2 ½ Creative Movement
Students will learn simple creative and ballet dance movements. The use of colorful props and imagination make this a joyful class for the youngest of dancers. Listening and motor skills are developed.
3’s Ballet/Tumbling
This class is similar to Creative Movement, but includes basic ballet and tumbling skills.
4-5’s Ballet/Tap
4-5 year olds will learn basic ballet and tap steps, steps that move across the floor, and dances that are creative and fun.
Kindergarten Ballet/Tap/Jazz
Kindergarten class includes ballet, tap and jazz that teach children basic skills and combine movement with music. Rhythm and memorization are developed. This class is a great way for your child to sample the 3 basic styles of dance.
1st Grade and up:
Jazz/Hip-Hop
This class is upbeat and high energy. Emphasis is on basic skills and technique as students’ warm-up, stretch, and learn rhythmic combinations. As students progress in level teachers add more difficult hip-hop, funk and jazz technique into their combinations and dance routines.
Tap
Tap is often referred to as making music with your feet. This fun and upbeat class increases coordination, rhythm and musicality. Students from beginners to advanced will enjoy learning tap steps and combinations. Classes include a warm-up, center technique and combinations, as well as steps traveling across the floor.
Ballet
Always known as the foundation for any dance discipline, ballet is essential to a dancer's progress. Through the discipline of ballet technique students improve in grace, strength, coordination, flexibility and fluidity. Class consists of barre exercises, center and across the floor work.
Pointe
This is when advanced ballerinas dance on their toes. There is a pre-requisite of a minimum of two ballet classes per week and a teacher recommendation to register for this higher level class.
Lyrical
Open to dancer’s beginning in Opal level, Lyrical tells a story through dance and combines classical ballet, modern and jazz technique. This class develops strength, flexibility , balance and performance skills.
ZUMBA
Zumba is a mixture of cardio-vascular exercise and sculpting movements inspired by Latin music and simple dance steps. The Latin rhythms create a party like atmosphere that deliver results. It is fun, different, easy, exotic, & effective. ZUMBA is rapidly becoming the next fitness sensation! You don’t have to know how to dance to do Zumba.
Pilates
Pilates strengthens the muscles that support the spine (the neck, shoulders, abs, hips and thighs) to bring balance into the body. Most body aches and pains are due to muscular imbalance. Pilates helps to realign the spine in order to decrease tension, increase flexibility, and strengthen the body from the inside out.
Piano
Weekly private lessons are offered to beginner, intermediate and advanced students from age 4 through the Adult. The lesson plans include a balance of theory, ear training, sight reading and repertoire appropriate to the student's level and musical ability.