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Our Story

Where serious training meets a loving dance family

Kinetic Dance Force is Middletown's national award-winning dance studio — built on a simple belief: every dancer deserves expert instruction and a community that helps them reach their fullest potential.

Studio Overview

Award-winning dance, taught with heart

Kinetic Dance Force is a national award-winning dance studio in Middletown, CT, where dancers ages 2½ through adult train in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, acro and more. With over 40 years of teaching experience and NYC-trained instructors, we pair serious technique with a loving, supportive dance family.

Our Competition Troupe has earned first place overall at both regional and national competitions, and our instructors — trained at premier New York City institutions and under renowned choreographers — have guided students on to dance in college and on Broadway. That expertise is matched by genuine warmth: KDF is a co-ed community where every dancer belongs.

We keep our own progression of levels — Toes & Taps, Level 1R, Level 2R, Teens and Adult — because that's how our families already think about classes. Whether your child dances for joy or to compete, we have a path, and the goal-setting mindset to match, helping each student build confidence, friendships and resilience that carry far beyond the studio.

More Than Dance

What makes us different

  • National award-winning

    Our Competition Troupe has earned first place overall at both regional and national competitions — credibility you can see in the trophies and feel in the training.

  • 40+ years of expertise

    Kinetic Dance Force brings over 40 years of teaching experience and NYC-trained instructors. Our students have gone on to dance in college and on Broadway.

  • Recreational & competitive paths

    Whether your child dances for joy or to compete, we have a path — and the goal-setting mindset to match — from a first Toes & Taps class to our award-winning troupe.

  • A loving dance family

    We're a co-ed, supportive community of peers and teachers where every dancer belongs. Serious training and genuine warmth go hand in hand at KDF.

  • Every age, every level

    From a toddler's very first dance class at age 2½ to adult classes for fitness and fun, we have a place for every age and stage — all under one roof.

Meet the Team

Our instructors

Every Kinetic Dance Force class is led by an experienced, passionate instructor committed to a positive, encouraging learning environment — with NYC training and decades of combined experience behind them.

Kerri Lake, Owner & Director

Kerri Lake

Owner & Director

Kerri Lake founded Kinetic Dance Force to bring together two things families don't always find in one studio: serious, high-level training and a genuinely loving dance family. That vision draws on more than 40 years of teaching experience and an instructor team trained in New York City.

Under Kerri's direction, KDF has built a national award-winning Competition Troupe — with first-place overall finishes at regional and national competitions — while keeping recreational classes warm, encouraging and welcoming for every dancer from age 2½ through adult.

Her belief is simple: every student deserves to be supported in reaching their fullest potential, whether they dance for the joy of it or to compete on the national stage.

We want every dancer who walks through our doors to feel like part of the family — and to leave a stronger, more confident version of themselves.
The Kinetic Dance Force studio in Middletown, Connecticut
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Find us in Middletown

Kinetic Dance Force is located in Middletown, Connecticut — convenient for families across Central Connecticut, including Cromwell, Portland, Middlefield, Durham, Rocky Hill, Glastonbury and beyond.

Our studio is a welcoming, purpose-built space for everything from a toddler's first Toes & Taps class to advanced competition-troupe training. Stop by, call us, or book a free trial class to see the KDF family in action.

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  • Address
    373 East Main Street, Middletown, CT 06457
  • Phone
    860-508-5245

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