Class Descriptions

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This 60 minute lesson is an introduction to the magical world of dance and tumbling. Basic dance principles are introduced in a playful, creative manner while ensuring proper skill development for future training. All exercises and music selections are age and skill appropriate.

Designed especially for young dancers with or without previous training. The 60 minute lesson is an introduction to the magical world of ballet, tap, and tumbling. Basic dance principles are introduced in a playful, creative manner while ensuring proper skill development for future training. All exercises and music selections are age and skill appropriate. Student must be potty trained and have turned 4 by September 30th.

This 60 minute lesson is an introduction to the magical world of ballet, tap, and tumbling! Basic dance principles are introduced in a playful, creative manner while ensuring proper skill development for future training. All exercises and music selections are age and skill appropriate. Student must be potty trained and have turned 5 by September 30th.

Designed for 6-8 year olds with or without previous training. This 90 minute lesson teaches pre-ballet technique, pre-tap technique and pre-jazz technique. Basic dance principles are covered in a systematic manner so the beginning student may master skills for further training.

Dancers in Dance II Combo will enjoy an interactive class that builds on movements learned in Dance I classes but which are still appropriate for first time dancers.

The 45 minute Jazz/Hip Hop portion of the class includes an introduction to proper warm-ups and stretches for the body combined with across-the-floor progressions and mini combinations.

The 45 minute Tap portion of the class will concentrate on building the dancer's confidence through mastering more difficult patterns and steps, teaching the dancer how to articulate the feet, shift and place weight properly and continuing to develop rhythm and coordination.

This class does NOT have a ballet component. 

   This class is an introduction to the Musical Theater genre, incorporating elements of ballet, jazz, and modern.  This class will provide young students the opportunity to  explore acting exercises also. Students will learn combinations from  current and classic musicals. 

These 60 minute classes focuses on increasing strength and flexibility while continuing to develop proper technique. Students also gain a sense of musicality, learn jazz vocabulary and develop artistry and performance skills. 

These 60-90 minute classes begin at the barre with proper exercises to develop strength, balance and flexibility. The dancers then advance to the center floor to perform adagio (slow) and allegro (fast) movements. Center floor combinations, across the floor combinations and turns and leaps are covered in each lesson.

Our Intro to Pointe class curriculum has been designed to achieve the specific and gradual training objectives of effective conditioning, increased flexibility and technical proficiency. This additional technique class allows ample time for students to build the strength and alignment necessary for pointe work. Students work on flexibility by spending considerable time on drumming their toes and doing abdominal work to strengthen their cores.

It is expected that students invited to this class will participate in this class/program for 1-3 years before we consider them strong enough and technically proficient enough for POINTE classes. ONLY students who have completed this class and are deemed physically and anatomically ready to dance on pointe will be permitted to ascend into our pointe classes