About Our Classes
Mommy & Me
18 MO - 2 Years
The Mommy & Me class encourages children and caregivers to bond as they learn simple dance steps and movements, such as jumping, swaying and twirling. Children will interact with elements like scarves, ribbons, or small props to enhance the experience. Music is a big part of this class, and it’s typically upbeat and child-friendly. This helps make the class enjoyable and helps develop motor skills. It's a wonderful way for very young children to develop a love for music and dance, and also meet new friends.
Creative Movement
Ages 3-4
A preschool student will explore dance and music through nursery rhymes, children’s line and circle dances. Fun props are used such as beanbags, parachutes, foam shapes and hula-hoops. It encompasses the basic locomotor skills, colors, shapes, spatial directions, numbers, basic music and rhythm, basic anatomy, and right and left discrimination.
Pre-Ballet & Tap 1 and 2
Ages 4-6
The young student will be introduced to basic ballet and tap techniques and terminology in an informal manner, which serve as a preparation for further study in music and dance. Classes are designed to develop poise, rhythm, muscular strength and coordination, good posture, self-confidence, musicality, discipline and other physical fitness.
Classical Ballet
Ages 6-Adult
Our professional ballet classes provide a student with a complete understanding of every aspect of this art form. This includes all foot, arm and body positions. Careful attention will be paid to body placement, proper alignment and posture, as well as precise barre and center floor techniques and combinations such as port de bras, arabesques, adage, allegro and pirouettes.
Pointe
*Teacher
Discretion
A extension of classical ballet training for the more advanced and technically trained student. It allows a student to dance (“on the tip”) of their toes. This is done with special reinforced shoes called pointe or toe shoes. *
Lyrical/Modern
Ages 10-Adult, with 4 years prior ballet and/or jazz study
This is a fusion of ballet and modern, with jazz and contemporary dance techniques. It is expressive, simultaneously subtle and dynamic. It focuses on conveying musicality and emotion through its movements.
Tap
Ages 6-Adult
This true American theatre dance includes the standard vocabulary of tap sounds and movements of the feet, plus combinations of these into rhythmic patterns, which increase steadily in difficulty.
Jazz
Ages 6-Adult
A form of dance incorporating pop music, which includes a wide range of styles and movements.
Stretch, Strength & Conditioning
Ages 8-Adult
A class incorporating floor and barre exercises from ballet and modern disciplines with yoga and Pilate exercises to increase flexibility and develop strong abdominals. Weights will be used to build upper body strength. Cardio workouts, including running and jumping exercises, help to raise endurance levels. All of the above will enhance a dancers technique.