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CLASSES OFFERED
Mommy and Me
(2 year
olds)
This is a class for 2 and 3 year olds
accompanied by a parent or guardian/adult. This
class will focus on creative movement, balance,
flexibility
and gross motor skills. This is a fun, movement
filled class and will include short dance
routines.
Pre-Ballet
(3 year olds)
Our Pre-Ballet
classes are for 3 and 4 year olds experiencing their
first year of dance. Dancers will learn basic
ballet steps and terminology and work on motor
coordination skills, creative movement, musicality,
rhythm and flexibility. Dancers will learn simple
dance routines and will perform in the annual Spring
Recital held at the Mountain Arts Center in June.
Beginner Ballet/Tap
(Returning 4 year
olds)
This class is
designed for our returning 4 year olds who have had
one year prior experience in a Pre-Ballet class.
Basic tap and ballet skills plus dance terminology
are taught.
Beginner Ballet/Tap classes offer an atmosphere of
fun within discipline so the student can gain a
sense of accomplishment as well as exploring their
love of dance and music.
Beginner Jazz
(Returning 4 year
olds)
Beginner
Jazz
Class introduces our returning pre-school age dancer
to jazz dance. The class will focus on rhythm, body
isolations and flexibility. The students will learn
dance routines to fun, upbeat and age appropriate
music.
Ballet
(K - 5th Grade)
Ballet classes
are a must for every serious dancer and are the
foundation for all other dance styles offered at our
studio. Our ballet classes focus on ballet
terminology, proper turnout, and proper body
alignment and placement. All Ballet students K-12
will perform in the "Nutcracker" in December and the
Spring Recital in June both held at the Mountain
Arts Center.
Pointe
(6th Grade - 12th
Grade)
Pointe is offered
to advanced ballet students grades 6th and up by
permission of the instructor only. Once it has been
determined that the dancer has the proper turnout
and technique as well as the strength required for
Pointe work they will be allowed to purchase shoes
and begin work on toe. Pointe class includes
strengthening exercises at the barre and center as
well as across the floor work and choreography.
Jazz
(K - 12th Grade)
Our Jazz classes
offer a fast paced hour including a stretch and warm
up and learning dance routines including all the
latest moves music from videos and radio. Aside
from standard American Jazz students will also be
exposed to hip hop, lyrical jazz and Broadway jazz.
They will also learn technical skills such as leaps,
turns and jumps that will be incorporated into the
choreography. Jazz students perform for the Jenny
Wiley Pioneer Festival in October and in the Spring
Recital at the Mountain Arts Center.
Tap
(K-12th Grade)
Students in our
Tap classes improve their rhythm and musicality
while literally "making music" with their feet.
They will learn basic tap steps and terminology and
learn fun. fast paced routines. Tap students will
perform in the Spring Recital at the Mountain Arts
Center.
Technique
(K - 12th Grade)
Our technique
classes focus on technical skills such as leaps,
turns, jumps and other dance tricks. This class
will also emphasize increasing flexibility. This is
a great class for dancers interested in
participating on one of the studio's Elite
competition teams as well as for current team
members who need to improve their technical skills.
This class does not do any performances and dancers
must be enrolled in at least one other dance class
at the studio before they can enroll in the
Technique classes.
Hip Hop
(K - 8th Grade)
Hip Hop is a fast
paced, high energy class that focuses on the street
style dance that you see in many music videos and
commercials today. Hip Hop consists of muscle and
body isolations and contractions. It also consists
of popping and locking movements and a lot of floor
work and dance "tricks".
Lyrical
(K - 12th Grade)
Lyrical Dance (also known as Contemporary Dance) is a combination of ballet, jazz
plus
modern and is performed to music with lyrics. The
lyrics of the song are the driving force for the
inspiration of the movement. Choreography is often
emotional, gripping and usually tells a story.
Lyrical offers dancers the opportunities to not only
perform choreography by to truly express themselves
and tell a story through dance.
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