Ballet and Tap (ages 5–7)
Meets for 1 hour/week
This class continues the fun study of ballet and tap but with more focus. For ballet, dancers learn proper ballet placement and positions, explore class etiquette and start to concentrate on poise. For tap, dancers learn more challenging tap steps, work on making their sounds clearer and more articulated, and use repetition to make proper sounds.
Ballet (ages 6–13)
Meets for 1 hour/week
The foundation for all other dance forms, ballet challenges the entire body. It is characterized by light, graceful movements and precise steps and gestures set in intricate flowing patterns. Ballet’s discipline and intricacies stimulate the mind as well as the muscles. The practice of ballet improves body posture and carriage, balance, muscle tone, endurance, strength, coordination and discipline.
Jazz (ages 6–18)
Meets for 1 hour a week
Jazz dance is energy in motion! Vibrant, energetic and fun, it allows the dancer’s personality to shine. Jazz dance involves unique moves, fancy footwork, big leaps and quick turns. An American dance form, jazz was developed in the early 1900s as African and European people began mixing their dance traditions.
Tap (ages 6–18)
Meets for 1 hour /week
Tap dancing is the arrangement of steps that create their own musical sound and song. Dancers use special shoes with metal taps on the soles to produce clear, clean sounds with various levels of tone. Tap dancing is a vigorous form of dance and helps build aerobic fitness, coordination, rhythm and muscle control.
Modern/Lyrical/Contemporary (ages 10–18)
Meets for 1 hour/week
Modern dance emerged as a rebellion to the structured strictness of ballet. Performing in barefoot, modern dancers use the body to express emotions in a free-flowing, interpretive style. From this style, grew Lyrical & what we now call Contemporary (like what you would see on So You Think You Can Dance). All these styles, while using technique, focus on individual interpretation of the music (by the dancer or teacher). Modern/Lyrical/ Contemporary dance often reflects an artful contrast between moments of stillness and activity, and multiple dancers usually perform different movements at the same time.
Acro (ages 5–13)
Meets for 1 hour/ week
Acrobatics teaches flexibility, balance, strength, muscle control, discipline and concentration. This class focuses on fundamental acrobatic technique and emphasizes agility, flexibility and strength. Students learn handstands, chin stands, elbow stands, cartwheels, back bends, walkovers, balance and contortion tricks.
