CHLDREN CLASSES

Class Offerings

Ballet

a classical dance form focusing on elaborate formal technique, characterized by gestures and movements of grace, precision, and fluidity. The foundation of all dance genres as it sets the tone for dance technique and proper body alignment. Students must be enrolled in ballet to take jazz, modern, or contemporary.

Tap

The rhythm and movement of tap, created by the metal taps on the heels and toes of a dancer’s shoes, transforms the dancer into a percussive musician. Tap dance emphasizes the flow of movement by teaching the dancer to find rhythms and beats not only in music but in their own bodies.

Jazz

an upbeat high energy style of dance. Jazz dance combines techniques of classical ballet and various styles of dance. Jazz dance enhances dancers’ musicality and rhythmic ability by focusing on isolations.

Hip Hop

a fusion dance genre with hip hop music culture influence. Typically upbeat and specialized style of movement. Allows dancers to express themselves more freely and connect to current and older hip hop songs.

Musical Theater

A dance style derived from the likes of on and off broadway productions.

Strengthening/Conditioning

A class solely designed to further enhance body technique, flexibility and strength. Students will dig deep into core work, hip rotation, and overall body strengthening exercises. Class will be spent breaking down particular stretches and techniques to assist students in bodily progression.

therabands, yoga blocks, ankle weights required for class

Contemporary

Contemporary dance is an expressive style of dance that abandons the rigid, centered aspect of classical forms of dance. It incorporates certain elements of ballet, modern, and jazz. Helps connect the mind and the body through fluid dance movement.

Modern

Horton based technique. Founded by Lester Horton emphasizes a whole body, anatomical approach to dance that includes flexibility, strength, coordination and body and spatial awareness to enable unrestricted, dramatic freedom of expression

Tumbling

A class that teaches skills such as cartwheels, round offs, handstands, walk-overs, back handsprings, as well as reviewing the beginning gymnastics skills. Once recommended by instructor, student will then begin to master front handsprings, aerials, back handsprings, and more. Students must be able to maintain athletic strength to sustain such skills.