Classes
Creative Movement: An introduction to dance using play, visualization, role playing, and terminology as it appears in human nature rather than utilizing only French ballet terms. Animal acting and fun music create a wonderful learning environment for young dancers to explore dance!
Acrobatics: In this class, students focus on specific jumps, turns and gymnastics/tumbling moves which can enhance their repertoire in dance ability, flexibility, strength, and control. Class time is spent learning gymnastic skills with mats, tumbling, and rigorous stretch/strengthening exercises.
Ballet: Ballet instruction is of the highest quality. This demanding performing art allows dancers to develop their highest level of physical accomplishment, discipline, and artistry. A combination of the Italian and Russian techniques is used to help each dancer achieve strength, flexibility, and the mind/body connection that transfers to excellence in every area of their lives.
Tap: American dance form in which rhythm is sounded out by taps on the heels and toes of the dancer's shoes.
Hip Hop inspired choreography: Hip-hop refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture.
Jazz/Lyrical: This form of dance encompasses many varieties and styles, including lyrical and contemporary jazz. Jazz denotes a form of dance that is free, expressive, where most technique is parallel rather than turned out, and upbeat in tempo.
Contemporary: Derived from modern, and post-modern forms, this form of dance utilizes : centering, alignment, gravity, breath, contraction, release, fall and recovery, suspension, balance and off-balance, tension and relaxation, opposition and emotion.