Dance Class Descriptions
Ballet:
- Ages 3-5- This class will consist of technical basics for students that have an interest in ballet and have never danced before. This will be a recreational educational class for beginners of ballet learning fundamentals to become technically inclined dancers. All Dancers will learn ideal and fundamentals of ballet and then learn a dance to perform for parents at parent show night at the end of the year in May. All students will need a leotard (pink, black, or nude tights and ballet slippers) and a water bottle with water in it. We will not be allowing any sugary or colored liquids in the dance room.
- Ages 5-8- This class will consist of technical basics for students that have an interest in ballet and have never danced before. This will be a recreational educational class for beginners of ballet learning fundamentals to become technically inclined dancers. All Dancers will learn ideal and fundamentals of ballet and then learn a dance to perform for parents at parent show night at the end of the year in May. All students will need a leotard (pink, black, or nude tights and ballet slippers) and a water bottle with water in it. We will not be allowing any sugary or colored liquids in the dance room.
- Beginner ballet / Lyrical Ages11-14 (middles school)- This class will consist of technical basics for students that have an interest in ballet and have never danced before. This will be a recreational educational class for beginners of ballet learning fundamentals to become technically inclined dancers. This being a combo class of ballet and lyrical the lyrical aspect will be shown through ballet fundamentals, jazz, and acrobatic tricks. The dancers will be using the lyrics of a song to tell a story with their body through dance. All Dancers will learn ideal and fundamentals of ballet, jazz, acrobatics tricks following that, then learn a dance to perform for parents at parent show night at the end of the year in May. All students will need a leotard (pink, black, or nude tights and ballet slippers) and a water bottle with water in it. We will not be allowing any sugary or colored liquids in the dance room.
TAP
- Beginner ages 5 and up: This class will consist of basic tap-dancing fundamentals that will prepare tap dancers for harder tap-dancing skills that build upon each other over time. Tap dancers will learn basic patterns and rhythms that consist of the heel or toe striking to make percussion with dance to music.
- Intermediate ages 8 and up with 2 years prior experience: This class will be teaching combination of tap-dancing fundamentals to dancers who have had prior experience with tap dance. They will be learning fast-paced combination of tap-dancing skills, set into a rhythm made by music that their dance progression will collaborate by creating a symphony like sound of percussion performance through tap dance.
JAZZ
- Jazz beginners ages 5 and up: This class is a beginner fundamental class for jazz techniques with turns, leaps, and body lines. That includes dance to upbeat pace music. Jazz dance is a classical Broadway style of dance. This class is for students with no prior dance experience.
- Jazz intermediate 8 and up 2 years of experience: This class is an intermediate fundamental class for jazz techniques with turns, leaps, tricks, and body lines. That includes dances to upbeat pace music. Jazz dance is a classical Broadway style of dance. This class is for students with 2 years' prior dance experience.
- Jazz 3-5 years old: This class is a beginner fundamental class for jazz techniques with turns, leaps, and body lines. That includes dance to upbeat pace music. Jazz dance is a classical Broadway style of dance. This class is for students with no prior dance experience.
- Jazz beginners 8 years and up This class is a beginner fundamental class for jazz techniques with turns, leaps, and body lines. That includes dance to upbeat pace music. Jazz dance is a classical Broadway style of dance. This class is for students with no prior dance experience.
- Jazz Advance 9 years and up 3 years of experience: This class is an advance fundamental class for jazz techniques with turns, leaps, tricks, jumps, and body lines. That includes dances to upbeat pace music. Jazz dance is a classical Broadway style of dance. This class is for students with 3 years' prior dance experience.
- Jazz/Lyrical Combo Class: This class will be a basic combo class of the traditional jazz technique with a lyrical fusion of dance style. Dancers will learn Broadway jazz techniques alongside tricks and transitions of acrobatics. Dancers will show and perform dance style for parents at the end of the year to show their growth and knowledge from the year.
HIP HOP
- Beginner ages five and up: This class will consist of beginner hip-hop movements that consist of across the floor style of popping, locking, weaving, gliding, etc. Dancers will learn short hip-hop dances leading up to their final performance for parent night of their hip-hop dance. This class is for beginners with no prior experience, ages five and up.
- Intermediate ages eight and up with two years of experience: This class will consist of intermediate hip-hop movements that consist of across the floor style of popping, locking, weaving, gliding, and hip-hop tricks (head springs and rubber bands) etc. Dancers will learn short hip-hop dances leading up to their final performance for parent night of their hip-hop dance. This class is for intermediate dancers with at least two years' prior experience, ages eight and up.
- Advanced ages eight and up with three years of experience: This class will consist of advanced hip-hop movements that consist of across the floor style of popping, locking, weaving, gliding, and hip-hop tricks (head springs, rubber bands, standing back tucks, and back handsprings) etc. Dancers will learn short hip-hop dances leading up to their final performance for parent night of their hip-hop dance. This class is for advanced dancers with at least three years' prior experience, ages eight and up.
- Beginner ages six and up: This class will consist of beginner hip-hop movements that consist of across the floor style of popping, locking, weaving, gliding, etc. Dancers will learn short hip-hop dances leading up to their final performance for parent night of their hip-hop dance. This class is for beginners with no prior experience, ages six and up.
- Adult Hip Hop: This is an 18 and up class that will be teaching dances that are hip hop based with popping locking and gliding etc. This class will be for all levels of experience
POM
- Pom beginners: This class will be a beginner's level of pom movements and motions that includes turns and jumps put to music to perform in a sideline style of dance. These movements will be put to music for the end of the year performance for parents.
- Pom intermediate: This class will be an intermediate level of pom movements and motions that includes turns and jumps put to music to perform in a sideline style of dance. These movements will be put into upbeat music to perform for parents at the end of the year.
- Pom advanced: This class will be an advanced level of pom movements and motions that includes turns and jumps put to music to perform in a sideline style of dance. These movements will be put to fast paced music to perform at the end of the year for parents.