About

Petits Pas was founded in 2016 by Virginie Personne, Artistic Director.

Located in the charming neighborhood of Sunnyside, Petits Pas offers a wide range of dance and theater classes for students of all ages.

Classes take place in a welcoming, light-filled space with two beautiful studios designed to inspire creativity and movement.

Each year culminates in an end-of-year recital, where both children and adult students perform on stage in an outstanding local venue.

Petits Pas also offers day camps and summer camps for children, featuring a creative blend of arts, dance, yoga, theater, acrobatics, crafts, and French language.
Each week of camp leads to the creation of a complete performance from A to Z — from story and scenario to characters, backgrounds, props, and costumes — all culminating in the recording of a short film, offering campers a unique experience of a real movie shoot.

In addition to classes and camps, Petits Pas hosts special events for both kids and adults throughout the year.

All Petits Pas students benefit from a bilingual French–English environment, allowing them to naturally absorb dance terminology and artistic expression in both languages while developing confidence and creativity.

The Petits Pas teaching team — Virginie Personne, Léna Alvino, Marie Walburg and Claire Pascal — are all fluent in French and English, ensuring easy communication and a warm, inclusive experience for every student.

Each teacher brings a rich professional background in modern dance, ballet, yoga, and theater, and continues to perform outside the studio, maintaining a vibrant connection between art, teaching, and stage performance.