Myrtle Beach School of Performing Arts

About Us

        The Myrtle Beach School of Performing Arts, established 1965, has long earned a reputation for providing quality, professional instruction in a positive, nurturing environment. Our program has grown and developed to provide a well-rounded dance education with an emphasis on technique, performance and an appreciation for the arts.  The Myrtle Beach School of Performing Arts offers classes in dance ( contemporary, jazz, ballet, tap, hiphop, acrobatics) drama, musical theater and  voice . Our dance season begins in September and continues through May. Our Summer Program includes  six weeks of dance classes,  Song & Dance Camps for elementary students and a 2 week Theater Production Workshop with a full-scale musical presentation.

Our Students

       It has been our pleasure to follow the careers of our former students as they have
continued  their training and are performing with  New York University. Columbia University (Chicago), The North Carolina School of The Arts,The Power Company, Columbia College Dance ensemble, The Pacific Northwest Ballet, The Rockettes, Full Circle Dance, Stolen Chair Theater Company, Anatomical Theater, Mordine &Co. and The Top 10 dancers from So You Think You  Can Dance Season IV. The MBSPA has had the unique distinction of having had one or more students accepted into the Summer Dance Program at THE SC Governor's School  at Furman University for the past 20 years.  In 1995, we were represented by an unprecedented 10 dancers.

Classes

        All students aged 3-5 are placed in a combination class with students their age and experience level.   These hour-long classes meet once each week and are designed to introduce the  preschooler to music, rhythm, pantomime and the basics of dance movement in ballet, creative movement and tap. Elementary aged students have the option of combination classes or individual classes longer in length which involve attending more than once each week.  Classes include ballet,  jazz technique,  hiphop and tap,and from middle school through adult - contemporary, pilates, pointe, acting, acrobatics, voice and musical theater instruction are available as well.