Class Descriptions:
Ballet:
The basis for all dance, taught using Cecchetti and RAD technique. Brings grace, co-ordination and strength to all dancers. Classical and contemporary choreography.
Jazz:
This class combines traditional, broadway and contemporary styles in a high energy and fun filled environment. This class will promote body strength, flexibility and coordination. Dancers are encouraged to add their own personal style as the interpret the movement with the music. These classes are well paired with a ballet class.
Tap:
Every dancer loves making noise with their feet. Tap dancing builds coordination, rhythm, speed, dexterity and concentration. Tap Dancers will use their feet to create amazing patterns and beats.
Hip Hop:
Learn a style that everyone loves! Hip Hop is a funky, high energy street style of movement as seen in many popular music videos. You will get a great work out in this class beginning with a cardio warm up, working on popping, locking and breakin!
Lyrical/Contemporary:
Blending Ballet, Modern and Jazz together. This style of dance focuses on expressiveness and telling a story using strong emotion and music with lyrics to inspire the movement.
Musical Theatre:
Love Broadway? This is the class for you. In Musical theatre we dancing, acting and singing to all the best loved musicals! The main style of dance studied is jazz, this class pairs well with a jazz class.
Acro:
Just like Cirque du Soleil, acrobatic dance combines dance technique with acrobatic tricks. Students will focus on gaining and improving their strength and flexibility so they can safely execute acrobatic routines.
Pointe:
Students must be approved by Director and Instructor before taking a pointe class. A minimum of 4 years ballet training is required and students should be at least 12 years of age or older.
Creative Movement:
This is a fast paced and very interactive class that introduces pre-schoolers to the basic fundamentals of dance. This class focuses on building gross motor skills needed for primary dance. Dancers learn basic skills like hopping, skipping, gallopping, jumping, balance coordination, positions of arms and feet, counting music. The dancers also explore movement using storytelling and upbeat styles of music.
Modern:
Modern is a dancing style that allows each dancer to focus on their own interpretation of music and movement. Rejecting the limitations of classical ballet it allows the dancer to express their movement through their inner feelings.
Competitive Dance Team
Our studio has a very successful Competitive Program. This program is an accelerated program for the serious dancer. It is designed to challenge and inspire those that are serious about their dance training. Our dancers that are in our competitive program will receive extensive training in ballet, jazz, conditioning, stretch, hip hop, lyrical, contemprary and other disciplines that they choose to take. Our competitive dancers will receive the highest quality of training, choreography, technique and individual attention. We also offer Part Time Competitive and Pre-Competitive programs to allow dancers that can not make the full time commitment that is required for our Full time team.
Being a member of our competitive team not only provides our dancers the highest quality of dance training, it also helps each student develop characteristics and skills such as self-confidence, self-discipline, dedication, and discipline and create friendships that will last a lifetime!
Exams
Our school proudly offers RAD ballet exams for students that are ready. Examinations are an excellent way for students to challenge themselves and work towards developing a strong dance technique and performance quality. Students that are eligible for a dance exam will be notified in January of each season.