Dancing zebras, penguins and crocodiles will fill the State College Area High School auditorium this weekend.

The Central Pennsylvania Dance Workshop, 101 S. Fraser St., is holding its spring performance, "A Day at the Zoo," Sunday.

"All of the songs have themes with animals," Caitlin Wockenfuss, an instructor for both the workshop and Penn State, said.

"One of my classes is dancing to "I'm A Believer" by the Monkees. It's going to be really cute."

Jill Brighton, the director of the workshop, said the idea for "A Day at the Zoo" came from the need to have a wide variety of choices for all of the performing classes.

"We always try to come up with a loosely unifying theme for our school productions," she said.

"Something that ties it all together in a way that elevates the performance a step up from a recital."

The performance includes fictional animals -- Pink Panthers and ligers -- and will feature all different styles and ages.

"There will be a broad range of ages and levels ... performing ballet, modern, tap, jazz and hip hop," Brighton said.

Wockenfuss said despite the skill level, each performance will be entertaining for the audience.

"It's all mixed throughout and pretty short," she said.

"The children classes are more fun and funky, and the adult classes are more focused on technique."

The performance is being held to showcase the talent of the dancers, Brighton said.

She also said that she wants to bring awareness of all the local performing arts groups to the surrounding community.

"Part of our mission is about helping to foster an interest in the performing arts," she said.

"It's also an important facet of our students' education.

They take what they've learned and apply it to something that goes beyond their individual selves."

Brighton said students should come to the performance to support their peers and to broaden their own cultural horizons, but most importantly because it will be fun.

"Bottom line, students should come for its entertainment value. There will be something for everyone," she said.

"We'll present a tasteful, qualitative and relatively short production that will broaden students' minds and aesthetic tastes."