Dance Classes

This 2 year old creative movement / ballet dance class offers an opportunity for the tiniest students to come into dance class like a big kid! Students will be engaged through using their imagination, fun activities, and learning the basics of ballet! (appropriate for 2 year olds!)

Preschool Combo Foundation A teaches 3 year olds the basics of both ballet and tap dancing. In these dance classes, Creative Dance techniques are used to keep children engaged and energized throughout class.  Creative movement allows children an opportunity to discover the technique of dance while using their imagination.  Students will learn beginner terminology in both ballet and tap.

Preschool Combo Foundation B teaches 4 year olds the basics of both ballet and tap dancing. In these dance classes, Creative Dance techniques are used to keep children engaged and energized throughout class.  Creative movement allows children to discover the technique of dance while using their imagination.  Students will learn beginner terminology in both ballet and tap.

Students discover ballet and tap dance through a mix of creativity and technical training.  In these dance classes, Some creative movement is still used at this age level; however, students will begin to discover true ballet concepts and technique, as well as tap combinations. 

These dance classes will begin with ballet barre technique and strengthening, and move into center and across the floor exercises. The Dance Connection  focuses on perfecting technique, while keeping class fun for every age level.  Students will learn the discipline of dance class and how to conduct themselves in a professional dance setting, as seen age appropriate.   As dancers progress through the ballet curriculum year after year, there may come a time that they are recommended for pointe. Students will spend a year of pre-pointe class followed by a year of beginner pointe class.  When progressing into pointe, students must take a ballet or ballet/pointe class simultaneously with their pre-pointe, beginner pointe, or a second ballet/pointe class, depending on their level.  

Our Progressive Tech Connect class compliments all pointe work as it works on strength, flexibility, and technique.  

These dance classes focus on the fundamentals of tap dance.  A mix of both broadway style tap and rhythmic tap dance will be incorporated as students progress through the levels.   Dancers expand their tap dance knowledge with a healthy challenge and focus on rhythmic awareness and musicality. 

These dance classes provide so much energy and fun with upbeat music, action packed movements, and so much personality.  Students will be challenged with learning jazz technique, skills and combinations.  Students are encouraged to try out their personalities throughout the class with performance opportunities.  

Ballet Class is required with all lyrical/contemporary classes.  These dance classes offer dance training in two of the most popular styles of dance today - lyrical and contemporary.  This class is full of technique training, tricks and fun! These styles of dance focus their choreography around the lyrics of a song to play out their dramatic interpretation. A large focus of the class stems from the performance aspect of dance.  Technique and skills are based on ballet and jazz with a mix of creativity.

This is an extremely fun class where dancers will work on dance technique in all forms including ballet, pointe strength/conditioning, jazz and lyrical.  A focus of technique, strength, flexibility, turns, leaps, and jumps provides a connection dancers will be able to take back to their other dance classes and apply them to become stronger and more successful dancers all around.  This class offers time for dancers to improve current skills and learn new skills. Note: This class does NOT perform in the annual dance recital.  This class is best taken along side other classes such as ballet, jazz, lyrical/contemporary.

So much energy in these dance classes!  Learn Hip Hop dance Choreography, progressions across the floor, and tricks to upbeat and age appropriate hip hop dance music.  Practice performance techniques to keep your audience engaged!  Movements and music will remain age appropriate at all times.

Acro dance classes (short for "acrobatic") offer training in age and level-appropriate gymnastics and acrobatic skills, while incorporating their dance training.  It is recommended that Acro Arts students also enroll in a minimum of ballet or jazz class. An opportunity to show off their skills will be offered throughout the year(stay tuned for details).   Ms. Kathy uses the ADTA  Acro Dance Syllabus, mixed with her own developed curriculum, to offer a well organized, safe, and progressive acro curriculum for all ages.