Dance Class Descriptions
Mommy & Me
The mommy and me class is a 45 minute class meant for children 18 months through 2 years to participate in alongside either Mom or Dad. The class is a combination of creative movement, beginning ballet, and music. Great bonding and learning time for for new moms and babies. The class structure is very similar to a 2 year old class as the teacher facilitates fun learning activities to prepare your little one to be in class by themselves.
3&4 yr. Old
The 3&4 year old classes, focus on the introduction of dance terminology, listening skills, and adding the beginning of tap instruction. For example in a 3&4 year old class, instead of “bending” the children will learn the term “plié”. As tap is added they will begin more exploration of rhythm and counting as well as foot coordination.
Kindergarten/1st Grade
The Kindergarten and 1st grade combo classes are 1 hour classes that involve ballet, tap, and introduces jazz. The class focuses on coordination as jazz movements become more involved and the execution of ballet becomes more precise. With the introduction of jazz students recognize sound and interpret patterns, which lead to oral development and language.
2nd-3rd Grade
A 2nd-3rd grade combo class includes ballet, tap, and jazz. Students interpret and respond to a diversity of dance patterns and music; thus, expanding their vocabularies, enhancing listening/viewing skills, and beginning to think critically. Each discipline now has more time to focus on combining steps and creating fun combinations to upbeat songs that your children will recognize and love. Some new steps that will be introduced may include dévelopés, pirouette turns, leap combinations, isolations, along with the development of performance qualities and confidence.
4th-6th Grade and 7th-12th Grade
The 4th-6th grade class and 7th-12th grade class provides older students the opportunity to explore ballet, hip hop and jazz training along with choreography. Teachers will focus on self presentation while introducing more challenging steps in all three dance disciplines that incorporates math, science and other academic concepts. This age group will use fine motor and auditory skills that work together to decode, create, perform, and evaluate.
Boys Hip Hop
As a class for boys only, this 1 hour hip hop class is an exciting and fun way to introduce your son to dance. In a comfortable and relaxed environment, teachers provide a fun and contemporary class accompanied with specific steps and skills that will increase the student’s coordination and confidence. The level 1 boys hip hop is for our younger boys from kindergarten through 3rd grade and our level 2 boys hip hop encompasses boys grades 4 and up.
Hip Hop
Our hip hop classes are 1 hour and focus on contemporary hip hop movements found in videos and commercials put to fun, up beat music appropriate for the age of your child. Specific terms and steps are learned and rhythm, patterns and counting skills are stressed in this high energy style of dance. This style of dance differs from jazz in that jazz is a more structured, stage dance, where hip hop is a style of dance that was first performed on the streets and continues to be developed.
Adult Hip- Hop & Twine
This class consists of a series of line dancing and hip hop movement for young and mature adults. You will increase cardio, shape and tone the whole body while learning the latest and greatest dance styles of the new millennium.
