Class Descriptions
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Pre-Dance 1List Item 4
- Requirements – NONE (Age 3-5)
- Class Objective – To learn basic Ballet vocabulary, poses, and posture, as well as simple tumbling skills, and basic coordination skills such as hopping on one foot, skipping, balancing and walking on toes. Students will also practice working together and taking turns
- Focus – Class will start with Ballet and the second half of class will be Tumbling. We will work on rhythm, coordination, strength, and very basic skills.
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Pre-Dance 2List Item 3
- Requirements – We strongly recommend your child take pre-dance 1 prior to this class (Age 4-6)
- Class Objective – To learn Ballet vocabulary and perfect basic skills learned in pre-dance 1 to gain confidence, strength, and flexibility.
- Focus – Class will start with Tap, we will be learning basic Tap skills. The second half of the class will be a mix of Jazz and Ballet, working on strength and flexibility necessary to correctly execute turns, leaps, jumps, and foot work through warm-up/stretching, and work in the center.
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Pre-BalletList Item 1
- Requirements – NONE (Age 3-5)
- Class Objective – To become familiar with proper posture and arm placements while learning basic body positions and Ballet vocabulary
- Focus – Basic Ballet vocabulary, poses, and posture will be the focus, along with basic acting skills and gestures needed to tell a story through dance.
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Ballet 1List Item 2
- Requirements – NONE (Age 5-8)
- Class Objective – To work on posture and correct body placement improvement with the introduction of barre work, combinations at the barre and in the center of the floor.
- Focus – A steady progression of technical skills with added vocabulary and basic Ballet poses will be the core of this class, along with basic acting skills and gestures needed to tell a story through dance.
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Ballet 2
- Requirements – (Age 7-12) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED
- Class Objective – To work on posture and correct body placement improvement through barre work and work in the center and to gain turnout, strength and flexibility, as well as verbally review Ballet vocabulary weekly.
- Focus – A steady progression of technical skills with added vocabulary and basic Ballet poses will be the core of this class, along with basic acting skills and gestures needed to tell a story through dance.
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Ballet 3/4 - Pointe
- Requirements – (Age 10-18) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED
- Class Objective – Perfect basic skills and poses, posture and correct body placement will improve through barre and work in the center, gain turnout, strength and flexibility
- Focus – This class will quickly review and verbally test Ballet terminology in the first part of the year. Then, will progress quickly with longer combinations and more work in the center and across the floor. Since this is our highest level of Ballet, students are expected to know Ballet vocabulary and terminology and have a grasp on technical application.
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Jazz 1
- Requirements – NONE (Age 5-8)
- Class Objective – To work on the strength and flexibility necessary to correctly execute turns, leaps, jumps, and foot work through warm-up and stretching with moderate conditioning.
- Focus – The first few weeks of class will include lots of stretching to gain flexibility, and progressions across the floor to build a basic skill set. Combinations in the center will start once the students have some familiarity with basic Jazz skills.
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Jazz 2
- Requirements – (Age 7-12) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED
- Class Objective – To work on the strength and flexibility necessary to correctly execute turns, leaps, jumps, and foot work through warm-up and stretching with moderate conditioning
- Focus – The first few weeks will review basic Jazz technique, then will begin to progress more quickly, moving on to more advanced skills and more intricate combinations.
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Jazz 3
- Requirements – (Age 9-14) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED
- Class Objective – To advance strength, flexibility, and basic skills such as turns, leaps, jumps and foot work
- Focus – We will be building on the basics with a variety of Jazz dance styles and combinations, along with essential conditioning, progressions, and dance combinations to help our students reach their full potential in this fast-paced high energy style of dance.
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Jazz 4
- Requirements – (Age 12-18) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED
- Class Objective – To advance strength, flexibility, and basic skills such as turns, leaps, jumps and foot work.
- Focus – We will be building on the basics with a variety of Jazz dance styles and combinations, along with essential conditioning, progressions, and dance combinations to help our students reach their full potential in this fast-paced high energy style of dance.
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Beginning Tap
- Requirements – NONE (Age 5-8)
- Class Objective – To establish groundwork in rhythm and musicality as well as learn basic tap skills.
- Focus – This class is for the first time Tap dancer. Students will learn all the basic steps needed to grow as little tappers.
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Intermediate Tap
- Requirements – (Age 7-14) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED
- Class Objective – To perfect basic skills and further advance rhythm and musicality.
- Focus – This class is for tappers with 1-3 years of experience in Tap class. Basic steps will be reviewed and perfected in the first part of the year followed by an assortment of challenging routines and rhythm-based choreography.
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Advanced Tap
- Requirements – (Age 9-18) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED
- Class Objective – To perfect and build on basic skills, as well as learn new more challenging skills, rhythm and moves.
- Focus – This class is for tappers with 3 or more years of experience in Tap class. Intermediate and advanced skills will be perfected throughout the year. Rhythm and musicality will advance as the year goes on, with a strong focus on high energy routines and more challenges in the second half of the year.
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Lyrical 1
- Requirements – (Age 7-9) One year of lyrical, ballet or jazz recommended
- Class Objective – To develop traditional Ballet and Jazz skills and technique, as well as gain flexibility, control, elegance, and presence of mind
- Focus – Learn basic technical skills from Jazz and Ballet and expand their ability to show emotion and tell a story through dance performance.
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Lyrical 2
- Requirements – (Age 8-13) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED Two years of lyrical, ballet or jazz recommended
- Class Objective – To develop traditional Ballet and Jazz skills and technique, as well as gain flexibility, control, elegance, and presence of mind.
- Focus – Expand on basic technical skills from Jazz and Ballet and ability to show emotion and tell a story through dance performance.
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Lyrical 3
- Requirements – (Age 9-14) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED
- Class Objective – To develop traditional Ballet and Jazz skills and technique, as well as gain flexibility, control, elegance, and presence of mind.
- Focus – Learning floor combinations (choreography) that will allow the dancers to express themselves emotionally through technique will be the main focus of this class.
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Lyrical 4
- Requirements – (Age 12-18) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED
- Class Objective – To develop traditional Ballet and Jazz skills and technique, as well as gaining flexibility, control, elegance, and presence of mind.
- Focus – The main aspects of this class will include emotional expression, self-expression, strong technique, and flexibility. Students will advance the ability to learn choreography quickly and apply technique as needed.
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Beginning Hip-Hop
- Requirements – NONE (Age 6-9)
- Class Objective – This class is a great opportunity for your young child to burn energy and build musicality with a high-energy style of dance with fun movements and trendy music.
- Focus – Allowing students to come out of their shell and have some fun! Musicality will be improved, with age appropriate moves and music
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Intermediate Hip-Hop
- Requirements – (Age 7-14) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED
- Class Objective – To learn fun new choreography to improve coordination, musicality, performance quality, and confidence.
- Focus – Allowing students to come out of their shell and have some fun! Musicality will be improved, with age appropriate moves and music
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Advanced Hip-Hop
- Requirements – (Age 10-18) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED
- Class Objective – To learn more challenging choreography to help students improve coordination, musicality, performance quality, and confidence.
- Focus – This street/pop dance class will move quickly through combinations, so students must have an accelerated ability to pick up choreography. Hip-Hop requires a high level of coordination and demands personality and high energy fun in every performance.
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Advanced Jumps and Turns
- Requirements – (Age 9-18) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED
- Class Objective – To increase flexibility, strength, and balance needed to improve, jumps, leaps and turns.
- Focus – Improving execution of turns, turn sequences, leaps, jumps, and technical skills.
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Competition Dance Technique - (Will Not Do A Recital Routine)
- Requirements – (Age 5-18) COMPETITION DANCE TEAM MEMBERS ONLY
- Class Objective – To increase flexibility, strength, and skill set, as well as learn choreography relative to competition dance.
- Focus – To improve execution of turns, turn sequences, leaps and jumps.
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Beginning Musical Theater
- Requirements – NONE (Age 5-8)
- Class Objective – To have fun and practice stage presence and musicality
- Focus – Learn basic acting skills through age appropriate games. Start basic dance technique, good posture, pointed feet and straight leg, turns, and basic jazz skills
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Intermediate Musical Theater
- Requirements – (Age 7-14) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED
- Class Objective – To have a high energy class with exercises intended on bringing students out of their shell and promote self-confidence. Students will also learn to use their dance skills to tell a story with their face and musicality
- Focus – Practice basic acting skills and musicality through age appropriate games with a stronger focus on Jazz technique
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Advanced Musical Theater
- Requirements – (Age 12-18) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED
- Class Objective – To further advance acting skills and build confidence as well as perfect Jazz technique at a higher skill level.
- Focus – To build confidence in the classroom through acting and roll playing that will shine on and off the stage while learning fun and exciting routines that blend acting and Jazz, with a focus on high energy Broadway style choreography.
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Pre-Cheer
- Requirements – NONE (Age 3-5)
- Class Objective – Learn and develop the basics of beginner level motions, straight/tuck jumps, and proper form and technique for stunts (basing and flying).
- Focus – Simple motion execution, drills and skills for jump technique, proper body positioning for stunting, basic tumbling skills such as: forward/backward roll, cartwheels and round-offs.
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Beginning Recreational Cheer
- Requirements – NONE (Age 5-12)
- Class Objective – Increase flexibility, motion and jump technique as well as stunting abilities and overall coordination to prepare child for Intermediate/Advanced Recreational Cheer.
- Focus – Intermediate motion execution, body positions in jumps, waist level and below stunting, drills and skills for pre-level stunts (below the neck) and front /back walkovers
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Intermediate/Advanced Recreational Cheer
- Requirements – (Age 7-18) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED
- Class Objective – To continue advancing motions, jumps, tumbling, stunting and safety techniques.
- Focus – Strength and conditioning to prepare student for extended stunts, combination jump sequences, tumbling out of jump sequences and importance of safety. This class will stress the purpose and importance of every person’s position in stunts. Safety and technique will be strongly emphasized in this class. Tumbling will include front/back walkovers and will include back handspring drills as well as combination passes if the student skill level advances
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Tumbling Turtles
*Mommy & me style class - parent or guardian will be in the classroom with the student until winter break so that we can start to prepare the kids for recital.
- Requirements – NONE (Age 18 months - 3 years)
- Class Objective – Develop motor skills, hand-eye coordination, muscle memory, and body control
- Focus – Basic motor skills and coordination, body position and stretching, form and proper technique for: forward rolls, backward rolls, handstands, cartwheels
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Pre-Tumbling
- Requirements – NONE (Age 3-5)
- Class Objective – To increase motor skills, muscle memory, and body control while advancing technique and execution of student’s skills
- Focus – Bridges, cartwheels, beginning elements of handstands and round-offs
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Tumbling 1
- Requirements – NONE (Age 5-12)
- Class Objective – Increase flexibility, upper body strength, and overall coordination
- Focus – Forward rolls, backward rolls, handstands, bridge kick overs, cartwheels, round-offs
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Advanced Tumbling 1
- Requirements – (Age 5-12) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED
- Class Objective – To work on perfecting the technique of tumbling level 1 skills and prepare student for back handsprings.
- Focus – Front walkovers, back walkovers, back handsprings with a spot
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Tumbling 2
- Requirements – (Age 7-16) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED Must be able to perform solid level 1 and Advanced 1 skills without a spot. (Handstands, cartwheels, round-offs and front/back walkovers)
- Class Objective – Reinforce Level 1 skills and technique while learning and perfecting the back handspring and round-off back handspring
- Focus – Advanced front and back walk over technique, standing back handspring, round-off back handspring
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Advanced Tumbling 2
- Requirements – (Age 8-18) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED Must be able to perform solid level 1 and 2 skills without a spot. (standing and/or round-off back handspring)
- Class Objective – To reinforce technique involved with standing and round-off back handsprings. This class is for the student who needs a refresher of level 2 skills or is not quite ready for tucking skills.
- Focus – Advanced focus on standing and round-off back handspring series technique and execution, back walkover back handspring, front walkover round-off back handspring, round-off back handspring step-out round-off back handspring. Drills and skills with mats and spotting systems will introduce students to tucks. Drills and skills will be taught to prepare students for level 3 skills such as punch fronts, back tucks and combination passes.
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Tumbling 3-4-5
- Requirements – (Age 8-18) INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED Must be able to perform solid level 1 and 2 skills without a spot. (standing back handspring series - 2 or more, multiple jumps connected to back handspring series - 2 or more, round-off back tuck and round off multiple back handspring series.
- Class Objective – Reinforce Level 2 skills and technique while learning and perfecting specialty passes
- Focus – Advanced focus on level 3 skills while building skills to advance to levels 4 & 5. Once a student has mastered each skill level they will work on more advanced skills in each consecutive level.