CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
For the remaining [student] classes there are four levels of classes depending on age and experience level:
1. Kindergarten - 1st grade (and/or) beginner level
2. 2nd and 3rd grade (and/or) intermediate level
3. 4th, 5th and 6th grade (and/or) junior level
4. 7th-12th grade (and/or) senior level
Students focus on ballet vocabulary, technique, stretching, barre, body placement, across the floor, turns, leaps and more. Ballet is the foundation to all dance and is highly encouraged as a foundation class.
Pointe dance class for ages 12 and up. Students must already be enrolled in a Ballet class.
Tap focuses on musical phrasing and the complexity of rhythms with less emphasis on the visual part and more on the challenge of "making melodies" with the feet.
Jazz dance develops strong, proper body alignment and strength needed to improve turning technique and to jump more efficiently while learning flashy combinations. This class will increase a student's vocabulary by introducing a variety of across the floor progressions of turns, kicks, jumps and more in each class. Advanced level Jazz Classes in our studio has more of a commercial and contemporary jazz style combining technique with a stronger emphasis on performance level.
Modern is offered to ages 8 and up. In our studio it can be abstract or lyrical. Exploring Horton/Limon along with Graham and Humphrey techniques, modern is a dramatic and more poetic way of moving which evolved as dancers found the need to break away from the rigidity of Classical Ballet and express themselves using a freer style. Modern Dance is characterized by its bending of the spine into spirals and contractions as well as the use of off-center movement such as tilts, layouts, and fall and recover technique. It lends itself to various types of music including alternative and New Age, and is traditionally danced barefoot.
Hip Hop is offered to ages 8 and up seen primarily on TV during rap and R & B music videos and usually catches the eye of the more "recreational" dancer. It is a form that evolved out of street and brake dancing moves, and is characterized by its vigorous athletics and bouncy style. Hip Hop is danced primarily to Rap and R & B music, and is a great workout that enhances creativity while dancing cutting edge choreography.
Zumba is a dance fitness program created by dancer and choreographer Albert “Beto” Perez in Colombia during the 1990s. the program combines Latin and international music with dance in an effort to make exercise fun.
