Claire Buss

Interim Dance Program Director


Claire Buss is a Salt Lake City native and a graduate of the University of Kansas. Claire has been dancing since she was three, and teaching since 2019. Her favorite styles of dance are jazz and hip hop. She is so happy to be a part of the dance staff at the Lawrence Arts Center!

Hip Hop II (Session B)
03/25/26 - 05/13/26, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
Claire Buss | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling Now | 26WSDYH23
Members $133 | Non-Members $133
Beginning Jazz[26SU]
06/4/26 - 07/23/26, 5:30PM - 6:30PM | TH
Ages 8 to 12 | Claire Buss | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling (Members Only) | 26CDYBJ4
Members $130 | Non-Members $130
In this introductory jazz class, students will learn the fundamentals for stylized jazz choreography while building rhythm, coordination, and character skills.
Intermediate Jazz[26SU]
06/4/26 - 07/23/26, 6:30PM - 7:30PM | TH
Ages 12 to 18 | Claire Buss | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling (Members Only) | 26CDYIJ4
Members $130 | Non-Members $130
The Jazz Dance program features various styles of jazz including classic, Broadway, and contemporary. Beginning students focus on building rhythm, coordination, and character skills until they are ready for syncopation movements, body isolations, dynamic leaps, suspended turns, and stylized choreography. This intermediate-level class aims to develop the dancer's ability to produce dynamic leaps, turns, kicks, body part isolation, syncopation, counter rhythm, and perform stylized choreography.
Advanced Jazz [26SU]
06/3/26 - 07/22/26, 6:30PM - 7:30PM | WE
Ages 12 to 18 | Claire Buss | 10th & Mass Studios
Enrolling (Members Only) | 26CDYAJ3
Members $130 | Non-Members $130
The Jazz Dance program features various styles of jazz including classic, Broadway, and contemporary. Beginning students focus on building rhythm, coordination, and character skills until they are ready for syncopation movements, body isolations, dynamic leaps, suspended turns, and stylized choreography. This intermediate/advanced-level class aims to develop the dancer's ability to produce dynamic leaps, turns, kicks, body part isolation, syncopation, counter rhythm, and perform stylized choreography.
Elemental Fusion | A hip-hop, jazz and commercial dance camp[26SU]
06/1/26 - 06/5/26, 9:00AM - 12:00PM | MO, TU, WE, TH, FR
Ages 9 to 18 | Claire Buss | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling (Members Only) | 26CDYEF
Members $160 | Non-Members $160
Unleash your creativity and energy at the ultimate summer camp experience where jazz dance, hip hop, music, and film collide through the exciting world of commercial dance. This one-of-a-kind camp explores tv commercials, backup dancing, hip hop culture, music videos, short cut videos, and one take videos. Camps includes a final showing on the last day and an original camp short film.

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