Class Descriptions

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The most classic and often serious dance form, "Ballet" teaches young dancers the most rudimentary  terms and techniques and is monumentally important for all dancers to establish and maintain proper form. Our "Ballet" classes include intensive barre work, center exercises, patterns in movement across the floor, both allegro and adagio combinations and our students will be  fluent in the terminology they have learned.

"Pointe" is the most advanced form of Ballet. The distinguishing  characteristic of this style is that the dancers perform all the steps completely on the tops of their toes, which can be painful for the performer, but appears lovely and graceful from the audience. Our "Pointe" class includes intensive amounts of barre work, ankle strengthening, center turn preparations, and patterns across the floor, and an extensive knowledge of terminology.

"Tap"  is a percussive style of dance.  Special shoes are worn by tap dancers to create various rhythms on the floor. While the rest of the body is still crucial to this art form, and general balance and grace are important, the fundamental characteristic of "Tap" is the sound it creates.  Our "Tap" classes include tap-barre,  center exercises, tap-turns both center and across the floor, and  extensive rhythm, tap technique and terminology which will greatly enhance their coordination skills.

This style of dance is not always performed to  "Jazz" music, but can often use the popular music of today. Combining the basic techniques of ballet with the more modern steps found in pop and Broadway, "Jazz" is an upbeat, stylish, and versatile dance form. Our "Jazz" classes include intensive strengthening warm ups, stretching  techniques to elongate and encourage muscle strength, across the floor movements, leaps, turns and center combination work to fun and upbeat, recognizable music. 

Lyrical is a fusion of ballet and jazz dance techniques. Lyrical dance challenges choreographers and dancers to use motion to interpret music and express emotion.  The lyrics of a  song are the driving force for the inspiration of the movement.  Choreography is often emotional, gripping and delicate all at the same time.  Movements in Lyrical dance are characterized by their fluidity and grace. Leaps are executed high and with a soaring quality; turns are airy and flowing. 

Hip Hop is an upbeat, fun, expressive style of dance that pushes dancers to increase their creativity and ability to pick up choreography quickly. Classes include warm ups, moving across the floor, style exploration, freestyling, and learning combinations. Exercises focus on increasing flexibility and strength, precision and creativity, and finding your own style. 

This class is centered towards students who want to master skills and get repetition in on crucial dance skills. Students will train specific movements, work on flexibility and quick choreography memorization, and build stamina. In the spring, this will transition to be a dance team tryout prep class. 

Toddler tumbling classes help students work on foundational tumbling skills with a focus on body awareness, safety through proper technique and spotting, and high energy classes. Students will learn skills such as front rolls, back rolls, headstands, handstands, back bends, cartwheels and more. 

Toddler tumbling classes help students work on foundational tumbling skills with a focus on body awareness, safety through proper technique and spotting, and high energy classes. Students will learn skills such as front rolls, back rolls, headstands, handstands, back bends, cartwheels and more. 

Beginning tumbling helps students work on foundational tumbling skills with a focus on body awareness, safety through proper technique and spotting, and high energy classes. Students will learn skills such as cartwheels, round offs, backbend kickovers, front walkovers, back walkovers, handstands and more. 

Advanced tumbling is for students working on more difficult tumbling skills. Our classes focus on body awareness in the air, safety through proper technique and spotting, and increasing confidence in tumbling skills. Students will learn skills such as back handsprings, roundoff back handsprings, and aerials, and will learn to connect skills to create tumbling passes. 

Beginner cheer teaches the fundamentals of cheerleading. The class will cover motion placement and technique, jumps, stunting, tumbling, dancing, and cheer. 

Intermediate cheer builds on the fundamentals of cheerleading and elevates student knowledge and confidence in the sport. The class will cover motion placement and technique, flexibility, height, and technique in jumps, proper stunting safety and grips, tumbling, dancing, and cheer. 

Advanced cheer continues to elevate student knowledge and confidence in the sport. This class is for students with prior cheer experience. The class will cover motion placement and technique, flexibility, height, and technique in jumps, proper stunting safety and grips, as well as more advanced stunt sequences, tumbling, dancing, and cheer.