Ballet

These classes incorporate all elements of classical ballet (including all vocabularly and definitions), with a particular focus on expanding flexibility, exemplifying grace and developing strong coordination through accute balance and control, proper arm and feet placement, directional changes, jumps and weight transfer. Includes barre, center and across the floor choreography.

contemporary

These classes incorporate traditional and classical styles, while emphasizing a modern perspective on dance. Contemporary focuses on strengthening the core muscles, improving breathing skills and expanding flexibility, while emphasizing across the floor movement and choreography with combinations. Student will learn pioneer art forms, theory, history, improvisation methods, parallel swings, and increase their understanding of the mechanics / alignment of the body.

jazz

These classes incorporate energetic turns, leaps, jumps, kicks and formation changes, all while developing strong technique, coordination, musicality, style, partner work, stage direction and more. Jazz students will focus on multiple fun and up-tempo styles, including energetic across the floor movement and choreography. *Also great for the Drill-team dancer!

Hip Hop

These classes incorporate current, high-energy, stylistically diverse routines & warm-ups, while emphasizing upbeat choreography and movement across the floor. Hip Hop focuses on level changes, isolations, various techniques, learning to freestyle, including helping the dancer discover their own natural groove, style and taste. Work is done in groups and independently.

Acro

Acrobatic dance or “Acro” is a style of dance that combines classical dance technique with precision acrobatic elements. It is defined by its athletic character, its unique choreography, which seamlessly blends dance and acrobatics, and its use of acrobatics in a modern dance context. Dancers will work on improving flexibility, balance and core strength, while developing tumbling skills.

Pointe

For the more advanced Ballet dancer (level 3 or higher; instructor recommendation only; 12 years old+). Dancer must be concurrently enrolled in a minimum of 2 additional Ballet classes (level 3 or higher).

These classes incorporate all elements of classical Ballet, with a primary focus on pointe shoes. Exercises and barre work is geared toward strengthening the core muscles, legs and feet. Proper form and elegance with ease are emphasized. Dancers will move to the center to work on classical practices and proper foot placement (in pointe shoes), with the goal of achieving a graceful, yet consistent and solid ability.

lyrical

These classes combine Ballet and Jazz technique with a creative emphasis on emotional and fluid movement. Lyrical focuses on expanding flexibility, exemplifying grace and developing strong coordination. Includes barre, center and across the floor choreography.

Leaps, turns, jumps

These classes move dancers beyond basic steps, developing more elaborate combinations, and implementing greater creative movement and strength. These classes focus on developing deeper stretching techniques for the whole body (legs, back, hips, feet, arms), while emphasizing heightened methods and sequences for turns, leaps, and jumps. This class pairs nicely with Jazz, but will aid and suit many dancers and forms!

drill

This class is designed to aid the dancer in their preparation for Drill team, with a focus on conditioning, stretching, kicks and turns.

musical theatre

Musical theatre combines elements of dramatic theatre, singing and dancing. It is defined by its musical character, its unique choreography, which seamlessly blends traditional and contemporary elements of dance with songs, spoken dialogue, and acting. For Levels 1+