Brucie Klay's Dance Center

Brucie Klay's Dance Center is a South Tampa studio at 3601 S. Manhattan Avenue, celebrating 40 years in business. Weekly classes run from early September through mid-June in a refurbished facility, beginning with Creative Dance for ages 3-5 that introduces ballet, jazz, tap and tumbling through props, music and games. Older students take a Ballet and Jazz combo for ages 6-10 and levelled programs in Ballet (I-IV), Jazz (I-IV), Tap, Hip Hop, Acrobatics (I-III), Lyrical/Contortion, Cheer Dance and Acrobatics, and Aerial Yoga on hammock swings using a curriculum created by Brucie Klay. Adults can take tap and pop-up dance, Zumba and aerial yoga sessions charged per class. Brucie Klay's Dance Company fields three audition-based teams - High Energy, Apprentice and Stars - for dancers aged 7 and up, and the year includes performances and an end-of-year recital plus themed summer camp weeks and intensives.