Creative Movement Pre-Ballet (3-5 year olds)

This fun class is designed not only to introduce the Ballet & Tap experience, but to help foster the LOVE of music and movement by combining the elements of dance and creative movement. Children will work on basic motor skills, balance, direction, rhythm, expression, spatial awareness, and teamwork.

 

Ballet, Tap, Jazz Combo (starting at Age 4 & up)

Progressing into elementary techniques, learning the fundamentals of dance. Children will work on basic motor skills, balance, direction, rhythm, expression, spatial awareness, and teamwork.

 

Ballet (Ages 6 & up)

Learning Ballet is the best foundation for young dancers to start with. This class will lovingly introduce the basics and more in this amazing dance form. Watch your dancer develop strength, grace, balance, and poise.​​

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General Class Descriptions​

 

Contemporary

Contemporary dance is a genre that blends elements from various dance styles like modern, ballet, jazz, and lyrical, aiming to express emotions and stories through movement. It emphasizes individual expression, improvisation, and often explores unconventional movement patterns and techniques. ​

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Hip Hop

Hip Hop dance originated in the late 60's and 70's in the urban communities of New York City. Hip hop dance is a dynamic and expressive street dance style that emerged from the hip hop culture and music. It's characterized by its free-flowing movements, rhythmic isolations, and improvisational nature, often incorporating elements of older street dance styles. While it includes specific styles like breaking, locking, and popping, hip hop dance is broader, encompassing a wide range of movements and styles that evolve with the music and culture.

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Jazz Dance

Jazz dance is a high-energy, lively, and expressive dance form that originated in African American communities during the late 19th century. It combines African rhythmic stepping with European-influenced movements and is characterized by its syncopated rhythms, isolations, and expressive body movements. Jazz dance is known for its improvisation, individual style, and a strong connection to the music. Characterized by elements such as isolation of body parts, energetic movements, and a strong connection to the ground, jazz dance celebrates both joy and emotional expression.​

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Lyrical Dance

Lyrical dance is a dance style that blends ballet, jazz, and contemporary dance techniques to create a visually expressive and emotionally charged form of movement. It often involves illustrating the lyrics and emotions of a song through fluid, graceful, and often acrobatic movements. 

Emotional Expression:

Lyrical dance emphasizes conveying emotions through movement, often inspired by the lyrics and tone of the music. 

Fluidity and Flow:

Movements are characterized by a smooth, continuous flow, allowing for graceful transitions and connections between steps. 

Storytelling:

Lyrical dance frequently tells a story or narrative through movement, allowing the audience to engage with the dancer's interpretation of the music. 

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Tap Dance

Tap dance has a rich history, evolving from its origins in the 18th and 19th centuries in America. It's a blend of African rhythms, Irish and Scottish step dancing, and other cultural influences. Tap dancing is a form of percussive dance where dancers create rhythmic sounds by striking the floor with tap shoes, which have metal taps on the heels and toes. It's a dance that combines music and movement, and dancers use their feet to create a musical rhythm. The primary feature of tap dance is the sound made by the taps on the shoes hitting the floor, creating a rhythmic, musical effect.