The Hargest Academy of Performing Arts

And we’re back to business!! Classes start back TODAY Monday, Jan 3rd, and we can’t wait to see everyone back in the studio! Let’s do this 2022!

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!!! Fall classes start back Monday, August 30th and we can’t wait to get back in the studio! If you haven’t registered yet, do it now by clicking the link in our bio! We offer all classes for all ages,
🔸Jazz
🔸Contemporary
🔸Hip Hop
🔸Musical Theater
🔸Tap
🔸Tumbling
and we’d love to have you drop in and try us out! If you’ve never taken a class with us, your first class is FREE! We have a talented and fun staff who are ready to help train and motivate, and can’t wait to get this new season started! So what are you waiting for? Come join us today!

Two weeks from today!! Come see what we’re all about! Head to our website to fill out the registration form for our company auditions! For ages 10 and under, auditions start at 10am. For ages 11 and over, they start at 12pm! Can’t wait to see you all there!

What a weekend! This was the last competition for some of our dancers to ever dance in and we are so heartbroken to know they won’t be on our stages and in our classrooms anymore! We are beyond proud of all of our dancers for pouring their hearts out on the stage, and getting recognized in the process! Congrats everyone on the overall wins, choreography awards, special awards, and just all around living your best dance lives! We love you all more than you know, and can’t wait to get started on next season! Up next...Summer classes!

We are so thankful to have Melissa teaching for us this year! 😍😍😍💃💃💃

Melissa Hurley Cassidy Dance Reel These clips are some highlights from my dance career, lead dancer on David Bowie Glass Spider Tour, various television shows, films and stage. Enjoy!

We also want to take this opportunity to say a massive THANK YOU and farewell to one of our amazing staff members, ❤️❤️❤️ We are so grateful that you walked into our lives and we will miss your beautiful spirit every day at our studio. Thank you for pouring your heart and soul into every one of our dancers. I hope you know how special we think you are, and how great of an impact you’ve had on all of us. We love you Ms. Samantha, and we wish you safe travels! Come back and visit us soon!

Today marks 5 years that we have been a studio, and we wanted to commemorate it by saying a massive THANK YOU to all of you who have danced into our lives and straight to our hearts. We are so proud of the home we have built, but even more proud of the humans who make it what it is today. Thank you for supporting us, for encouraging us, and for helping to create the kind of place where everyone is welcome to come and share their love of dance! Thank you to our beautiful students who bring life into our home every day. Thank you to the parents who do more for us and their kids than we’ll ever be able to repay. And also a thank you to our unbelievable staff who put every ounce of their heart and soul into every student they teach. We love our little studio, and we know we wouldn’t be able to do this without you, so cheers to 5 years! Can’t wait to see where the next 5 take us! 🎉🎉🎉

THIS SUNDAY! If you’ve been wanting to check out what our studio is all about, come try us out this Sunday June 7th!


🔸10AM - AGES 10 & UNDER


🔸12PM - AGES 11 & UP



EDIT* If you are uncomfortable with coming into the studio, or not ready to leave your house just yet, we will be accepting VIDEO auditions! Email [email protected] your audition submission!

🚨COMPANY AUDITIONS🚨 SUNDAY JUNE 7th! This is our 5th year as a small but disciplined studio who loves to train hard working and determined dancers. We value quality and good training over trophies, and we always encourage our dancers to be the best versions of themselves. We don't like to consider ourselves a "competition studio", but instead look to competitions as a performance opportunity. We attend at least 2 conventions a year, but we let you attend any other convention throughout the year that you'd like! We have plenty of open classes that you can try out if you're interested, so check out our website www.thehargestacademy.com for our schedule and any more information. We look forward to having you!

We’re very excited to have 2 guest teachers coming to join us at the studio for some master classes this summer! First up in June, we have Melissa Cassidy, and in July we’ll welcome Lizzie Clark! They will each be teaching two days of classes, separated by levels, so check the website for more details and pricing! Classes are by pre-registration only as we will be limiting the number of spots available, so sign up through our mindbody app now and don’t miss out!

HAPPY LAST DAY OF REGULAR CLASSES! This has been one crazy year, but we’re finally to the end of the season. We’re heartbroken for all of our dancers that didn’t get the chance to perform the last few months, but we’re looking ahead to Summer and getting back to normal for next year! Our studio is closed for Memorial Weekend, but then we’re back at it for Summer classes starting June 1st! We also have our COMPANY AUDITIONS on June 7th (and don’t forget we’re accepting video submissions as well!), plus a few master classes happening! In July we’ll have our 2 Summer intensives, July 20-23 & July 27-30, and then our fall classes will start back August 31st. Swipe for the official calendar! Let’s enjoy this Summer and do what we love most...dance! 💃💃💃