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 tumbling. 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.
2 yr. Old
This class is a 45 minute class that combines creative movement, ballet, and tumbling to create a fun first group activity to participate in without mommy in the room. The teacher will spend time teaching your child and creating a fun learning environment for them to explore beginning movements of ballet as well as fun creative dance. Gymnastics time will be spent on balancing, jumping, and building confidence in their body movements.
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. Gymnastics will also progress as they become more confident in their balance and body movements.
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 and the progression of tap more contemporary music is used which adds to the energy and excitement for dance.
2nd-3rd Grade
A 2nd-3rd grade combo class increases to 1½ hours in length and includes ballet, tap, and jazz. With the increase of time that your child spends in class more steps in each discipline are introduced and more concentration and focus is expected. 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 2 hour 4th-6th grade class and 7th-12th grade class provides older students the opportunity to explore ballet, tap, and jazz training along with choreography. More is expected of these older students in terms of flexibility training and skill learning but as their dance vocabulary becomes more extensive the combinations that are possible become more fun and more exciting for your dancer. Teachers will focus on self
presentation while introducing more challenging steps in all three dance disciplines.
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 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 into many specific styles.
Gymnastics/Tumbling
Our gymnastics classes focus on strength, flexibility, and coordination. This 1 hour class will walk your child through the skills needed to execute steps from forward rolls all the way up to back hand springs and more. Gymnastics 1 is for our younger gymnasts grades K through 3rd grade and our gymnastics 2 class is meant for children grades 4th and up. No matter what your child’s experience level is in gymnastics the teacher will work one on one with your child to help them reach any of their goals from getting their cartwheel to achieving their aerial cartwheel.
Pointe
Our pointe classes are by recommendation only and the dancer will be placed in a class according to their skill level. This advanced training in ballet must be accompanied by another combo class as the dancer’s continued training is very important. Each pointe class will focus on ankle strength as well as advanced steps in ballet.