Dance Classes

Pre-School Dance

• Ages 3-5
• Class combining ballet & tap
• Focuses on motor skills and listening skills
• 45-minute class once a week

Tap

• Beginner – Ages 6-8
  • Introduction to beginning tap steps, down the floor movements and rhythm awareness
• Intermediate – Ages 9-12
  • Intermediate barre and center floor combinations
  • introduction to “time steps”
• Junior Line Tap – Ages 12+
  • Advanced barre and center floor combinations
• Senior Line Tap – No beginners – Ages 14+
  • Highest level of tap including all previous steps and combinations
  • Must have taken tap lessons for the past 3 years consecutively

Ballet

• Beginner – Ages 6-8
  • Basic barre and center floor work
  • Introduction to ballet positions and vocabulary
• Intermediate – Ages 9-12
  • Barre work
  • Down the floor and center floor combinations
  • Concentration on proper body placement and ballet vocabulary
• Junior Line Ballet – Ages 12+
  • Barre work
  • Down the floor and center floor combinations
  • Concentration on proper body placement and ballet vocabulary
  • Introduction to lyrical dance
• Senior Line Ballet – Ages 14+
  • Highest level of ballet including all previous techniques
  • Learning body positions
  • Will study classic ballet choreography

Jazz

• Intermediate – Ages 9-12
  • Intermediate warm-ups and more complicated center floor work
  • Introduction to various jazz styles
  • Introduction to hip-hop
• Junior Line Jazz – Ages 12+
  • Advanced jazz techniques with more detailed combinations
• Senior Line Jazz – Ages 14+
  • Advanced jazz techniques with more detailed combinations

Lyrical

• Lyrical – Ages 13+
  • Open to students with previous ballet and/or jazz experience
  • Combines ballet and jazz techniques with the expressiveness of music interpretations

Junior/Senior Line Hip-Hop

• Hip-Hop is an MTV style that focuses on emphasizing movements and executing them with snap and perfection