Heart Beatz Dance Academy – James Island

Heart Beatz Dance Academy - James Island is a school in Charleston, SC, offering dance classes for toddlers, preschoolers, and children. Its ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, and creative movement classes are designed for children ages 15 months to 12 years, with a focus on building confidence, creativity, coordination, and friendships. The academy also runs a part-time preschool program, Mom's Morning Out, for ages 1.5 to 5, blending dance, music, creative arts, storytime, movement, sensory play, and kindergarten readiness in a morning session with a 5:1 child-to-teacher ratio. Beyond weekly classes, it holds summer dance camps, winter and spring break camps, Kids Night Out events, and birthday parties for children ages 3 to 10. It serves James Island, Johns Island, Mount Pleasant, Summerville, and the wider Charleston area, and holds a 5.00 rating from 14 reviews.

Heart Beatz also partners with preschools, elementary schools, childcare centers, and after-school programs across the Charleston area to bring dance enrichment directly to students, with instructors teaching ballet, jazz, hip-hop, creative movement, and preschool dance. Its school programs include sessions at Trinity Montessori School, Mevers School of Excellence in Ladson, Fort Johnson Christian School on James Island, and Palmetto Christian Daycare on Johns Island. The academy fields performance teams across its studios, with fall schedules for Purple, Gold, and Blue teams at its Johns Island, Mount Pleasant, James Island, and Summerville locations.

The James Island studio sits on Folly Road, about a quarter mile from Nativity School and a short walk from the junction with Fort Johnson Road and South Grimball Road. Green World School is roughly seven-tenths of a mile away, and Thomas Johnson Park is about eight-tenths of a mile from the studio.

Parents on James Island and across Charleston have given Heart Beatz Dance Academy a 5.00 rating across 14 reviews, a reputation built on the children and families it has served.