Performance Classes
our performance classes are designed for dancers who are eager to take the stage and gain valuable performance experience throughout the season. dancers enrolled in these classes will work on choreography, performance skills and most importantly technique. They will have multiple performance opportunities including our winter showcase, local high school shows and our Cds celebration
Ballet/Lyrical/Contemporary
Ballet classes are offered for all grades, as it is the foundation of ALL dance styles! Students are taught proper body alignment and placement, barre and center work, as well as across the floor combinations. Beginner classes will introduce basic ballet vocabulary, proper alignment, and classical ballet technique. Advanced classes will include adagio and allegro work, balance, and strength. All students are encouraged to take ballet, as it furthers success in all disciplines of dance!
Hip-Hop
Hip-hop is a high energy class that includes isolations, rhythm, free-styling, and funky foot work! This class is about personal style and expression and can be taught to anyone who has a passion to move!
Tap
This class emphasizes the flow of movement by teaching each dancer the importance of rhythm and beats not only in the music, but in their own bodies! Beginning classes will focus on fundamental tap movements, vocabulary, and basic rhythms that will progress into fun and upbeat combinations. More advanced classes will involve more intricate rhythms and combinations. Tap is a great way to develop musicality, timing, and balance!
Jazz
Jazz was one of the first forms of American dance and even today, is ever changing and evolving! This fun and energetic class includes elements such as kicks, leaps, turns, splits, and isolations. Each class will also consist of stretching and strengthening exercises, across the floor progressions, and a center floor combinations using hip and upbeat music From musical theater to jazz funk, each class is filled with a different style of American jazz!