Best for a family unsure whether their dancer wants a competition team or just fun.

Dance LessonsBalletJazzTapHip-HopContemporaryLyricalPomPointeAcro
Recreational & CompetitiveLocally-OwnedWomen-Owned
Group classesIndoorSummer campsOngoing enrollmentDrop-inTryout requiredPaid trialYear-round
Mon · 5PM – 7PM
Monday5PM – 7PM
Tuesday4:30PM – 9:30PM
Wednesday4:30PM – 9PM
Thursday4:30PM – 9PM
Friday5PM – 7PM
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
$55 - $305

$55 - $305

  • The Rec (recreational track) posts monthly tuition by weekly class hours — $55 for 30 min/week up to $305 for 5 hrs/week — plus a $50 registration fee per dancer, $30 per additional hour, and sibling discounts.
  • Drop-in rates are $25 (1-hr class) and $35 (1.5-hr class).
  • Class cards run $210 (10 hours) and $420 (20 hours).
  • A $5 trial class is offered.
  • Competition-team (MVMNT Company / FIDC) costs are published only as estimates, in the studio's 2026–27 audition packet: a $75 registration fee; summer training of roughly $145–$295 a month plus a mandatory $415 Level Up Summer Intensive; fall training of roughly $185–$350 a month plus rehearsal fees of roughly $25–$45 per dance; and choreography for the two mandatory dances at roughly $250–$500 each. Costumes (about $250 each), a $175 competition showcase fee, a $25 monthly nationals fee, master classes, five conventions or competitions, and travel are on top.
Class days & times

What's offered

Group dance classes across ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, contemporary, lyrical, acro, tumbling, and musical theater, plus drill-team and collegiate prep. Three tracks: The Rec (recreational, all levels, no competition commitment), The MVMNT Company (elite technical competition team, ages 4–19), and Floor Invasion Dance Crew / FIDC (elite hip-hop crew, ages 5–19). A $5 trial class is available. Class hours run Monday and Friday 5–7 PM, Tuesday 4:30–9:30 PM, and Wednesday and Thursday 4:30–9 PM; there is no Saturday or Sunday on the schedule.

Weekly classes

Room 114
  • Flexibility and LegsMon · 5pm–6pm · 5/6
  • Power Jumps and SkillsMon · 6pm–7pm · 3/4
  • Technique and TurnsTue · 5:30pm–6:30pm · 1/2
  • Hip HopTue · 6:30pm–7:30pm · 1/2
  • BalletTue · 7:30pm–8:30pm · 3/4
  • BalletTue · 8:30pm–9:30pm · 5/6
  • AcroWed · 4:30pm–5:30pm · 1/2
  • BalletWed · 5:30pm–6:30pm · 1/2
  • Variations/Pointe and Pre-PointeWed · 8pm–9pm
  • Technique and TurnsThu · 4:30pm–5:30pm · 3/4
  • Technique and TurnsThu · 5:30pm–6:30pm · 5/6
  • Flexibility and LegsThu · 8pm–9pm · 3/4
  • Drill PrepFri · 5pm–6pm
  • Collegiate PrepFri · 6pm–7pm
Room 25
  • Cross Training/ConditioningTue · 4:30pm–6pm
  • Hip HopTue · 7:30pm–8:30pm · 5/6
  • Hip HopTue · 8:30pm–9:30pm · 3/4
  • Improv and StylesThu · 6:30pm–8pm
  • Power Jumps and SkillsThu · 8pm–9pm · 5/6
Room 35
  • Boys Hip Hop and AgilityTue · 5:30pm–6:30pm
  • AcroTue · 6:30pm–7:30pm · 1/2
  • StylesWed · 6:30pm–7:30pm · 1/2
  • AcroThu · 4:30pm–5:30pm · 5/6
  • AcroThu · 5:30pm–6:30pm · 3/4
Room 43
  • TBTWed · 4:30pm–5:30pm · ages 2–3 · 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 yr
  • THJWed · 5:30pm–6:30pm · ages 4–5
  • Pointe and Pre-PointeWed · 7pm–8pm
Camps
Dates

The studio runs summer and agency intensives. The 2026 summer intensives have ended and no upcoming dates are posted; past intensives were announced on the studio's Instagram and Facebook.

Cost

Summer 2026 intensives (concluded): the Pulse Collegiate Summer Intensive (June 16–19) was $300 for the full intensive or $90 a day, and Booked & Branded (August 4–6) was $415. Contact for current pricing.

Our take

Studio 12's useful trait is that it does two things well that usually live at different studios. On one side are its competition teams — The MVMNT Company and the Floor Invasion Dance Crew — which compete locally and nationally and pull down first-place finishes; on the other is The Rec, an explicitly low-commitment recreational program for dancers who are new or just want to train without the competitive grind. For a family that isn't sure yet whether their kid is headed for the competition circuit or just loves to move, one studio that credibly serves both is the draw.

The class menu is broad — ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, contemporary, lyrical, acro, tumbling, and musical theater, plus drill-team and collegiate prep. The competition tracks are selective and serious (ages 4 through 19), while The Rec stays open to all levels. It's an independent, family-run studio rather than a chain. If you want a purely casual, once-a-week-forever studio with no competitive presence at all, the intensity here may be more than you want; if you want room to grow into competition, it's a strong fit. A trial class is the easy way to test it.

Local Tips

Studio 12 is on Greenbriar Drive. A few practical notes:

  • There's no phone number published anywhere — all contact runs through email (studio12dc@gmail.com), so plan to reach out that way to schedule a trial class.
  • The studio-wide class grid is weekday evenings only: Monday and Friday are short 5–7 PM blocks, and Tuesday runs latest at 9:30 PM. Company and crew dancers may also have required classes outside that grid, depending on level, which the audition packet lists among their requirements.
  • Decide up front which track you're after — the competition teams (MVMNT, FIDC) are selective and demanding, while The Rec is the pressure-free option — because they're run quite differently.
Credentials

Studio 12 Dance Center is an independent, family-run dance studio. Lisa Daly-Curcio is its owner and studio director and leads S12 Pre-Pro, a mentorship program meant to bridge dancers into the professional industry; her studio bio says she has choreographed for professional artists, middle schools and performing-arts high schools. Her daughter Emily Daly is the artistic director and directs The MVMNT Company; she specializes in contemporary choreography and trained at DFW PAC. Kylah Henry, who has more than 20 years of dance experience, directs the Floor Invasion Dance Crew and led it to World of Dance titles in 2022. The studio fields two selective competition teams — The MVMNT Company (a technical competition team, ages 4–19) and the Floor Invasion Dance Crew (a hip-hop crew, ages 5–19) — alongside its recreational program, and its audition packet profiles further directors and its ballet and hip-hop instructors.

Sign up to find out which kids’ activity will take over your entire weekend