Class - Line Dancing
Join guest teacher, Mary Jane Canose for some old and some new line dancing fun!
Please wear comfortable, moveable clothing and SOCKS. Jazz shoes/sneakers or clean, dark soled soft sneakers are permitted for this class.
$24, Sign Up Here
Adult Class - Yoga Dance
Combining contemporary dance and yoga, guest instructor Jackie Carelli will guide the class through focused flows and balances, then turn up the fun with a dance combination that will leave you feeling fit and fabulous. No prior dance experience necessary!
Please wear comfortable, moveable clothing and SOCKS.
$24, Sign Up Here
Gentle Flow Modern Dance
It’s self-care, dance time! Gentle flowing movements to the sounds of Enya, Sade & more! Relax and enjoy moving in a slow, stretchy way! (w/ Meg Regan)
Please wear comfortable, moveable clothing and SOCKS.
$24, Sign Up Here
The Rebecca Collection + Dance Local
Dance Local and The Rebecca Collection are teaming up this March! Subscribe for a chance to receive gifts from both Bernardsville businesses. Selections announced 3/31! Be sure to follow/like on Facebook: The Rebecca Collection & Dance Local
Dance & Cheer Workshop
Get ready for Superbowl Sunday with Leah Horowitz & Meg Regan! In this workshop students will use gymnastics mats to practices tumble/jump basics, learn the top 10 best and coolest dance team and cheer moves, and learn a short cheer dance to show family and friends. Includes poms, craft and a snack. Please bring a labeled water bottle and wear comfortable, moveable clothing. Ages K-4th, $58
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Adult Class - Line Dancing
Join guest teacher, Mary Jane Canose to learn and practice line dances of all sorts! Get some mind/body exercise and have fun at the same time! No prior experience required.
Please wear comfortable, moveable clothing and SOCKS (or jazz shoes/jazz sneakers).
$24, Sign Up Here
Wild Winter Moves
Family Event!
Get down with some wild dance moves to lift your spirits up! Meg Regan of Dance Local will join the Friluftsliving Family fun to create an outdoor dance experience you’ll never forget. Moves inspired by nature.
Fairview Farm Wildlife Preserve/Raritan Headwaters Association, $12 per person