Common Ground Dance
Discover your new happy place.
Located in Beverly, MA, Common Ground is an adult dance studio where beginners, returning dancers, and experienced movers train together in a supportive community.
It's way too hard to find a studio that is...
It's never too late to start.
At Common Ground, technique is just one piece of the experience. Our adult dance classes start with a foundation of community, creating a warm space for dancers to grow in confidence and creativity.
We may be biased, but we have a feeling you'll love it here.
(Un)Commonly Good
How We're Different
What We Teach
Instead of a buffet of standard classes, we curate a smaller schedule of classes built with intentionality.
You'll find favorites like contemporary and hip hop on the schedule, but you'll also find gentle adult dance classes like Common Ground Method and Contemporary Floor Work, designed to challenge the curious dancer.
How We Teach
Every class has a purpose.
We've been to too many classes that felt thrown together. We weave musicality, textures, artistic development, science-based stretching, and so much more into every single class.
Why We Teach
We think dancers deserve more than a cookie-cutter technique class.
Physicality is just one piece of dance. We focus on five pillars of dance: technique, artistry, mobility, strength, and community. Our signature class, Common Ground Method, is based on these principles.
Try Our New Student Special
A week of as many classes as your heart desires for nearly the price of a drop in class — just $30.
Ready to Get Started?
Pick a Class
Check out our schedule and pick something that looks good to you, and if you're not sure, just ask us!
Choose a Pass
We offer a trial pass, memberships, and class passes.
Show Up!
We love meeting new faces. Show up a few minutes early, we'll show you around and answer any questions.
This is April.
Founder of Common Ground
April passed away June 23, 2026. She had been teaching dance for nearly twenty years, but never believed in doing things just because "that’s the way they’ve always been done."
For 11 years, she ran a dance studio for adults in Southern California and built an incredible community—but she always felt like something was missing. Traditional classes only scratched the surface. Dancers were getting a piecemeal education, jumping from one class to the next without ever having the space to go deeper. She wanted more.
Dance wasn't just movement to her—it was transformation. After growing up in foster care and experiencing homelessness, dance was the first place where she felt a sense of belonging, healing, and purpose. It was more than training; it was a way to reconnect with herself and the world around her.
That’s why she created Common Ground—a space where adult dancers aren’t just students cycling through drop-in classes but artists, collaborators, and community members. As a facilitator, choreographer, and creative director, her goal was to guide dancers into new ways of training, thinking, and creating—together.
Hi, I'm her daughter, Isabelle, floorwork and CGM instructor and a fan of her brilliant mind. I'm honored to carry out her legacy. If these values excite you, you’re exactly who we built this for.
