Planet Motion
The Residency at Barre Groove
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In Person Classes
What to expect
Each class starts with a full-body warm-up, then a combo drawn from funk, hip-hop, and street jazz. You'll work on grooves, isolations, body rolls, partnering, and stage presence.
Locations
The Dance Complex
536 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
Barre Groove
Downtown Studio (DTX)
52 Province Street, Suite 307
Boston, MA 02108
Levels
All Level
Welcomes beginners and trained dancers alike.
Intermediate
For dancers with training. Moves faster and asks more.
The Dance Complex Menu
Street Jazz: The Pocket Book · All Level
Grounded, Confident, Purpose, Flare
Tuesdays · 6:00–7:30 PM · Central Square
Barre Groove Menu
Street Jazz: Debonair Drip · Intermediate
Snap, Style, Focus, Listen
Wednesdays · 8:30–10:00 PM · Downtown Crossing
Starting October 14. 2026
Hip-Hop: Flavor Essentials · All Level
Groove, Breathe, Pulse, Bounce
Thursdays · 8:30–10:00 PM · Downtown Crossing
Starting October 22. 2026
Pro-Style: Chemical X · Intermediate
Playful, Fresh, Synchronized, Joy
Saturdays · 1:30–3:00 PM · South Boston
Starting October 31. 2026
Testimonials
Testimonials from dancers in class are coming soon.
Coming soon
Virtual classes for dancers wherever they train.
Dance
Technique, choreography, and performance sessions you can take from home, at your own pace.
Career
Auditions, résumés, headshots, and how the industry works, from someone who has been through it.
Mindset
Confidence, consistency, and staying grounded as an artist, in the studio and out of it.
Want to know when it opens? Email pat@patplanet.com.
The Experience
- Choose your
package - Pay your
retainer - Receive e-mail with next steps, questionnaire & receipt
- First lesson
is booked - Coaching session(s)
begin - Feedback &
next steps
Audition Intensive
Coaching
$850/ intensive package
Application to Performance | Virtual & In-Person Options
2 dance sessions · 2 coaching consultations · 1 music mix · 1 application review
A personalized coaching experience to help you present your strongest, most competitive self.
Walk into your audition prepared, polished, and confident in what you bring to the room.
Book nowComprehensive Dance
Coaching
$850/ holistic package
Five-Session Coaching Experience | Virtual & In-Person Options
3 private dance sessions · 2 coaching consultations
For dancers, individuals or small groups, ready to invest in their artistic and technical development.
More than a series of lessons. A purposeful investment in the dancer you’re becoming.
Book nowPrivate Dance Coaching
$200/ session
60 Minutes | Virtual or In-Person
Personalized training designed around your movement, artistry, and individual goals.
Focused attention. Intentional training. Meaningful progress.
Book nowAudition Intensive Coaching
Application to Performance | Virtual & In-Person Options
Prepare for your next audition with a personalized coaching experience designed to help you present your strongest, most competitive self.
From application materials to performance preparation, we’ll develop an audition strategy that highlights your strengths, reflects your artistic identity, and aligns with the expectations of your prospective team.
Your intensive includes:
- Application Review: Personalized feedback on your headshots, résumé, and cover letter.
- Two Coaching Consultations: Two 60-minute sessions focused on audition strategy, preparation, and individualized guidance.
- Custom Solo Music Mix: A tailored music selection designed to support your audition performance.
- Solo Development: One 60-minute session to create choreography that showcases your strengths while reflecting the team’s style and performance expectations.
- Performance Refinement: One additional 60-minute session to polish your solo or refine supplemental audition choreography.
Walk into your audition prepared, polished, and confident in what you bring to the room.
Comprehensive Dance Coaching
Five-Session Coaching Experience | Virtual & In-Person Options
A personalized training experience for dancers ready to invest in their artistic and technical development for individuals or small groups.
This package combines individual mentorship with focused movement training to help you identify your strengths, address areas for growth, and develop a clearer path toward your goals.
Your development experience includes:
- Two 60-Minute Coaching Consultations: Individualized guidance on artistic direction, career goals, training priorities, and personal development. Sessions may include portfolio review, action planning, or independent assignments.
- Three 60-Minute Private Dance Sessions: Targeted instruction in movement quality, technique, performance execution, and choreography retention, available virtually or in person.
Each session builds on your individual needs, creating space for reflection, technical progress, and continued artistic growth.
More than a series of lessons. A purposeful investment in the dancer you’re becoming.
Private Dance Coaching
60 Minutes | Virtual or In-Person
Personalized training designed around your movement, artistry, and individual goals.
Whether you’re refining your technique, strengthening choreography retention, developing your performance quality, or navigating your next audition move, each session is tailored to your needs.
Focused attention. Intentional training. Meaningful progress.
Testimonials
Testimonials from dancers I’ve coached are coming soon.
Studio rental for in-person sessions is not included and typically runs $5–$30 an hour. I’m happy to use my faculty discount where appropriate.
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Student accounts open when the site launches. Until then, email pat@patplanet.com to purchase a pack.
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Planet Motion is a multidisciplinary creative company dedicated to advancing human potential through movement, artistry, and education.
We create transformative experiences, develop exceptional talent, and produce innovative work that connects people, challenges convention, and inspires meaningful transformation.
Through creative direction, choreography, education, and cultural collaboration, we unite artistic excellence with self-empowerment, equipping individuals and communities with the tools and wisdom to discover, cultivate, and choose their own power.
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To become a leading force in human development, empowering individuals to discover their truth, cultivate vitality, and pursue their passions through the transformative power of movement.
We envision a world where people are empowered to sustain themselves authentically, express themselves freely, and realize their fullest potential.
Planet Motion aspires to unite artistry, education, and innovation to create experiences, opportunities, and communities that inspire purposeful living, personal growth, and meaningful transformation.
Movement is the medium. Power is the purpose.
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01Artistry
Observation in Expression.
When a chord is stricken and the soul begins to sing, we are able to recognize that there is something there, and if we're lucky — it'll be something worthwhile. How we bring that worthwhile discovery to life is the Art.
Artistry calls for a sense of calm honesty, an attentive eye for detail, and an openness to reflection. Through curiosity, experimentation, and the willingness to observe without judgment, we uncover the truths that shape us. When that expression happens involuntarily — know you're onto something. Listen to what moves us, remain open to what it reveals, and imagine the ways it can come true.
02Athleticism
The Power of Our Instrument.
Like an athlete, we approach the body's development with discipline, curiosity, and respect. Through purposeful training, thoughtful nutrition, restorative practices, and an understanding of our physical nature, we cultivate the conditions that allow our bodies to perform, recover, and thrive.
Athleticism requires us to listen as closely as we train, recognizing that our greatest capabilities emerge from pushing our limits and honoring our limitations. When we learn to work in partnership with our bodies, we expand our capacity to move through life with vitality, purpose, and freedom.
03Academics
The Study.
The human body is a living archive.
Gesture, rhythm, posture, and physicality reveal information about where we come from, how we live, and what we may be becoming. Through historical research, cultural study, scientific inquiry, and technique study, we seek to understand not only how bodies move, but the power of moving in certain ways.
Through interdisciplinary exploration, I invite you to look beyond what is immediately visible, question assumptions, and recognize the relationship between the individual body and the world that shapes it. Knowledge deepens our appreciation of movement, while movement offers new ways of understanding ourselves and one another.
04Actualization
The Art of Making It Happen.
There is a particular satisfaction in making something real. Actualization is the practice of turning vision into reality through craftsmanship, discipline, and deliberate action.
We believe that recognizing what ought to exist in the world is only the beginning. Bringing it to life requires more than inspiration. It takes grit, know-how, patience, and a willingness to roll up our sleeves and do the work. Every meaningful creation demands that we learn our craft, develop our skills, solve problems, and persist through the inevitable distance between what we imagine and what we can make real.
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Patrick Opran grew up in New York City and has been dancing since age five. He trained at Broadway Dance Center and The Ailey School, where he met his mentor, Bev Brown, and began dancing professionally at 17 for TV, commercials, and live stage.
He has taught and choreographed at studios across the United States and in Europe, and dances for the Boston Celtics at TD Garden. He also holds a J.D. from Penn State Dickinson Law.
I teach dance as a craft and a conversation. Every class starts with the body, then builds toward choreography that asks for technique, musicality, and presence at the same time.
I care more about how each dancer moves than how closely they copy me. Beginners and trained dancers work side by side, and both are expected to grow.
The goal is progress you can feel: cleaner technique, stronger retention, and the confidence to bring yourself into the room.
New York trained. Boston based.