The Dance Class is an 1874 oil painting on canvas by the French artist Edgar Degas.

[1] It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.

The imaginary scene depicts a dance class being held under the supervision of Jules Perrot, a famous ballet master, in the old Paris Opera, which had actually burnt down the previous year.

The poster on the wall for Rossini's Guillaume Tell is a tribute to the operatic singer Jean-Baptiste Faure, who had commissioned the work.

[2] The painting is on view in the Metropolitan Museum's Gallery 815 as of December 2023[update].