



Children's Classes
January - May 2023
Our Current Class Schedule!

Ballet
Ballet - Beginner II
Fridays @ 4:45 - 6pm
Dance Foundations I - Pre-Ballet/Tap/Jazz
Saturdays @ 9:30 - 10:30am
Ballet and Jazz - Beginner I
Saturdays @ 10:45 - 11:45am
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Course Descriptions
All our children's classes integrate Creative Movement practices within our technical training so that we can develop the artist as well as the dancer!

Ballet
Ballet is a theatrical dance that features highly formalized steps and movements. It uses body movements, music, and stage scenery to speak emotions, a story, an atmosphere, or a theme. It is theatrical – performed on a stage to an audience utilizing costumes, scenic design and lighting. It can tell a story or express a thought, concept or emotion. Ballet dance can be magical, exciting, provoking or disturbing.
Ballet flats, leotard, and tights (skin tone or pink) required.
Level placement determined by instructors.

Jazz
Jazz dance is a form of dance that combines both African and European dance styles. This high-energy dance has a liveliness that sets it apart from traditional dance forms, such as classical ballet. Like jazz music, jazz dance features improvisation.
Jazz shoes required.
Level placement determined by instructors.

Hip Hop
Hip-hop dance is a vibrant form of dance that combines a variety of freestyle movements to create a cultural piece of art. Through its three main styles of popping, locking, and breaking, hip-hop dance has evolved into one of the most popular and influential styles of dance.
Hip Hop Dance is a style of movement characterized by bounces and rocks, executed to Hip Hop music. It has deep historical and social roots in African American culture, having emerged in Black communities living in 1970s New York, as well as other cities around the USA even among multiple racial backgrounds. While frequently referred to as a singular dance style, Hip Hop dance is part of a whole culture of Hip Hop, that includes Deejaying, Graffiti, Emceeing, and Breaking.
Street shoes required.
Level placement determined by instructors.

Creative Movement
Creative Movement is designed to expand dance related motor, musical, and performance skills. Creative Movement develops coordination and self-expression through dance and music skills that are introduced, explored, and developed. This class uses a wide variety of music, props, and balancing techniques.

Intore
Rwandan African Dance
Intore Dance is an african dance from Rwanda
Bare feet required.
Open level - all ages and movement backgrounds welcome!

Tap
Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion. Two major variations on tap dance exist: rhythm tap and Broadway tap. Broadway tap focuses on dance; it is widely performed in musical theater. Tap is believed to have first originated in the U.S. from African and Irish slaves observing each other's dances on Southern plantations in the 19th century.
Tap shoes required.
Level placement determined by instructors.