Modern IV

Modern IV

Children & Teens | Registration opens 11/17/2026 8:00 AM PST

Grades 8-9
1/27/2027-6/2/2027
4:30 PM-6:30 PM PST on Wed
$553.00 USD

Modern IV

Children & Teens | Registration opens 11/17/2026 8:00 AM PST

Understanding deepens as connections are made between the BrainDance patterns and modern dance technique. Dancers explore the body’s relationship to Space, Time & Force through complex improvisations, floor work, & movement sequences. Choreographic prompts encourage collaboration & creativity. Dancers analyze choreography and share feedback, strengthening dance literacy & communication skills.

Modern IV Winter/Spring 2027 Session runs for 17 weeks and takes place in the Upper Studio.


  • Dress for comfort and ease of movement. Dance clothes such as leotards, footless tights, sweatpants/shorts, leggings, stretch pants, t-shirts, dance skirts, etc. Hair should be pulled back from the face. Students dance in bare feet.

    School Breaks (No Classes):

    February 15-21 (Mid-Winter Break)

    April 12-18 (Spring Break)

    May 31 (Memorial Day)

Moore, Ruby
Ruby Moore

Ruby A. Moore (they/them), from Hamden, CT, began dancing at New England Ballet and continued at Dee Dee’s Dance Center and New Haven Ballet. They are an alumnus of Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts, the Ailey Summer Intensive, Cunningham Trust Workshop, Jacob’s Pillow’s Commercial Dance Program, and the Complexions Intensive. Ruby graduated magna cum laude from the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program and has danced with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, The Steps Repertory Ensemble, AATMA Performing Arts, Whidbey Island Dance Theatre, Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center, Karin Stevens Dance, the Guild Dance Company, Kinesis Project Dance Theater, The Gray, PRICEarts, Coriolis Dance, Trial and Error Productions, Khambatta Dance Company, VCBynum Arts and Education, and Spectrum Dance Theater. Ruby recently worked for The Village Theatre as Associate Choreographer for Little Shop of Horrors, Ballyhoo Theatre’s production of Shapeshifters, and Westside Drama’s Mean Girls: The Musical (2024). Ruby has choreographed three works for Kaleidoscope, CDC’s resident youth dance company.