Little Leapers Roanoke

Little Leapers Roanoke ✨ Magical children’s dance curriculum
✨ Dance classes starting at 18 months
✨ Compete with our LEAP Company teams!
✨ Roanoke | Blacksburg

OUR PROGRAM: If you enter a typical children’s dance class you might see Ballet Barres, tight buns, and teachers wagging their fingers for students to straighten their knees. For many young dancers the wonderful fantasy of starting dance is quickly replaced by discipline and uncomfortable positions. While dance can be quite hard work and requires much dedication and yes-discipline, Little Leapers

offers a different and unique approach to children’s dance classes. WHAT IS LITTLE LEAPERS?: We are a curriculum based children’s dance program offered throughout the United States. Our program will enrich the lives of every student with the use of movement and literacy to help them develop as not only as a dancer, but a student. Our curriculum foster’s every child’s imagination and love for dance through movement, play, costumes and props. In a Little Leapers class, students learn fun stretches in a playful way. They learn all of their proper dance terms while fantasizing, creating, or acting out scenarios. They also learn how dance is a way to communicate without using words. The most popular part of the class, is story time. Each week the students sit as the teacher reads a classic tale. They then get dressed up in lovely costumes and follow the teacher as they reenact the story to beautiful and theatrical music. Using their newly learned dance moves, and fun props children are quickly whisked away to a world of magic and play all while learning.

Meet Miss Ida! Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, Ida Soranno began dancing at age six. In 2017 she continued her pre...
09/07/2026

Meet Miss Ida! Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, Ida Soranno began dancing at age six. In 2017 she continued her pre-professional training at The School of Nashville Ballet where she had the opportunity to perform alongside the professional company in Nashville's Nutcracker. In 2022 she joined Louisville Ballet as a Studio Company Artist and performed with them for three seasons. Some of her favorite performances included Giselle, La Sylphide, Romeo & Juliet, and Cinderella. In 2025 Ida joined Roanoke Ballet Theatre as an Apprentice and was honored to share her love of ballet with the Roanoke community in ballets including Dracula, The Nutcracker, and The Sleeping Beauty. She was recently was promoted to Company Artist for the 2026/27 season. Miss Ida also serves as the Studio Manager for Little Leapers Roanoke!✨

09/05/2026

Our little dancers are dipping their toes into the world of hip hop!✨ Tac-on classes are the perfect opportunity for our youngest dancers to explore new styles for just 15 minutes without committing to a full class! We offer tap lyrical, and hip hop!🕺🏼 Click the link in our bio to enroll now!

Meet Mrs. Tierney! Tierney Cashman has been passionate about theatre and musical theatre for much of her life. She has p...
09/04/2026

Meet Mrs. Tierney! Tierney Cashman has been passionate about theatre and musical theatre for much of her life. She has performed in musicals and theatrical productions from childhood through college and has experience both onstage and behind the scenes, including directing. Her specialties are singing and acting, and she especially loves helping performers bring characters to life and connect with an audience. Theatre has always been an important part of Tierney’s life, and she believes it is a powerful way to build confidence, creativity, collaboration, and self-expression. She is excited to share her love of the performing arts with her students and help them discover the joy of telling stories through music and theatre. Join musical theatre with Mrs. Tierney on Tuesdays at 6:15!🎶

Our My Little Shadow classes are just SO much fun! These classes are a perfect introduction to dance for ages 18 months ...
09/02/2026

Our My Little Shadow classes are just SO much fun! These classes are a perfect introduction to dance for ages 18 months - 2.5 years old, combining dance, music, tumbling, and your favorite fairy tales! Join us Saturday mornings at 9am! The link to enroll is in our bio✨🩰

Meet Miss Sarah! Sarah Zhang has been dancing for over 20 years and is passionate about helping students build strong te...
09/01/2026

Meet Miss Sarah! Sarah Zhang has been dancing for over 20 years and is passionate about helping students build strong technique, confidence, and a lifelong love of dance. She trained at the Colorado Conservatory of Dance under the direction of Julia Wilkinson Manley, and has attended prestigious summer intensives at The Washington School of Ballet in 2015 and Houston Ballet Academy in 2016. She has performed in various ballet and contemporary works by choreographers such as Trey McIntyre, Dominic Walsh, Garrett Ammon, Dawn Fay, and Mary Margaret Holt, among others. 

She graduated from Purdue University with a bachelor's degree in Brain and Behavioral Sciences and a minor in Dance. While at Purdue, she choreographed and performed in student-run dance productions, as well as founded and served as president of the Ballet Club. She has taught ballet, pointe, jazz, and contemporary to students of all ages, from young beginners to advanced dancers. Following college, she joined the Entertainment team at Walt Disney World, where she continued to pursue her passion for performance. Sarah believes dance should be accessible to everyone and is committed to fostering a positive and curiosity-driven environment. 

Outside the studio, Sarah is pursuing a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Virginia Tech after earning her MSc in Neuroscience from the University of Oxford. She strives to combine her backgrounds in dance and neuroscience to better inform her approach to movement and wellbeing. She is committed to helping dancers build strong technical foundations while encouraging creativity and self-expression. We are so excited to have her back for her third year!🩷

08/31/2026

Starting the week off strong with a little bit of "Paquita" by Tatum!🩰💪🏻

Meet Miss Elizabeth! Elizabeth Moore is a recent graduate of the University of Virginia, where she studied biology, danc...
08/29/2026

Meet Miss Elizabeth! Elizabeth Moore is a recent graduate of the University of Virginia, where she studied biology, dance and psychology. While at UVA she was deeply involved with the dance program, having choreographed for 3 dance concerts, performed in 7, and served as president of the student branch of the dance department. Elizabeth was a Miller Arts Scholar, and received the Ruth Caplin award for demonstrated artistic and scholarly excellence in dance. She grew up studying all styles, and competing with a local studio. She is currently dancing with the City Modern Ensemble, and outside of the studio volunteers with the Bradley Free Clinic as a scribe. Elizabeth is excited to be back in Roanoke and share her love of dance with children of all ages! We are so excited to have Miss Elizabeth with us year-round!✨

Rising Star Scholarship student Amelia working hard in her ballet class!✨ There are still spots open in our Level 1 clas...
08/28/2026

Rising Star Scholarship student Amelia working hard in her ballet class!✨ There are still spots open in our Level 1 classes! Email us or click the link in our bio to enroll!🩰

08/27/2026

We love lyrical class with Miss Riley!✨

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3723 Franklin Road
Roanoke, VA
24014

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Monday 4pm - 8pm
Tuesday 4pm - 8pm
Wednesday 4pm - 8pm
Thursday 4pm - 8pm
Friday 4pm - 8pm
Saturday 9am - 12pm

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