Before each performance, there will be a 30-minute lecture demonstration to teach parents and children about the forms of dance, including tap, ballet, jazz, modern and Spanish.

Do you know your demi-plies from your jettes? These kids have been trying out some lessons from the Royal Ballet School.

"I wanted to go to ballet since I was three years old," said the fifth grader, who has never taken dance lessons until this year. "Now I want to grow up and become a ballet teacher." ...

Boston has plenty to go around for kids of all ages. There are also lessons for all popular genres, so parents do not have to travel far to cater to their children's dance wishes.

Many kids, particularly minorities, never get to experience the joy of performing on stage or to gain the valuable lessons dance classes can teach — discipline, teamwork, risk-taking.

ABC15 has teamed up with The Valley Toyota Dealers to help organizations around the Valley who are Helping Kids Go Places! Arizona Youth Ballet is an organization teaching life lessons through dance.