The Professional Home for Acro Dance Teachers
Train inside a global teaching community, follow a proven classroom system, and earn your Master Acro Educator designation through the ADTA’s structured, safety-first pathway.
Used by Acro educators in 15+ countries to build safe, levelled, and successful programs.
Your Path as an Acro Dance Educator
From your first Acro class to full professional designation, the ADTA provides a complete, real-world training system built for dance teachers.
Acro Dance School
Your daily professional training environment and the home of the ADTA teaching method.
✔ Start with a free orientation and connect with Acro teachers worldwide
✔ Access plug-and-play curricula, lesson plans, and class organization systems
✔ Learn the ADTA Trick Families progressions for every major skill
✔ Get weekly coaching and implementation support inside VIP
✔ Follow a clear pathway toward professional certification
Everything you need to run structured, levelled, and successful Acro classes — all in one place.
The Premiere Comprehensive Program For Acro Dance
Your 3-year, cohort-based professional designation for Acro teachers who are ready to implement the complete ADTA system in real classes.
✔ Implement the full ADTA syllabus from Junior through Advanced
✔ Receive year-round coaching and structured classroom application
✔ Build a long-term, levelled Acro program in your studio
✔ Graduate as a Master Acro Educator
This is not a weekend certification — it is a mentored, real-world pathway to professional mastery and recognized credentials.
Your Path to a Fully Installed Acro Department
From one-teacher dependency to a permanent, transferable standard, the ADTA provides a complete implementation system for studio owners.
Install the ADTA standard inside your studio with a licensed, level-based Acro system that trains your staff, tracks student progression, and creates long-term program growth.
The Acro Standardâ„¢ Studio License is a 3-year implementation pathway for studio owners who are ready to move from personality-driven classes to a permanent, scalable department.
✔ A codified curriculum from Preschool → Professional
✔ A transferable teaching methodology for your entire staff
✔ A structured teacher-training pipeline
✔ A measurable student advancement system
✔ Long-term studio growth and retention
This is not a course – it is the installation of a complete Acro department.
Train With Us In Person
Experience the ADTA method live through hands-on teacher training and elite student intensives.
Acro LIVE Teachers Conference
Our flagship in-person training event for Acro Dance educators.
✔ Hands-on spotting with ADTA faculty
✔ Live technical corrections and progressions
✔ Real classroom application of the ADTA method
✔ Workshops for every teaching level
✔ A global network of like-minded professionals
Refine your teaching, deepen your technical understanding, and experience the ADTA system in real time.
Acro ELEVATE Student Experience
Elite in-person training for dedicated Acro dancers.
✔ High-level technique and progression training
✔ Strength, control, and performance development
✔ Direct coaching from ADTA faculty
✔ A focused, high-achievement training environment
✔ Designed to support the work you are doing in your own classes
Students access a professional training experience that accelerates their growth and inspires their long-term commitment to Acro.
Extra Training & Support for Your Acro Dancers
Inside the Safe & Successful Acro Dancer platform, your students receive expert coaching that reinforces the work you are doing in class – while you build a stronger, more profitable Acro program.
Inside the Safe & Successful Acro Dancer platform, your students receive level-specific technique training, strength and flexibility development, and safe, structured progressions that reinforce the work you are doing in class.
They stay motivated between lessons, build better practice habits at home, and return to the studio stronger, more confident, and ready to progress.
As an ADTA teacher, you can refer your dancers into the platform and earn 40% commission on every paid enrollment – creating an additional income stream while staying fully aligned with the ADTA system. It’s free to join the membership for you and your students, and if they upgrade into paid programming, you start earning commissions.
Your dancers receive expert coaching.
You build a stronger, more successful Acro program.
Monthly Continuing Education for Acro Teachers
Join us for short, practical online workshops designed to solve real classroom challenges and give you strategies you can apply immediately.
Stay current, supported, and inspired through our monthly online workshops – focused, practical trainings built around the real challenges Acro teachers face in the classroom.
Each workshop breaks down one high-impact topic, giving you clear progressions, teaching strategies, and spotting solutions you can apply immediately in your own classes.
Topics include:
– Mixed-level class structure and organization
– Trick families and level-appropriate progressions
– The ADTA 4-Step Aerial teaching system
– Acro choreography and transitions
– Safe spotting and technical development
You don’t just learn new ideas – you leave with a plan, a progression, and the confidence to implement it in your very next class.
Raising the Standard of Acro Dance Education Worldwide
Built on more than 30 years of professional Acro education, the ADTA was created to raise the standard of how Acro is taught in dance studios worldwide.
Founder and President Melissa Klassen has trained thousands of educators through a structured, safety-first methodology that develops confident teachers, strong technical dancers, and sustainable, levelled programs.
Today, the ADTA system is used internationally by studios and educators who are committed to excellence, progression, and long-term student success.
Start Your Journey Inside the Acro Dance School
Step into the professional home of the ADTA and begin your structured pathway as an Acro Dance educator.
Join for free and you’ll connect with a global network of like-minded teachers, gain immediate access to practical resources, and discover the training path that matches your current stage — whether you’re just starting out or ready for professional certification.
This is where your organized classes, confident teaching, and long-term program growth begin.