The Dance Academy of Virginia

The Dance Academy of Virginia McLean, Virginia's award-winning dance academy offering in-person classes to children ages 2 - 18.

08/29/2026

You might already have a feeling. Here is how to know for sure:

1. They cannot hear music without moving. It does not matter where they are or who is watching. Their body just responds automatically every single time.

2. They are incredibly expressive. Big feelings, big reactions, big energy. Dance is literally the perfect place to channel all of that into something beautiful.

3. They love performing. Even if it is just for the dog in the living room. They want an audience and they want to give that audience something worth watching.

4. They are drawn to watching dance. Recitals, videos, performances on any screen. Something in them recognizes something in the movement and leans toward it instinctively.

5. They asked you about dance class. Maybe once, maybe a hundred times. Either way, they brought it up, and that means something worth paying attention to.

If you nodded at any of these, they are ready. Come try a class! 🎉

08/28/2026

We’ve been busy behind the scenes! 🩷

This week, the DAV teachers and staff have come together for leadership meetings, training and curriculum meetings, aligning on lesson planning and preparing for the best year yet!

Because a great dance education starts long before the first dancer walks into the studio. It starts with teachers who are prepared, supported and aligned on the experience we want to create for every student.

✨ First day of classes: August 31
🩰 We can’t wait to dance with you!

Here’s to an incredible new season at Dance Academy of Virginia. We love our DAV families 🩷

08/27/2026

The big recital moments are beautiful. But honestly? That is not the part that stays with you.

It is the little stuff.

The correction from last week that suddenly just clicks. The way you can see them thinking, adjusting, reaching for something a little past where they were before. 🩰

That is what dance quietly does. It teaches them to be patient with themselves. To chase something hard and actually love the process. To carry themselves with a calm, quiet confidence that shows up way outside the studio too.

And when the stage lights come on? All that little everyday work finally shows, and oh, it gets you. ✨

That is the good stuff. One little plié at a time. 💕

Fall enrollment is open at DAV in McLean and Del Ray 🩰

People always ask what our littlest dancers actually do in class, and it is the sweetest stuff. They learn their dots so...
08/26/2026

People always ask what our littlest dancers actually do in class, and it is the sweetest stuff. They learn their dots so they know just where to stand. They learn their colors and shapes. They practice using their words for how a dance makes them feel: happy, sleepy, bouncy, proud.

Some come in a little nervous and leave beaming. That happens faster than you would think, and it never gets old to watch. 🩰

Come see what they are made of! 💕

08/25/2026

This one is specifically for the parents of the quiet ones.

The ones who hang back a little. Who take longer to warm up. Who peek out from behind your leg before they will even say hi. The ones you are not totally sure would survive a room full of kids they have never met.

Here is what we have learned after years of watching them: dance is one of the best things you can do for a shy kid. Not because it coaxes them out of their shell, but because it gives them a reason to come out on their own terms. 🩰

Come try a class. We would really love to meet them 💕

Have you gotten your tickets yet? They're selling FAST! Sunday, November 22, DAV takes the stage for two unforgettable p...
08/24/2026

Have you gotten your tickets yet? They're selling FAST!

Sunday, November 22, DAV takes the stage for two unforgettable performances at 1 PM + 6 PM and this year is going to be even more special.

For the second time, our DAV dancers will perform alongside professional dancers, bringing the magic of The Nutcracker to life on one of Northern Virginia’s most incredible stages.

The lights. The costumes. The music. A full audience. And our dancers right in the middle of it all.

This is the kind of experience that becomes a holiday memory your family talks about for years.

And after selling out last year, we have a feeling seats won’t stick around for long.

Grab the grandparents. Invite your friends. Bring the whole family and come experience the magic with us.

🎄 Sunday, November 22
📍 Capital One Hall
⏰ 1 PM + 6 PM
🎟️ Tickets are on sale now!

Ticket link in bio. Send this to the person you want sitting next to you!

Psst... did you know DAV is so much more than ballet? 🩰Sure, we love a good plié. But our studios are full of every kind...
08/23/2026

Psst... did you know DAV is so much more than ballet? 🩰

Sure, we love a good plié. But our studios are full of every kind of mover. Tap for the ones who love to make noise. Jazz for the big personalities. Lyrical and modern for the feelers. Hip hop for the ones who cannot sit still. And yes, ballet (and pointe!) for the dreamers.

Whatever kind of dancer your kid is, there is a class here with their name on it. Some try one style and fall in love. Others want to try them all. Both are exactly right.

And it grows with them, from our littlest Move with Me dancers at age 2 all the way up to pre-professional training for our teens.

Come find your dancer's thing. Fall enrollment is open at DAV in McLean and Del Ray! ✨

08/22/2026

If your little one hears the Bluey theme song and immediately starts moving? That is not just cute. There is a little dancer in there. 💛

They do not need to know any positions or have any experience. They just need to love to move. That is the only requirement.

Our classes for the youngest dancers start at age 2, built for exactly this kind of kid. The one who cannot sit still when music comes on. The one who choreographs routines in the living room without anyone asking. The one who performs for whoever will watch.

🔗 Link in bio 🤍 📍 McLean & Del Ray

08/22/2026

For the audience it is a spontaneous reaction. They did not plan it. It just came out of them.

For your dancer standing on that stage it is everything.

It is proof. The room telling them without words that what they worked so hard on landed. That it was felt. That it mattered to people who had no obligation to feel anything and felt it anyway.

You can see it on their face the second it happens. That flicker of they got it. That shift that comes from being seen and understood by an entire room at once.

That feeling does not go away. Dancers carry it with them. It becomes the bar for what it feels like to truly show up for something.

Join our dance family and start living the magic! ✨

📍 DAV Locations: McLean & Del Ray, VA
🔗 Link in bio 🤍

08/22/2026

1. They become more comfortable with trying and failing. Dance normalizes it from day one. Getting something wrong and going again stops being something to avoid and becomes just what you do.

2. They develop opinions about music. Real ones. They will tell you within eight counts exactly how they feel about a song.

3. They start holding themselves differently. Not because someone told them to. Because their body learned what it feels like to be strong and aligned and that becomes the new default.

4. They make a friend who is different from their school friends. A dance studio brings together kids who would never otherwise meet and those friendships are often the most lasting.

5. They surprise you. At the recital. In a regular class. On a random Tuesday. At least once in the first year your kid will do something that makes you look at them a little differently and you will be so glad you started this.

Come and join our dance family!

📍 DAV Locations: McLean & Del Ray, VA
🔗 Link in bio 🤍

Address

6723 Whittier Avenue Suite L1
McLean, VA
22101

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm
6pm - 7pm

Telephone

(703) 891-4292

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