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.

09/22/2026

Ballet 2/3s working hard with Miss Ida!🩰

As our school year gets underway, we’re thrilled to congratulate and celebrate our 2026–27 dance scholarship winners! 🎉Y...
09/16/2026

As our school year gets underway, we’re thrilled to congratulate and celebrate our 2026–27 dance scholarship winners! 🎉

Your exceptional talent, hard work, and dedication have earned you this well-deserved recognition. We hope your scholarship opens the door to new opportunities as you continue pursuing your dance dreams, exploring new styles, strengthening your technique, and igniting your creativity.

We’re incredibly proud of all you’ve accomplished and can’t wait to see what’s ahead! Congratulations, dancers! 💫

Our LEAP Mini Company team is so excited to be back in rehearsal!😍✨
09/14/2026

Our LEAP Mini Company team is so excited to be back in rehearsal!😍✨

Meet Miss Riley! Riley grew up dancing for 15 years, including 12 years as a competitive dancer. Throughout her time com...
09/10/2026

Meet Miss Riley! Riley grew up dancing for 15 years, including 12 years as a competitive dancer. Throughout her time competing, she trained in a variety of styles and had the opportunity to perform in group dances, duets, and solos, earning several judges’ awards along the way. She continued her love of dance at Roanoke College, where she was a member of the college dance team for two years. Riley has been teaching dance for two years and especially loves teaching jazz and contemporary. While those are her favorite styles today, clogging will always hold a special place in her heart, as it was her favorite style and specialty growing up.
Outside of the studio, Riley graduated from Roanoke College with a Bachelor of Arts in Art and currently works as an elementary art teacher in Botetourt County. Her background in both dance and visual art has shaped her love for creativity, storytelling, and helping young dancers find confidence and their own unique style of movement.

09/09/2026

Musical Theatre 2/3 working on some "Newsies" with Mrs. Tierney and Miss Elizabeth! You go girls!🗞️👏🏻 There are still spots open in this class - visit the link in our bio to enroll!

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✨🩰

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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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