Train. Perform. Belong. Dance!
Welcome to
Coupé Theatre Studio
Rockland County’s home for dance.
Ages 3–adult, beginner to pre-professional.
Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Tap, Acro, Modern, Hip-Hop, Musical Theatre & Acting.
Try One of Our
Free Trial Classes
Tuesday August 25th
11:30am Preschool/Age 4
12pm Kindergarten/Age 5
12:30pm Kindergarten–Tumble /Age 5
12:30pm Ballet/Grades 1 & 2
1pm Acro Jazz Grades 1 & 2
1pm Ballet/Grades 3–5
1:30pm Jazz & Tap/Grades 3–5
Monday August 31st
3pm Preschool/Age 4
3:30pm Kindergarten/Age 5
4pm Ballet Grades 1 & 2
4:45pm Ballet Grades 3–5
Walk-ins welcome
Contact info@coupedance.com
for more information.
At Coupé Theatre Studio, dancers build rock-solid technique and real stage confidence inside a supportive, goal-oriented community. Our faculty of degreed educators and working artists guide clear levels and measurable progress—so every class moves your dancer forward.
Why families choose Coupé:
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Pro faculty — Learn from teachers with degrees and professional performance backgrounds.
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Structured curriculum — Level placements, progress checks, and thoughtfully sequenced training.
-
Technique first, artistry always — A well-rounded education across classical and contemporary styles.
-
Small classes — Individual attention and smart, age-appropriate pacing.
-
Performance opportunities — Frequent chances to shine on stage and grow as a performer.
-
Values you can trust — We lead with quality, integrity, and fairness.
What students gain:
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Confidence, discipline, and joy in movement
-
College/career preparation for motivated dancers
-
Lifelong friendships and a positive studio home
Convenient to families across Rockland, Westchester, and Bergen—easy access via Palisades Parkway and I-287, with plenty of onsite parking.
Home of …
Curriculum:
The Coupé philosophy
We believe that our students deserve the highest quality of instruction and individualized attention, and that every single student is special. Coupé strives to ensure this philosophy is carried out in each and every class.
With over 30 highly qualified teachers on staff, Coupé has become the area’s preeminent school for producing well-rounded dancers and performers. Classes are carefully monitored for size, compatibility of students, and quality of teaching.
Coupé Theatre Studio always strives to provide quality, integrity, and fairness.
Directors
Artistic Director DIANE COUPÉ FRANKEL was born in Lancashire, England. The daughter of a dance teacher and a musician, Diane has spent all her life in a dance studio or on stage as a performer. She trained first with her Mother, then attended the Hammond School in Chester, England. She was accepted to the prestigious Arts Educational School in Tring, where she received the annual choreography award and the Music Cup every year she attended the school. She transferred to the London Professional School and London College of Dance and Drama. In 1956 she was awarded the Stanislav Idzikowski Award for choreography by the Royal Academy of Dancing in London. She also appeared with the London Festival Ballet and in Musical Theatre around England. She was asked to join the teaching staff at Tring, instructing children in all disciplines of dance.
In 1959, she went back to performing and appeared in London and Europe as a dancer. That same year she came to the United States and first danced on the West Coast before coming to New York City where she appeared as an original cast member of eleven Broadway Musicals including: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Funny Girl, Mame, Coco, and Nowhere to Go But Up. She opened Coupé Theatre Studio in 1970 in Nanuet, New York, which currently employs 32 teachers and office staff. In 1990, Diane was awarded the Rockland County Executives Arts Award for her contribution to the Arts in Rockland County in New York. Diane created the Rockland Youth Dance Ensemble in 1983 (then known as Coupé Dance Company), a non profit organization dedicated to enriching students in the performing arts with performance and arts education opportunities. RYDE was the recipient of the Rockland County Executives Arts Award for Arts Organization in 2003 .
ALISON LISTER, Associate Artistic Director, trained at the Stretton School of Dance and Drama in Shrewsbury, England and progressed to the London College of Dance where she trained extensively in all forms of dance, dance teaching and choreography. Alison marked the end of each year at London College by winning awards in drama, teaching and performing. She graduated with a first class diploma in 1989 and is in America by special invitation of the U. S. Government as one of the few people in England qualified to teach Revived Classical Greek Dance. In 2000, she was the recipient of the County Executive’s Arts Award in Arts Education.
PERFORMANCE
That moment when all of the hard work pays off—conditioning, technique classes, rehearsals—culminating in the opportunity to perform live on stage!
All students in dance and musical theatre classes have the opportunity to perform at the end of the year, in Coupé’s fully staged annual Dance Festival. In addition to the Coupé Dance Festival, students in vocal performance, voice, and acting classes give a year-end recital at the Studio.
Coupé students have the opportunity to audition for and perform in Rockland Youth Dance Ensemble’s yearly production of The Nutcracker.
For information on this year’s production, including audition and performance dates, visit rocklandyouthdanceensemble.org.
Extras
Praise for the Coupé Experience
See Where Dance Can Take You!
Resources for Dancers
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Office Hours
Studio
Calendar
Contact Us
Train. Perform. Belong. Dance!
Welcome to
Coupé Theatre Studio
Rockland County’s Home for Dance.
Classes for ages 3 to adult.
Beginner to pre-professional.
Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Tap, Acro,
Modern, Hip-Hop,
Musical Theatre & Acting.
Try One of Our
Free Trial Classes
Tuesday August 25th
11:30am Preschool/Age 4
12pm Kindergarten/Age 5
12:30pm Kindergarten–Tumble /Age 5
12:30pm Ballet/Grades 1 & 2
1pm Acro Jazz Grades 1 & 2
1pm Ballet/Grades 3–5
1:30pm Jazz & Tap/Grades 3–5
Monday August 31st
3pm Preschool/Age 4
3:30pm Kindergarten/Age 5
4pm Ballet Grades 1 & 2
4:45pm Ballet Grades 3–5
Walk-ins Welcome
Contact info@coupedance.com
for more information.
At Coupé Theatre Studio, dancers build rock-solid technique and real stage confidence inside a supportive, goal-oriented community. Our faculty of degreed educators and working artists guide clear levels and measurable progress—so every class moves your dancer forward.
Why families choose Coupé:
-
Pro faculty — Learn from teachers with degrees and professional performance backgrounds.
-
Structured curriculum — Level placements, progress checks, and thoughtfully sequenced training.
-
Technique first, artistry always —
A well-rounded education across classical and contemporary styles. -
Small classes — Individual attention and smart, age-appropriate pacing.
-
Performance opportunities — Frequent chances to shine on stage and grow as a performer.
-
Values you can trust — We lead with quality, integrity, and fairness.
What students gain:
-
Confidence, discipline, and joy in movement
-
College/career preparation for motivated dancers
-
Lifelong friendships and a positive studio home
Convenient to families across Rockland, Westchester, and Bergen—easy access via Palisades Parkway and I-287, with plenty of onsite parking.
Home of …
Curriculum:
The Coupé philosophy
We believe that our students deserve
the highest quality of instruction and individualized attention, and that every single student is special. Coupé strives to ensure this philosophy is carried out in each and every class.
With over 30 highly qualified teachers on staff, Coupé has become the area’s preeminent school for producing well-rounded dancers and performers. Classes are carefully monitored for size, compatibility of students, and quality of teaching.
Coupé Theatre Studio always strives to provide quality, integrity, and fairness.
Directors
In 1959, she went back to performing and appeared in London and Europe as a dancer. That same year she came to the United States and first danced on the West Coast before coming to New York City where she appeared as an original cast member of eleven Broadway Musicals including: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Funny Girl, Mame, Coco, and Nowhere to Go But Up. She opened Coupé Theatre Studio in 1970 in Nanuet, New York, which currently employs 32 teachers and office staff. In 1990, Diane was awarded the Rockland County Executives Arts Award for her contribution to the Arts in Rockland County in New York. Diane created the Rockland Youth Dance Ensemble in 1983 (then known as Coupé Dance Company), a non profit organization dedicated to enriching students in the performing arts with performance and arts education opportunities. RYDE was the recipient of the Rockland County Executives Arts Award for Arts Organization in 2003 .
PERFORMANCE
That moment when all of the hard work pays off—conditioning, technique classes, rehearsals—culminating in the opportunity to perform live on stage!
All students in dance and musical theatre classes have the opportunity to perform at the end of the year, in Coupé’s fully staged annual Dance Festival. In addition to the Coupé Dance Festival, students in vocal performance, voice, and acting classes give a year-end recital at the Studio.
Coupé students have the opportunity to audition for and perform in Rockland Youth Dance Ensemble‘s yearly production of The Nutcracker.
For information on this year’s production, including audition and performance dates, visit rocklandyouthdanceensemble.org.
Extras
Praise for the Coupé Experience
See Where Dance Can Take You!
Resources for Dancers
