Central Indiana Academy of Dance

Welcome to Central Indiana Academy of Dance! CIAoD is recognized throughout Indiana and the Greater Indianapolis area for providing the finest in classical ballet training and is Carmel’s premier ballet academy! CIAoD offers students an artistic and encouraging environment that nurtures all abilities while emphasizing technique, discipline and artistic education. We provide private and group classes at both the recreational and pre-professional level. Our highly trained faculty instructs children and young adults from beginning to advanced ballet. We offer instruction in ballet, pointe, contemporary, modern, jazz, tap, musical theatre and acro with a specialized Preschool and Primary Division.

We are proud to be the home of the Central Indiana Dance Ensemble. CIDE is a Resident Ballet Company for the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana. CIDE presents the highest caliber in ballet performances. We are proud of our academy’s dedicated professional faculty as well as our many successes, including students who have gone on to dance professionally with Dayton Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet II, Minnesota Ballet, Nashville Ballet II, North Carolina Dance Theatre II, Boston Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Charlotte Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet and study at such prestigious universities and schools as Butler University, Indiana University, Point Park University, The Ailey School/Fordham University, University of Cincinnati, Oklahoma University, Boston Conservatory, University of Utah, School of American Ballet and The Joffrey Ballet School.

We welcome you to share with us your love of dance and we promise to provide you with the best classical training!