CLASS DECSRIPTIONS
Creative Dance/Acrobatics: Combines movement and artistic expression by developing motor skills, emotional/self expression, and locomotive skills. Class focuses on basic tumbling, body shapes, jumps, rolls, bridges and obstacle courses.
Creative Dance/Ballet: Combines movement and artistic expression by developing motor skills, emotional/self expression, and locomotive skills. Class focuses on basic ballet technique and the fundamental movements of ballet.
Creative Dance/Tap: Combines movement and artistic expression by developing motor skills, emotional/self expression, and locomotive skills. Class focuses on basic tap steps, rhythms, and musicality.
Hip Hop: Classes include style explorations such as popping, locking, breaking, freestyle and commercial dance. Classes also focus on choreography, musicality and understanding the foundation and culture of hip hop dance.
Jazz/Tap Combo: Class consists of 30-minutes of Jazz technique and 30-minutes of Tap technique. Classes work on footwork, transitions, jumps, kicks, rhythmic patterns and combinations.
Lyrical: Classes focus on style explorations such as blending jazz, ballet and modern dance techniques with an emphasis on fluidity, musicality and expressiveness to capture emotion through movement.
Intro to Ballet: For dancers ages 8-13 who are brand new to ballet and need to learn the basics. Dancers learn movements and technique at a slower tempo and as the class progresses, the steps will gradually become faster and bigger.
Pre-Ballet 1: For dancers ages 5-7 this is an introduction to formal ballet training. Dancers will develop a foundation for ballet and develop body awareness, coordination, musicality, and ballet class etiquette.
Pre-Ballet 2: For dancers ages 5-7 who have taken 1-2 years of Pre-Ballet 1. Dancers start exploring the ballet barre, spatial awareness, learn correct execution and placement in ballet positions.
Ballet 1: Prior ballet experience is required. Class focuses on developing awareness of body alignment, vocabulary and technique. Class includes barre exercises, center work, and flexibility.
Ballet 2: Prior ballet experience is required. Class focuses on technique and proper execution of movements. Dancers will have barre work, center, and across the floor exercises. Dancers develop an understanding of movement quality, and carriage of the upper body.
Ballet 3: Prior ballet experience is required. Class focuses on classical ballet technique, barre work, center, and across the floor exercises. Dancers focus on stretching and lengthening the muscles of the body to be able to better execute the movements. Dancers will also explore balancing and turning exercises in this class.
Pointe: (Invitation Only) dancers must be in Ballet 2 or 3 and must be 10 years of age or older. This class requires dancers to have very strong ankles, body awareness, and core stability. Proper fitting pointe shoes are also required and must be approved by the ballet instructor. This class works on gaining the strength and knowledge needed to be able to fully get up on their pointe shoes.
Intro to Acro: For dancers ages 6-8 who are brand new to acrobatics. This class focuses on safety, flexibility, strength, and proper body, foot and leg positions.
Beginner Acro: For dancers who have already taken Intro to Acro. Dancers work on basic stunts such as forward rolls, backward rolls, cartwheels, and beginner balances. This class also focuses on flexibility and how to properly perform tricks.
Intermediate Acro: For dancers who have already taken Beginner Acro. This class focuses on harder tricks such as back walkovers, front walkovers, inversion balances, and round offs. Dancers learn about muscle control and explore conditioning exercises with increased difficulty.
Advanced Acro: For dancers who have already taken Intermediate Acro. Dancers must be proficient in flexibility, balance, coordination, and strength. This class is geared towards advanced students who will work on more difficult tricks such as aerials, and kip ups.