Dance Classes

Pre-School Dance
The primary goal is to foster a love of movement. Children develop their gross loco motor skills, spacing awareness and social skills while learning to do activities on their own for a short period of time. The creative component is quite large

Dress Code
Girls: Pink leotard, ballet slipers or barfoot,
Boys: black shorts or sweatpants, white T-shirt, black jazz or ballet shoes or barfoot

Jazz/Tap Combo
Dancer ages 5 to 7 start out in classes that combine stwo different dance forms. This gives the student a chance to explore the different styles. Each type of dance will support the other in building rhythm, flexibility as well as body and spatial awareness.

Dress Code
Girls: Light Blue Leotard, White Tights, Black Jazz Shoe, Black Tap Shoe
Boys: Whit T-Shirt, Black Shorts, Black Jazz Shoe, Black Tap Shoe

Ballet
Our classes begin with primary ballet for children aged 5 to 7. With Age 8 they move up into our grade level ballet classes. The grades of ballet do not follow the same ages as public school grades. Our office staff can assist in selecting the proper class for the ballet student. We also offer teen ballet for students aged 13 and older who are not yet at an advanced level but who wish not to be in a class with younger children. Ballet students level 3 must take class twice a week to keep the training and conditioning at an optimal level.

Dress Code
Primary Ballet: Light Blue Leotard, White Tights, Pink Ballet Slippers
All other Girls: Black Leotard, Pink Tights, Pink Ballet Slippers
Boys: White T-Shirt, Black Tights, Black Dance Belt, Black Ballet Shoes

Jazz
One of the most popular styles of dance. This class uses contemporary music along with a more modern dance vocabulary than ballet. Students progress through various levels of technique to execute increasingly more difficult skills such as seen in the hit TV show "So You Think You Can Dance". For beginning students age 5 to 6 we recommend combination classes. Our staff will help you find the appropriate level for students who are already experienced.

Dress Code
Minies: Light Blue Leotard, White Tights or Light Blue Jazz Pants, Black Jazz Shoes
All Other Girls: Black Leotard, Black Tights, Black dance shorts or caprice or Jazz Pants, Black Jazz Shoes
Boys: Black T-Shirt, Black Jazz Pants or Black Shorts, Black Jazz Shoes

Tap
A truly American form of dance. From the great melting pot this form of dance has it's roots in the Irish Step Dance, German Schuhplattler, and African Stomp Dancing. Students ages 5 to 7 begin in a combination class. Ages 8 and older start out in Level one. More advanced students check with our staff for placement.

Dress Code
Girls: Black Leotard, Black Tights and Black Dance Shorts or Black Jazz Pants, Black Tap Shoes
Boys: Black T-Shirt, Black Jazz Pants, Black Tap Shoes

Hip Hop
A fast and high energy type of dance seen in music videos and commercials. Dance moves seen in performance by artists such as Usher, Justin Bieber and J Lo would be typical examples of Hip Hop.

Dress Code
Black T-Shirt, Black Shorts or Sweat Pants, Black Hip Hop Shoes

Modern/Lyrical
This class is for the more advanced dancer who already has studied both Jazz and Ballet and can already demonstrate a higher level of proficiency in dance.

Dress Code
Girls: Black Leotard, Black Tights and Black Dance Shorts or Jazz Pants, Dance Paws
Boys: Black T-Shirt, Black Jazz Shoes, Dance Paws