Bunker Dance Center

Bunker Dance Center on West Ann Road in northwest Las Vegas has taught dance since 1994, when Kathy Bunker opened it. Classes start with toddlers: Dance With Me pairs little ones with a parent, Terrific Twos is the first class on their own, and Musical Movement, combo classes and Fairytale Ballet build from there. Older students choose from ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary and lyrical, hip-hop and ballroom, plus pom, musical theatre and tumbling or acro, and the studio has competition teams.

The main season runs ten months, August through May, and ends with recitals in Reynolds Hall at the Smith Center. A shorter Summer Session covers six weeks in June and July. Tuition is one flat monthly price averaged over the season, with no make-up classes, plus a yearly registration fee and a per-family recital fee that does not include tickets. Card payments carry a 3% surcharge, and American Express is not accepted. Call the front desk at 702-878-7870 for current prices.

Pickup rules depend on grade. Parents of kids from 2 years old through kindergarten stay in the building during class, early elementary dancers are picked up inside the studio, and older students may be dropped at the curb. Parents watch from viewing corridors, not inside the studios.