SEASON 2026/27·CARCAVELOS
Dance school · Carcavelos, Cascais
A multidisciplinary dance school that feels like a family: classical ballet, contemporary, jazz, Irish and folklore dance for ages 3 to 65 — and a competition team that brings home first places.
WORLD FINALS · SAN SEBASTIÁN 2026
Qualified for the Global Dance Open World Finals 2026
Act I · Disciplines
One school, six languages of dance. Students start in the discipline that suits their age and combine styles as they grow.
The foundation of everything we do: posture, turnout, musicality and the discipline of the barre — taught with patience from the very first plié.
ACT I · 01
Classical ballet
The foundation of everything we do: posture, turnout, musicality and the discipline of the barre — taught with patience from the very first plié.
Act II · Ages
Every student has an age group and a path. Choose a stop on the barre to see what happens there.
First steps with music, games and imagination — learning to listen, wait and move together.
Short classes, a lot of play, and the basic ballet vocabulary introduced as a story. Comfortable clothes and hair tied back are all that is needed for the first lesson.
Comfortable clothes, hair tied back
Interval · Awards
WORLD FINALS · SAN SEBASTIÁN 2026
Every year Lev'Arte takes a team of children and teenagers to international competitions — financed by our own fundraising shows and the support of Cascais Jovem.
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First places · Rome 2022
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Awarded choreographies · Rome 2022
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Podiums · Braga 2026 qualifier
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World Finals · San Sebastián
The school opens in Caparide, São Domingos de Rana, with ballet classes for children.
Fundraising show at CriArte by Cascais Jovem: 16 dancers selected for the All Dance Intercontinental in Rome.
Six young dancers win the Cascais Jovem "Bolsas de Promoção de Talento" to compete abroad.
24 choreographies presented, 22 awarded: 19 first and 3 second places for 18 dancers aged 7 to 17.
Fundraising performance at the Auditório Carlos Avilez to take the team to the next international stage.
Six third places at the Portuguese qualifier in Braga — ballet, ethnic and folklore — and a place at the World Finals in San Sebastián, 14–19 July.
Act III · The school
Lev'Arte was founded in 2018 in Caparide and today teaches in Carcavelos, on the Cascais coast. It is a small, multidisciplinary school — classical ballet, contemporary, neoclassical, jazz, Irish and folklore dance — for students from 3 to 65 years old.
What makes it different is the path: from the baby class to the competition team, every dancer is known by name, and every year the school takes its young dancers to an international stage — paid for with our own shows and the community that fills them.
A multidisciplinary dance school that is like a family.
Direction
Elsa Freitas
Ballet teacher — about 15 years teaching children and teenagers, and behind every show, competition and seasonal course.
ON STAGE · IN THE STUDIO
CASTCast · What families say
I have been following Professor Elsa's fantastic work teaching ballet to children and teenagers for about 15 years, as well as her involvement in every side of Lev'Arte's shows, the many competitions, the summer and Christmas courses… Fantastic!
A multidisciplinary dance school that is like a family.
A few words about your class or your teacher help the next family choose.
PROGRAMMEQuestions
Baby class from 3 years old; regular dance classes from 5; floor barre and flexibility from 6. Adults are welcome too — our students range from 3 to 65.
BOX OFFICE
Call, write or message us on Instagram — tell us the age and we will suggest the right class. The first lesson is a trial.