Dance Class Curriculum

Dance Class Curriculum

Parent and Me: For children ages 2-4. Class is designed to improve body awareness and faster self-confidence, emphasizing motor skill development, coordination skills, limbering, muscle toning thru fun games and simple routines. This class will prepare the child for K-4 and K-5 dance classes where they are independent of their parents.

Preschool: Pre tap and ballet class that concentrates on posture, basic motor skills, utilization of various props, fun music, and simple routines.

Ballet: In this class students learn valuable lessons including technique, posture, gracefulness and balance that are skills carried out through all types of dance.

Pre-Pointe/Pointe: In this class students learn valuable lessons including technique, posture, gracefulness, and balance that are skills carried out through all types of dances.

Tap: As the students advance in age they will learn the fundamental and progressive tap sounds and steps leading to advanced rhythms and syncopation. Emphasis is placed on clarity of tap sound, weight shifts and rhythms.

Lyrical: This class is offered to ages 10 and up only. Lyrical is a beautiful combination of jazz and ballet using interpretation and story telling through movement. Students must be taking a ballet and jazz class along with it.

Hip Hop: Contemporary dance styles (free style, street dance, funk, etc.) choreographed to contemporary music

Clogging: is a fast pace tap class in which students will learn technique and learn how to move their feet at a very rapid pace while ensuring grace and style. Clogging is always one of the most exciting dance genres and a favorite among students. MUST HAVE TAP EXPERIENCE.

Jazz: dance includes strength, flexibility and conditioning technique and progressions including turns, kicks, and leaps. In a Jazz class the dancers also learn many fun and trendy dance steps that are used for all forms of dance. It is a wonderful class to get a well-rounded variety of all dance steps.

Musical Theater: this class is designed for students to bring a combination of singing, acting, and dancing with the use of Broadway music.