05/28/2026
New summer schedule!
The Dance Place provides intellectually stimulating, physically challenging, age appropriate, technical dance training in a creative environment.
We emphasize the development of the students’ sense of compassion and community minded behaviors as well as providing opportunities for them to develop a choreographic voice with dramatic context. Your student may have the opportunity to dance for special events here at The Dance Place. Students may have the opportunity to perform at:
The Des Moines Art Center
The Historical Building
The Iowa Sta
05/28/2026
New summer schedule!
08/19/2025
Come and dance with us! For more info checkout our website!
www.danceplace.biz
05/29/2025
Come and join us!
04/20/2023
Check out this fun performance opportunity!! Iowa Dance Theatre's Dracula auditions are coming up!!🧟♂️🦇
Auditions start at 4:00pm on Saturday April 29th, 2023! At Dance Place 2812 E. 29th St (right across the street from Hilltop Tire). $15.00 audition fee and membership to IDT is required to audition!⚰️🪦 See you there!!🎃👻 Iowa Dance Theatre
10/29/2022
Come see Dracula tomorrow!
10/21/2022
09/09/2021
https://www.danceplace.biz/schedule-2
Schedule — The Dance Place Schedule
09/05/2021
Check out our fall schedule!
Schedule — The Dance Place Schedule
Auditions for Dracula will be held at the same time as auditions for Snow White on
June 19, 2021
at the Pioneer Columbus Community Center at 2100 SE 5th St., Des Moines, IA 50315 at the following times:
12:00n-1:00pm – Girls and Boys in non-pointe roles Ages 12- Adult
12:00n-1:30pm – Girls on Pointe Ages 12- Adult (does not guarantee a pointe part)
1:30pm-2:15pm – Boys ALL AGES
1:30pm-2:30pm – Girls and Boys Ages 8-12 (no pointe roles for this age group)
Please pre-register for the audition by logging in to your NEON account – click here: NEON. (Here is the link to the online guide to filling out your audition event registration: NEON Guide to Audition Event Registration. ) If you don’t have a NEON account yet, send an email to [email protected]. There will also be forms on site if you can't pre-register for any reason.
Costs:
Audition fee: $17.00 per dancer with online or in person audition registration
Performance fee: $37.00 per dancer or $74.00 per family
Membership: a minimum Performer Membership of $40.00 will be expected, but memberships at higher levels are encouraged.
A second audition will be held in August. Performance date will be in October and will be announced later.
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