Just as in music, where silence makes the music more beautiful, stillness is an important and necessary part of dance and dance education. This is one of the most important things that we teach our young dancers and one of the hardest skills. We teach this in a variety of ways: Waiting before the music […]
Dance
The Goal for Young Dancers
Our first goal with every dancer that walks through our door, but especially our young dancers, is to help them discover what they love about dancing and movement. While some little ones immediately hone in on the technique behind the movement and are really motivated to make their movement match the teacher’s, other dancers take […]
The Goal for Young Dancers
Our first goal with every dancer that walks through our door, but especially our young dancers, is to help them discover what they love about dancing and movement. While some little ones immediately hone in on the technique behind the movement and are really motivated to make their movement match the teacher’s, other dancers take […]
Tap
Tap – Pre-school through High School Tap classes focus on sounds made with the feet and develop timing, rhythm, and coordination. Younger and beginner dancers learn basic Broadway-style tap with emphasis on keeping the beat with the music, tapping at the appropriate volume and gaining precision. As tappers become more skilled they focus on speed […]
Pre-School and Kinder/1st grade
Pre-School and Kinder/1st grade – Ballet and Tap Combo We explore the very basic concepts of the classical forms of the dance, and good classroom behaviors while developing gross and fine motor skills, coordination, strength, and rhythm. This class will perform a ballet dance and a tap dance in our spring recital. Pre-school ballet concentrates […]
Musical Theatre
Musical Theatre – 6 years old and up Musical Theatre combines the arts of dance, drama, and singing in one fun-filled activity! Musical Theatre class is primarily a character jazz dance class with elements of acting and singing mixed in with the dancing. Performance is an important part of Musical Theatre education, so classes work […]
Jazz
Jazz – 6 years old and up Students will learn the basics of American jazz dance, the popular style which combines classical leaps and jumps, with street dance, hip hop, lyrical, musical theatre and more into a fun-filled, creative dance form. All classes will focus on stretching at the beginning of class to develop flexibility […]
Hip Hop
Hip Hop – 5 years old and up Dancers will explore popular, ever-changing “hip-hop” dance moves to “hip-hop” music. This is an energetic, fun dance form combining athleticism, agility, rhythm, and moves found in many music videos and other popular performance pieces. All music and dance moves are clean and age-appropriate. “Kinderhop” is our introduction […]
Contemporary
Contemporary – 8 years old and up Contemporary dance is a form of dance growing in popularity in recent years. It combines the beauty of ballet and some of the technique, with the freedom and creativity of modern dance. Contemporary’s predecessor, Lyrical, focused on interpreting the lyrics of the music in the movement of the dance. […]
Ballet
Ballet – Pre-school through High School Students learn the structure of a ballet class, the skills associated with ballet, as well as the grace, poise, and strength required of the art form. Classes as young as first grade will start at the ballet barre, doing the traditional exercises to stretch muscles and strengthen skills necessary […]