Class Descriptions
Baby First
(Ages 12 months -24 months)This coed baby class is stimulated through dance, music, and play along with basic tumbling activities. This class consists of interactive child/parent fun playtime.
Creative Kids
(Ages 2)To teach the fundamentals of dancing, including movement, coordination, rhythm, timing and memorization. Along with pre-ballet skills and basic tumbling.
Beg/Tap/Ballet/Gym
(Ages 3-4)First year pre-school combination class on a graded system
Tap/Ballet/Gym 2
(Ages 5-6)Second year combination class on a graded system
Tap/Ballet/Gym 3
(Ages 6-7)Third Year combination class on a graded system
Ballet/Pointe
Theatrical art form using dancing and music to convey a story or theme. Conventional poses and steps are combined with light flowing figures. Ballet is considered to be the foundation of all artistic dance. It provides a disciplined, structured technique in counterbalance to the freedom of movement. It's meticulous attention to technical detail makes it invaluable for any serious dancer.
Jazz
Form of dance developed and characterized by rhythms, ensemble playing and varying degrees of improvisation. Very much like Ballet, Jazz tends to be very technical, but the wider range of musical options lends itself to more interpretation.
Lyrical
A fluid style that blends movements from European classical ballet, American modern Jazz, and other world forms. The dancer, through choreographic expression, interprets the lyrics and/or quality of the music. This integrated form allows for freedom of self-expression and has become popular in dance competitions.
Contemporary/Modern
Incorporates elements of modern dance, ballet, and jazz with a wide variety of music or in silence. The movements often reflect the point of view of the dancer.
Tap
Tap dancing started with the Africans in early America who would beat out rhythms in their dancing with brushing and shuffling movements of their feet. Modern tap dancing began to evolve in the years 1900 to 1920 due to the mixing of Irish clogging and African American tap dances. It provides a rhythmic framework for the feet and other body parts.
Mini Hip Hop/Hip Hop
An umbrella term for many styles of dance, it includes street moves such as popping, locking, and breaking (old School) and a melting pot of movements that can come from anywhere or anytime (new School); the two together are commonly called “new style.” Backed by popular music (rap, funk, rhythm and blues, and techno), it has many characteristics of African traditional dance and early vernacular jazz dance.
Musical Theatre/Character/Broadway
Similar to a play that has a plot, singing, and dancing.
Acro - “Acrobatics”
Acro focuses on the art, skill, technique and performance skill of gymnastic tricks.
Deep Stretch & Ballet Body Conditioning for Dance
Improves technique and performance by strengthening the body's core while improving coordination, balance and alignment, and flexibility.
Choreography
This classes specializes in different styles of dance taught weekly to dancers to enhance memory.
Progressive Technique for Turns & Leaps
A successful turning and leap program developed to produce and build on technical abilities to produce flawless turns and leaps. The class focuses on several exercises to strengthen technique and core muscles.
Contact/Exploratory Improvisation Class
Contact improvisation is a partnering dance form. Through this dance form each individual learns how to support their partner while taking care of his or her own physical and emotional needs. Using skills such as rolling, falling, catching, releasing, and giving and supporting weight each dancer learns how to replace movement which is muscled through for a more easy and efficient way of moving.
Boys in Motion
This dance class is specifically designed for boys to enhance athletic skills, flexibility, coordination, and strength while also incorporating hip hop choreography.
Flexibility Fast
This class will begin with a brief warm up to get the muscles warm and blood pumping before students are led through basic self-massage and stretching. What makes this class so different from any other stretching class is that students will learn how to work with their muscles, joints, and even their nerves to achieve their true flexibility. Self-massage helps release the nerves and fascia (myofascial release) to prevent injury when stretching. Finally, the stretching portion of the class will encourage proper stretching technique to target deep and superficial muscles together, creating increased flexibility advantages.
Injury Prevention
Students will learn the basic principles of how to strengthen their bodies outside of dance in order to prevent common injuries that plague many dancers. They will be led through warm-ups, targeting workouts, and cool downs that will encourage muscular balance, flexibility, and overall stability of the dancer’s body. The workouts will be low-impact and equipment-free.
Prenatal & Postnatal
Low-impact, low-intensity workouts are specifically designed for busy Moms who need an extra boost in their fitness routine. These exercises will help maintain flexibility and strength while also helping reverse pelvic instability and improve overall muscular balance. Select classes will allow you to workout with your baby to provide mommy and me time.
Progressive Ballet Tech (PBT)
A Revolutionary program to help train muscle memory to achieve maximum ballet training. Consists of body conditioning and strengthening programs that improve core strength, weight placement, and alignment.
Expressive Movement
A Dynamic conscious dance practice with the focus on dance as a meditation tool to enable greater presence and freedom while increasing physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health.
