History ComicBook / DanceClass

Started in 2007, the series has thirdteen volumes as of 2022.

Started in 2007, the series has twelve volumes as of 2021.

Started in 2012, the series has twelve volumes as of 2021.

Started in 2012, the series has eleven volumes as of 2019. It's currently unknown if there will be any more volumes published.

Started in 2012, the series has eleven volumes as of 2019.

* {{Acrofatic}}: Lucie's a downplayed example--calling her "fat" is kind of a stretch, but she does have a noticeably chubbier build compared to the rest of the students in the titular class, but is still a very skilled dancer and is clearly very passionate about what she does, being especially gifted at choreography[[note]]Julie and Alia both state in the series' seventh volume that Lucie's main career goal is to become a professional choreographer and that she's already started writing her own ballets[[/note]].

* MetaphoricallyTrue: One strip had the three main characters telling their parents that their dance class was going to run a little later then usual because of a rehearsal. But then it turns out that it was a lie to go a party, but they justify it as a "half-truth" because it still technically involves dancing.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Carla's definitely this--she's the closest that the series has to a main antagonist and sees herself as this prima ballerina who deserves all the lead roles in their plays and recitals. Though Carla's not bad at dancing by any means, because of her arrogant/self-centered nature, she usually doesn't get along that well with the other students in her dance classes. Carla often goes out of her way to sabotage other students, which has often lead to her being cast as the main villain (or at least in a villainous role).

Started in 2012, the series has eleven volumes at the current as of 2019.

''Dance Class'' (French Title: ''Studio Danse'') is a French Graphic Novel series written by an author duo under the pen name Béka (Bertrand Escaich & Caroline Rogue) and drawn by an artist simply known as Crip. The book is published by Bamboo Edition in its home country and translated and published in the Western market by Papercutz.

The series is, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin about a dance class]] and all the different forms of dance studied/practiced by the students--the dance school seems to offer everything from ballet to hip-hop to Tecktonic to African folk dancing (and etc.). Following the main trio (three [=BFFs=] named Julie, Alia and Lucie) as they go through lessons, participate in plays/recitals and sometime inadvertently apply their skills to daily life with usually hilarious results. Essentially, it's a slice of life series but with quite the interesting look into the world of dance.

* {{Typecasting}}: An InUniverse example--as noted above, Julie's the one usually cast as the female lead in plays and recitals while Carla's the one usually cast as the main villain (or at least in villainous role).

** Carla, also as noted above, was the one usually cast as the main villain (or at least in a villainous role). For the times that she wasn't in some kind of villainous role, she played in a minor background role--like in the fifth volume of the series (the one where the class goes to Russia to perform in a production of ''Theatre/TheNutcracker''), Carla played the Mouse King in the first act but during the second act, one of the Russian students had to drop out of the recital, so Carla took her place (which ended up being playing one of the backgrounders in the Land of Sweets).
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: PlayedForLaughs--one day, while Bruno's on the way to his dance class, his dad is complaining to him about how all of [his dad's] coworkers make fun of him for [Bruno] taking ballet instead of doing something more "masculine," like soccer, rugby or "at worst" (as Bruno's dad describes it) basketball. But when Bruno walks into the studio, all of the the other students (all of whom are ''girls'') rush up to Bruno to greet him, with two of them kissing him on both cheeks and some of them asking Bruno to dance with them in class later. Later on, during the next time he's at work, Bruno's dad is now bragging to his coworkers about how his son has "got it figured out" and is "already surrounded by girls."

''Dance Class'' (French Title: ''Studio Danse'') is a French Graphic Novel series written by an author duo under the pen name Béka (Bertrand Escaich & Caroline Rogue) and drawn by an artist simply known as Crip. The book is published by Bamboo Edition in it's home country and translated and published in the Western market by Papercutz.

The series is, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin about a dance class]] and all the different forms of dance studied/practiced by the students--the dance school seems to offer everything from ballet to hip-hop to Tecktonic to African folk dancing (and etc.). Following the main trio (three [=BFFs=] named Julie, Alia and Lucie) as they go through lessons, participate in plays/recitals and sometime inadvertently apply their skills to daily life with usual hilarious results. Essentially, it's a slice of life series but with quite the interesting look into the world of dance.

!!! Tropes

** While talking things over, the teachers considered giving the role of Snow White to Julie, since she was their original choice for it--but at that point, Julie was too invested in her role as the Evil Queen to give it up. So in the end, the role of Snow White was given to Julie's friend, Lucie, while Carla was recast as the Evil Queen's magic mirror.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Carla's definitely this--she's the closest that the series has to a main antagonist and sees herself as this prima ballerina who deserves all the lead roles in their plays and recitals. Though Carla's not bad at dancing by any means, because of her rotten attitude and selfish nature, she usually doesn't get along that well with the other students in her dance classes. Carla often goes out of her way to sabotage other students, which has often lead to her being cast as the main villain (or at least in a villainous role).
** Also, because of Carla's general demeanor, when something bad happens, she's usually the prime suspect--for example, in "Letting It Go," when the dress for the role of the Snow Queen goes missing, Carla was the prime suspect the first two times it went missing[[note]]The first time it went missing, all the students assumed it was Carla, with their reasoning being how Carla's known for sabotaging and playing mean pranks on the other students. The second time it went missing, the main trio assumed it was Carla because they all saw her poking around the costume storage, although Carla was checking on the dress to make sure it was still there, not because she wanted to steal it[[/note]]. The third time it went missing, it turned out that Carla really had taken the dress (although she claims it was to protect it and that she was planning on returning it before the recital).
* TeensLoveShopping: [[https://i0.wp.com/papercutz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DanceClass_5-1.png?fit=650%2C900 One humorous strip]] saw the three girl seemingly on a shopping strip but it turns out that they had initially went in to ask the manager if it was okay for them to put up an advertisement for the dance class, having gotten distracted while doing so to the point that they has spent ''45 minutes'' in each store they visited so far and still had more to go.

The series is, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin about a dance class]] and all the different forms of dance studied/practiced by the students--the dance school seems to offer everything from ballet to hip-hop to Tecktonic to African folk dancing (and etc.). Following the main trio (three BFFs named Julie, Alia and Lucie) as they go through lessons, participate in plays/recitals and sometime inadvertently apply their skills to daily life with usual hilarious results. Essentially, it's a slice of life series but with quite the interesting look into the world of dance.

The series is, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin about a dance class]] and the different forms of dance studied/practiced by the students, with everything from ballet to street dancing to African Dance to Tecktonic dancing (and etc.). Following the three leads (Julie, Alia and Lucie) as they go through lessons, participate in plays/recitals and sometime inadvertently apply their skills to daily life with usual hilarious results. Essentially, it's a slice of life series but with quite the interesting look into the world of dance.

* {{Ballet}}: While the students in the titular class study and practice all different forms of dance, ballet is typically the main focus. [[FridgeBrilliance It]] ''[[FridgeBrilliance is]]'' [[FridgeBrilliance the foundation for most dance disciplines after all]].

** When the titular class is set to do a performance of "Snow White," Julie (who's widely considered to be the best dancer in the class) was naturally cast as Snow White while Carla (who could be considered the main antagonist for the book series) was cast as the Evil Queen--but they both protested this, much to the surprise of the class. Julie claimed that she was tired of always being cast as the "sweet heroine" while Carla was tired of Julie always getting the lead roles in their plays and recitals.
** After hearing their protests, their teacher then gave the role of the Evil Queen to Julie and the role of the Snow White to Carla--however, Carla was ultimately forced to give up because she just couldn't get along with the child-dancers (one of whom was Julie's younger sister, Capucine), who refused to dance with Carla until the role of Snow White was recast.
** While the teachers considered giving the role of Snow White to Julie since she was their original choice, she's too invested in her role as the Evil Queen--so the role of Snow White ends up going to Lucie while Carla's recast as the Evil Queen's mirror.

* RoadsideWave: In one comic, Alia tries to recreate the "Singing in the Rain" number in actual rain while at a bus stop. Only to have a passing car splash water on her.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Carla's definitely this--she sees herself as a prima ballerina who deserves all the lead roles for their plays and recitals. Carla certainly is a competent dancer, but because of her rotten attitude and selfish nature, she tends to not work well with others and none of the other students in the titular class really like her that much.
** One example of this is in Book-7, when the titular class splits into two groups (one led by Lucie and one led by Carla) to come up with a dance routine for a big competition after their modern dance teacher, Miss Mary, gets sick and can't come to class for a few weeks. At first, Lucie's group is worried that they won't enough people for their routine, but then everyone who was in Carla's group comes to them because they'd rather be in Lucie's group, explaining that all Carla was complain and criticize them (and they also felt that the routine Carla had come up with for the show was terrible).

* {{Acrofatic}}: Lucie's a downplayed example--calling her "fat" is kind of a stretch, but she does have a noticeably chubbier build compared to the rest of the students in the titular class but is still a very skilled dancer and is clearly very passionate about what she does, being especially gifted at choreography[[note]]Julie and Alia both state in the series' seventh volume that Lucie's main career goal is to become a professional choreographer and that she's already started writing her own ballets[[note]].

** [[https://isitrightforkids.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/p5.jpg Another]] showed Bruno trying various sports before settling on dance, thinking it would be safer... least until Carla accidentally steps on his foot during a practice routine.
** Another strip had the class do an outside African tribal dance performance. However they were barefoot and the day they did it on was very hot and had warmed the street. So when the performance was over, the class couldn't stop hopping because the ground was so hot.

* MetaphoricallyTrue: One strip had the three main characters telling their parents that their dance class was going to run a little later then usual. But then it turns out that it was a lie to go a party, but they justify it as a "half-truth" because it still technically involves dancing.

** When the titular class is set to do a performance of "Snow White," Julie (who's widely considered to be the best dancer in the class) was naturally cast as Snow White while Carla (who could be considered the main antagonist for the book series) was cast the Evil Queen--but they both protested this, much to the surprise of the class. Julie claimed that she was tired of always being cast as the "sweet heroine" while Carla was tired of Julie always getting the lead roles in their plays and recitals.

** In Volume-3, Mary (the instructor for modern dance) gets annoyed with the students taking so many breaks to drink water (since all that dancing makes the students really thirsty), she comes up with a routine that makes the students dance with their bottles of water, so that way they can drink while they dance without having to take so many breaks. It works, but now all the students need to take a bathroom break.

** When the titular class is set to do a performance of "Snow White," Julie (who's widely considered to be the best dancer in the class) was naturally cast as Snow White while Carla (who could be considered the main antagonist for the book series) was cast the Evil Queen--but they both protested this, much to the surprise of the class in the former case. Julie was tired of constantly being cast as the "sweet heroine" while Carla was tired of Julie always getting the lead role.

* ShoutOut: Book 10 involves the class putting up a performance based on ''Literature/TheSnowQueen''. While the story the performance is following is reasonably faithful to Andersen's tale, the costumes the characters are wearing are almost identical to those from [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 another well-known adaptation of the fairy tale]] (including a certain iconic ice dress for the dancer playing the Snow Queen, and upon which the story hinges). Additionally, the English title of the book is "Letting It Go."

* BigEater: Lucie's definitely--if there's food around, or if there's a role that involves food in some way, she will be seen munching on something.

* HeritageDisconnect: Nathalia, the head seamstress/costume designer for the dance school where the series takes place, is revealed to be of Russian-descent in the fifth volume ("To Russia with Love"). However, when Miss Anne that Nathalia will act as an interpreter/translator, it later turns out that while Nathalia's been living outside of Russia for so long that she herself needs to brush up on her Russian before going on the trip.
* HiddenDepths: In Volume-4, it turns that Sam (the djembe[[note]]A kind of goblet-shaped hand drum originating in West Africa[[/note]] player for the African folk dancing classes) knows how to play the piano while Miss Anne (the head of the dance school and the school's lead ballet teacher) knows how to play the djembe, with [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike both of them]] saying, "I've always loved the piano (for Sam)/djembe (for Miss Anne)! It's too bad I have so few chances to play it!"

* MetaphoricallyTrue: One strip had the three main characters telling their parents that their dance class was going to run a little later then usual. But then it turns out that it was a lie to go a party, but they justify as a "half-truth" because it still involves dancing.

* {{Ballet}}: While the students in the titular class study and practice all different forms of dance, ballet is typically the main focus[[note]][[FridgeBrilliance It]] '''''[[FridgeBrilliance is]]''''' [[FridgeBrilliance the foundation for most dance disciplines after all]][[/note]].

** When the titular class is set to do a performance of "Snow White," Julie (who's widely considered to be the best dancer in the class) was naturally cast as Snow White while Carla (who could be considered the main antagonist for the book series) was cast the Evil Queen--but they both protested this[[note]]Julie was tired of constantly being cast as the "sweet heroine" while Carla was tired of Julie always getting the lead role[[/note]].

* {{Acrofatic}}: While calling her "fat" is a bit of a stretch, Lucie does have a noticeably chubbier build compared the rest of the kids in her dance class (including her two [=BFFs=]) but is still a talented dancer, particularly when it comes to ballet.

* MetaphoricallyTrue: One strip had Julie and Alia telling their parents that their dance class was going to run a little later then usual. Turns out it was a lie to go a teen club which technically ''does'' have dancing.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: The girls sometime use their dance skills to their benefit outside the class or stage such as managing to tip toe around their teacher without notice or use it to reach a light bulb.

* {{Ballet}}: While the students in the titular class study and practice all different forms of dance, ballet is typically the main focus[[note]][[FridgeBrilliance It]] ''[[FridgeBrilliance is]]'' [[FridgeBrilliance the foundation of all dance disciplines after all]][[/note]].
* BigEater: Lucie's definitely--if there's food around, or if there's a role that involves in some way, she will be seen munching on something.

** When the titular class is set to do performance of "Snow White," Julie (who's widely considered to be the best dancer in the class) was naturally cast in the lead role--but the main trio's rival, Carla, and even Julie herself objected to this, with the former's reason being that she was tired of Julie always getting cast in the lead roles while the latter wanted to try something different for a change.
** After that, Julie was cast the Evil Queen while Carla got the role of Snow White--however, Carla was ultimately forced to give up the role after she just couldn't get along with kid-dancers playing the dwarves, so the role of Snow White was given to Lucie in the end.

* ShoutOut: Book 10 involves the class putting up a performance based on ''Literature/TheSnowQueen''. While the story the performance is following is reasonably faithful to Andersen's tale, the costumes the characters are wearing are almost identical to those from [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 another well-known adaptation of the fairy tale]] (including a certain iconic ice dress for the dancer playing the Snow Queen, and upon which the story hinges). Additionally, the English title of the book is "Letting it go".

* SmallNameBigEgo: Carla's definitely this--she sees herself as a prima ballerina who deserves all the lead roles for their plays and recitals. Though she certainly is a good/competent dancer, her rotten attitude and selfish stance don't exactly endure her in performing well with others. Ironically, the one time she did get the lead role for "Snow White", she ended up forfeiting the role to Lucie since the child dancers that were meant to play the dwarves finally got fed up with her and refused to preform until the role was recast. Even more ironic she usually ends up in the role of the villains a majority of the time.

* BigEater: Lucie's definitely this--while she, Julie and Alia all share the same passion for dance, Lucie's also passionate about food. While calling her "fat" is a bit of a stretch, she ''does'' have a noticeably chubbier build compared to their other girls and if there's any food around, or if there's a role associated with food, chances are she ''will'' be seen munching on something.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: Slightly--it's very obvious that the series takes place in France (presumably somewhere in the Paris area), but in the Papercutz version, it's never alluded to and keeps the setting vague (or tries to at least).

* HypocriticalHumor: Some comics involve the Ballet teacher, Ms Anne, [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Otk6GFKPJyA/XDvgmnyu9BI/AAAAAAAALmo/eMFQQCCYC_0I13r_POOkhONpWA2gQKLfgCHMYCw/s0/RCO005.jpg telling the girls to practice routinely to keep themselves limber]] [[https://imgur.com/5LrS28b only once the class is done and everyone gone]] to reveal she doesn't exactly practices what she preaches herself.
* LanguageBarrier: [[http://majorspoilers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Dance-5_Page_5.jpg Alia runs into this problem]] when the class goes to Russia for a recital when trying to ask a boy out on a date. Ironically said boy had the same idea as her.

** In the first issue, she pricks her finger on the thorns and she ends up fainting at the sight of her own blood.

* MetaphoricallyTrue: One strip had Julie and Alia telling their parents that their dance class was going to run a little late then usual. Turns out it was a lie to go a teen club which technically ''does'' have dancing.

* PlayingAgainstType: In-Universe example. When the class is set to preform "Snow White", Julie was naturally cast as the main lead. Carla and surprisingly ''Julie'' objected, the former tired of Julie getting the main leads while the latter wanted to try something different. So Julie was given the role of the Evil Queen while Julie got Snow White (albeit briefly, when she couldn't get along with the kid dancers playing the dwarves. She was given the role of the mirror instead while Lucie got Snow White).

* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: PlayedForLaughs--one day, while Bruno's on the way to his dance class, his dad is complaining to him about how all of [his dad's] coworkers make fun of him for [Bruno] taking ballet instead of doing something more "masculine," like soccer, rugby or "at worst" (as Bruno's dad describes it) basketball. But when Bruno walks into the studio, all of the the other (all of whom are ''girls'') rush up to Bruno to greet him, with two of them kissing him on both cheeks and some of them asking Bruno to dance with them in class later. Later on, during the next time he's at work, Bruno's dad is now bragging to his coworkers about how his son has "got it figured out" and is "already surrounded by girls."

** [[https://isitrightforkids.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/p5.jpg Another]] showed Bruno trying various sports before settling on dance, thinking it would be safer...least until Carla accidentally steps on his foot during a practice routine.

* BigEater: Lucie's definitely this--while she, Julie and Alia all share the same passion for dance, Lucie's also passionate about food. While calling her "fat" is a bit of a stretch, she ''does'' have a noticeably chubbier build
Lucie--she's got a noticeably plumper build compared to their other girls and if there's any food around, or if there's a role associated with food, chances are she ''will'' be seen munching on something.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: Slightly--it's very obvious that the series takes place in France(presumably somewhere in the Paris-area), but in the Papercutz-version, it's never alluded to and keeps the setting (or tries to at least).

** The second time she tries grabbing the flowers, she gets hit with a pollen allergy.

* ShownTheirWork: The writers and artist clearly have been studying the various forms of dance as most of the techniques seen in the book are quite accurate.

* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: PlayedForLaughs--one day, Bruno (the only boy in Lucie, Julie and Alia's ballet class) has his dad complaining about him taking ballet while his coworkers have sons that are more into traditional sports. But when Bruno and his dad arrive at the dance studio, all the girls run up to Bruno to greet him and/or ask him to dance with them in class. Later on, his dad is shown bragging to his coworkers about how his son "has things figured out" and "is already surrounded by girls."

** [[https://isitrightforkids.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/p5.jpg Another]] showed Bruno trying various sports before settling on dance thinking it safer...least until Carla accidentally steps on his foot during a practice routine.
** Another strip had the class do an outside African tribal dance performance. However they were barefoot and the day they did it on was very hot and warmed the street. So when the performance was over, the class couldn't stop hopping because the ground was so hot.

* BigEater: Lucie--she's got a noticeably plumper build compared to their other girls and if there's any food around, or if there's a role associated with food, chances are she ''will'' be seen munching on something.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: Slightly, it's fairly obvious the series takes place in France, but the Papercutz version never alludes to it and keeps the setting vague.
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: The girls usually run into this problem when not practicing, sometime doing their exercises while in classes or while bored.

* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Played for laughs when Bruno, the sole male member in the ballet class, has his father complain about him taking ballet while his co-workers have sons that are into sports. Least until he see the other girls greet him. Then his father is proudly bragging to his co-workers that his son has "things figured out".

* BigEater: Lucie is this to an extent--if there's any food around, or if there's a role that's associated with, chances are she'll be seen munching on something. This trope is made kind of obvious in that she has a noticeably plumper build compared to the other girls (although saying she's "fat" is a bit of a stretch).

While the series does look into other forms of dancing, Ballet is usually the main focus.

The series is, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin about a dance class]] and the forms of it, from ballet, street dancing, African Dance, Tecktonic dancing, etc. Following the three leads, Julie, Alia and Lucie, as they go through lessons, participate in plays and sometime inadvertently apply their skills to daily life with usual hilarious results. Essentially it's a slice of life series but with quite the interesting look into the world of dance.

* AllPartOfTheShow: During certain plays, something sometimes goes wrong but the audience just rolls with it and think it's a change up to the story or a new addition.

** [[https://isitrightforkids.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/p5.jpg Another]] showed Bruno trying various sports before settling on dance thinking it safer... least until Carla accidentally steps on his foot during a practice routine.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Capucine, Julie's little sister, sometimes falls into this in a few comics.
* {{Ballet}}: While the series does look into other forms of dancing, Ballet is usually the main focus.
* BigEater: Lucie, made pretty obvious by her pudgy figure. If there's any food around or a role that's associated with it, chances are she'll be seen nibbling on something.

* HotForTeacher: In the first issue, a few of the girls, namly Julie and Alia, fall for the street dancing teacher K.T.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Carla usually ends up suffering this. A running gag in the first two issues have her trying to snatch the roses meant Julie only to suffer a consequence. The first time, she pricks her finger and faints at the sight of her blood. The second time, she was hit with a pollen allergy.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Carla, she sees herself as a prima ballerina who should gain all the lead roles. While she is a competent dancer, her rotten attitude and selfish stance don't exactly endure her in preforming well with others. Ironically the one time she did get the lead role for "Snow White", she ended up forfeiting the role to Lucie since the child dancers that were meant to play the dwarves finally got fed up with her and refused to preform until the role was recast. Even more ironic she usually ends up in the role of the villains a majority of the time.