diff --git a/packages/core/src/animation/interfaces.ts b/packages/core/src/animation/interfaces.ts
index a8b4fbb0489..f17a9f0bf3e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/animation/interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/animation/interfaces.ts
@@ -52,23 +52,8 @@ const MAX_ANIMATION_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = 4000;
  */
 export type AnimationFunction = (event: AnimationCallbackEvent) => void;
 
-export type AnimationEventFunction = (
-  el: Element,
-  value: AnimationFunction,
-) => AnimationRemoveFunction;
-export type AnimationClassFunction = (
-  el: Element,
-  value: Set<string> | null,
-  resolvers: Function[] | undefined,
-) => AnimationRemoveFunction;
-export type AnimationRemoveFunction = (removeFn: VoidFunction) => void;
-
-export interface AnimationDetails {
-  classes: Set<string> | null;
-  classFns?: Function[];
-  animateFn: AnimationRemoveFunction;
-  isEventBinding: boolean;
-}
+export type RunEnterAnimationFn = () => void;
+export type RunLeaveAnimationFn = () => {promise: Promise<void>; resolve: VoidFunction};
 
 export interface LongestAnimation {
   animationName: string | undefined;
@@ -76,17 +61,21 @@ export interface LongestAnimation {
   duration: number;
 }
 
-export interface NodeAnimations {
-  animateFns: Function[];
+export interface EnterNodeAnimations {
+  animateFns: RunEnterAnimationFn[];
+  resolvers?: VoidFunction[];
+}
+export interface LeaveNodeAnimations {
+  animateFns: RunLeaveAnimationFn[];
   resolvers?: VoidFunction[];
 }
 
 export interface AnimationLViewData {
   // Enter animations that apply to nodes in this view
-  enter?: Map<number, NodeAnimations>;
+  enter?: Map<number, EnterNodeAnimations>;
 
   // Leave animations that apply to nodes in this view
-  leave?: Map<number, NodeAnimations>;
+  leave?: Map<number, LeaveNodeAnimations>;
 
   // Leave animations that apply to nodes in this view
   // We chose to use unknown instead of PromiseSettledResult<void> to avoid requiring the type
@@ -100,3 +89,8 @@ export interface AnimationLViewData {
   // the animations in that case.
   skipLeaveAnimations?: boolean;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Function that returns the class or class list binded to the animate instruction
+ */
+export type AnimationClassBindingFn = () => string | string[];
diff --git a/packages/core/src/animation/queue.ts b/packages/core/src/animation/queue.ts
index 4bc53cf1206..c430269f28c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/animation/queue.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/animation/queue.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 
 import {afterNextRender} from '../render3/after_render/hooks';
 import {InjectionToken, Injector} from '../di';
-import {NodeAnimations} from './interfaces';
+import {EnterNodeAnimations} from './interfaces';
 
 export interface AnimationQueue {
-  queue: Set<Function>;
+  queue: Set<VoidFunction>;
   isScheduled: boolean;
-  scheduler: Function | null;
+  scheduler: typeof initializeAnimationQueueScheduler | null;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ export const ANIMATION_QUEUE = new InjectionToken<AnimationQueue>(
   },
 );
 
-export function addToAnimationQueue(injector: Injector, animationFns: Function | Function[]) {
+export function addToAnimationQueue(
+  injector: Injector,
+  animationFns: VoidFunction | VoidFunction[],
+) {
   const animationQueue = injector.get(ANIMATION_QUEUE);
   if (Array.isArray(animationFns)) {
     for (const animateFn of animationFns) {
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ export function initializeAnimationQueueScheduler(injector: Injector) {
 
 export function queueEnterAnimations(
   injector: Injector,
-  enterAnimations: Map<number, NodeAnimations>,
+  enterAnimations: Map<number, EnterNodeAnimations>,
 ) {
   for (const [_, nodeAnimations] of enterAnimations) {
     addToAnimationQueue(injector, nodeAnimations.animateFns);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/animation/utils.ts b/packages/core/src/animation/utils.ts
index 8daf9554a38..365dd1f4297 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/animation/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/animation/utils.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,15 @@
  */
 
 import {stringify} from '../util/stringify'; // Adjust imports as per actual location
-import {ANIMATIONS_DISABLED, LongestAnimation, NodeAnimations} from './interfaces';
+import {
+  ANIMATIONS_DISABLED,
+  RunEnterAnimationFn,
+  RunLeaveAnimationFn,
+  LongestAnimation,
+  EnterNodeAnimations,
+  LeaveNodeAnimations,
+  AnimationClassBindingFn,
+} from './interfaces';
 import {INJECTOR, LView, DECLARATION_LCONTAINER, ANIMATIONS} from '../render3/interfaces/view';
 import {RuntimeError, RuntimeErrorCode} from '../errors';
 import {Renderer} from '../render3/interfaces/renderer';
@@ -61,7 +69,11 @@ export function assertElementNodes(nativeElement: Element, instruction: string)
  * host binding. When removing classes, we need the entire list of animation classes
  * added to properly remove them when the longest animation fires.
  */
-export function trackEnterClasses(el: HTMLElement, classList: string[], cleanupFns: Function[]) {
+export function trackEnterClasses(
+  el: HTMLElement,
+  classList: string[],
+  cleanupFns: VoidFunction[],
+) {
   const elementData = enterClassMap.get(el);
   if (elementData) {
     for (const klass of classList) {
@@ -95,7 +107,7 @@ export const noOpAnimationComplete = () => {};
 // we remove all of the classes in the case of animation composition via host bindings.
 export const enterClassMap = new WeakMap<
   HTMLElement,
-  {classList: string[]; cleanupFns: Function[]}
+  {classList: string[]; cleanupFns: VoidFunction[]}
 >();
 export const longestAnimations = new WeakMap<HTMLElement, LongestAnimation>();
 
@@ -162,23 +174,23 @@ export function trackLeavingNodes(tNode: TNode, el: HTMLElement): void {
 /**
  * Retrieves the list of specified enter animations from the lView
  */
-export function getLViewEnterAnimations(lView: LView): Map<number, NodeAnimations> {
+export function getLViewEnterAnimations(lView: LView): Map<number, EnterNodeAnimations> {
   const animationData = (lView[ANIMATIONS] ??= {});
-  return (animationData.enter ??= new Map<number, NodeAnimations>());
+  return (animationData.enter ??= new Map());
 }
 
 /**
  * Retrieves the list of specified leave animations from the lView
  */
-export function getLViewLeaveAnimations(lView: LView): Map<number, NodeAnimations> {
+export function getLViewLeaveAnimations(lView: LView): Map<number, LeaveNodeAnimations> {
   const animationData = (lView[ANIMATIONS] ??= {});
-  return (animationData.leave ??= new Map<number, NodeAnimations>());
+  return (animationData.leave ??= new Map());
 }
 
 /**
  * Gets the list of classes from a passed in value
  */
-export function getClassListFromValue(value: string | Function | string[]): string[] | null {
+export function getClassListFromValue(value: string | AnimationClassBindingFn): string[] | null {
   const classes = typeof value === 'function' ? value() : value;
   let classList: string[] | null = Array.isArray(classes) ? classes : null;
   if (typeof classes === 'string') {
@@ -253,9 +265,9 @@ export function isLongestAnimation(
  * @param fn The animation function to be called later
  */
 export function addAnimationToLView(
-  animations: Map<number, NodeAnimations>,
+  animations: Map<number, EnterNodeAnimations | LeaveNodeAnimations>,
   tNode: TNode,
-  fn: Function,
+  fn: RunEnterAnimationFn | RunLeaveAnimationFn,
 ) {
   const nodeAnimations = animations.get(tNode.index) ?? {animateFns: []};
   nodeAnimations.animateFns.push(fn);
@@ -264,7 +276,7 @@ export function addAnimationToLView(
 
 export function cleanupAfterLeaveAnimations(
   resolvers: VoidFunction[] | undefined,
-  cleanupFns: Function[],
+  cleanupFns: VoidFunction[],
 ): void {
   if (resolvers) {
     for (const fn of resolvers) {
@@ -286,7 +298,7 @@ export function leaveAnimationFunctionCleanup(
   tNode: TNode,
   nativeElement: HTMLElement,
   resolvers: VoidFunction[] | undefined,
-  cleanupFns: Function[],
+  cleanupFns: VoidFunction[],
 ) {
   clearLeavingNodes(tNode, nativeElement as HTMLElement);
   cleanupAfterLeaveAnimations(resolvers, cleanupFns);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/animation.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/animation.ts
index 5b34015fa84..ea8f70bcb6c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/animation.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/animation.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import {
+  AnimationClassBindingFn,
   AnimationCallbackEvent,
   AnimationFunction,
   MAX_ANIMATION_TIMEOUT,
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ import {initializeAnimationQueueScheduler, queueEnterAnimations} from '../../ani
  *
  * @codeGenApi
  */
-export function ɵɵanimateEnter(value: string | Function): typeof ɵɵanimateEnter {
+export function ɵɵanimateEnter(value: string | AnimationClassBindingFn): typeof ɵɵanimateEnter {
   performanceMarkFeature('NgAnimateEnter');
 
   if ((typeof ngServerMode !== 'undefined' && ngServerMode) || !areAnimationSupported) {
@@ -86,7 +87,11 @@ export function ɵɵanimateEnter(value: string | Function): typeof ɵɵanimateEn
   return ɵɵanimateEnter; // For chaining
 }
 
-export function runEnterAnimation(lView: LView, tNode: TNode, value: string | Function) {
+export function runEnterAnimation(
+  lView: LView,
+  tNode: TNode,
+  value: string | AnimationClassBindingFn,
+): void {
   const nativeElement = getNativeByTNode(tNode, lView) as HTMLElement;
 
   ngDevMode && assertElementNodes(nativeElement, 'animate.enter');
@@ -97,7 +102,7 @@ export function runEnterAnimation(lView: LView, tNode: TNode, value: string | Fu
   // Retrieve the actual class list from the value. This will resolve any resolver functions from
   // bindings.
   const activeClasses = getClassListFromValue(value);
-  const cleanupFns: Function[] = [];
+  const cleanupFns: VoidFunction[] = [];
 
   // In the case where multiple animations are happening on the element, we need
   // to get the longest animation to ensure we don't complete animations early.
@@ -233,7 +238,7 @@ function runEnterAnimationFunction(lView: LView, tNode: TNode, value: AnimationF
  *
  * @codeGenApi
  */
-export function ɵɵanimateLeave(value: string | Function): typeof ɵɵanimateLeave {
+export function ɵɵanimateLeave(value: string | AnimationClassBindingFn): typeof ɵɵanimateLeave {
   performanceMarkFeature('NgAnimateLeave');
 
   if ((typeof ngServerMode !== 'undefined' && ngServerMode) || !areAnimationSupported) {
@@ -263,7 +268,7 @@ export function ɵɵanimateLeave(value: string | Function): typeof ɵɵanimateLe
 function runLeaveAnimations(
   lView: LView,
   tNode: TNode,
-  value: string | Function,
+  value: string | AnimationClassBindingFn,
 ): {promise: Promise<void>; resolve: VoidFunction} {
   const {promise, resolve} = promiseWithResolvers<void>();
   const nativeElement = getNativeByTNode(tNode, lView) as Element;
@@ -305,7 +310,7 @@ function animateLeaveClassRunner(
   ngZone: NgZone,
 ) {
   cancelAnimationsIfRunning(el, renderer);
-  const cleanupFns: Function[] = [];
+  const cleanupFns: VoidFunction[] = [];
   const resolvers = getLViewLeaveAnimations(lView).get(tNode.index)?.resolvers;
 
   const handleOutAnimationEnd = (event: AnimationEvent | TransitionEvent | CustomEvent) => {
@@ -408,7 +413,7 @@ function runLeaveAnimationFunction(
 
   ngDevMode && assertElementNodes(nativeElement, 'animate.leave');
 
-  const cleanupFns: Function[] = [];
+  const cleanupFns: VoidFunction[] = [];
   const renderer = lView[RENDERER];
   const animationsDisabled = areAnimationsDisabled(lView);
   const ngZone = lView[INJECTOR]!.get(NgZone);