early childhood

For you and your young child (ages 2 - 3), combines music, creative movement, balance, and an introduction to ballet and tap.  These elements are introduced in a fun and positive environment. This class is great for children who are ready for small-group activities with or without a parent at their side.

For our students ages 3- 5, combines  elements of ballet, tap, basic music, acro, and creative movement. It is designed to foster basic loco motor and listening skills, along with spacial awareness, musicality, rhythm, direction, and balance. Combined with these physical and intellectual concepts are fun, self-esteem, dramatic interpretation, and sharing.

Teaches both contemporary and traditional styles of jazz.  Our curriculum is based on ballet technique layered with various styles of jazz movement and includes a proper warm-up, stretches, isolations, across-the-floor progressions, and relevant combinations.

Because jazz requires a sound knowledge of dance technique, it is offered to students who are kindergarten and older, as long as they are also enrolled in a ballet class.

60-minutes in length. Students will be introduced to numerous dance concepts and proper vocabulary / technique in an age-appropriate, exciting environment. Students will pariticpate in our annual recital.

Invitational classes are reserved for students with prior dance training and will be taught at an accelerated pace. Students enrolled in the School Year season will perform two dances in our annual recital.

90 minutes. Students in Ballet / Tap / Jazz combo classes will be introduced to numerous dance concepts and proper vocabulary / technique in an age-appropriate, exciting environment. Students will pariticpate in our annual recital. Invitational classes are reserved for students with prior dance training and will be taught at an accelerated pace. Students enrolled in the School Year season will perform three dances in our annual recital.

30 minute class is offered to students who are also enrolled in a ballet class. This class draws on the fundamentals of ballet, jazz, and modern, but has evolved over the years to pull from every other style of dance, allowing the performer to express personal interpretation to the audience. Contemporary Lyrical is a form of artistic expression that is performed in order to interpret the lyrics and mood of the music. Students enrolled in the School Year season will perform one dance in our annual recital.

30-minute class. It allows students the opportunity to perform dances in which they portray characters from Broadway, Vaudeville, Hollywood classics, and musical comedies.

Special attention will be paid to song study, character development, entertainment quality, acting, and truth in performance. This class recommended for all dancers.

Students enrolled in the School Year season will perform one dance in our annual recital.

30-minute class that combines tumbling, cheer, and dance. The class focuses on progressing basic tumbling skills needed for cheer, gymnastics, and dance teams.

Students will learn basic cheer and Pom motions, dance technique, and fun routines. Designed for the young student who aspires to be a cheerleader or dance team member.

Students enrolled in the School Year season will perform one dance in our annual recital.

30 minute classes. Students will be exposed to basic hip-hop technique and tons of fun. Students learn basic hip-hop movement quality and steps, participate in dramatic play, and develop skills that will be used for strength and balance in later hip-hop classes. All Lil’ Hip-Hoppers will perform a dance in the annual recital.

45-minute Hip Hop classes for students who have an interest in more contemporary dance styles made popular by the music video industry.  Hip-Hop is less technical in nature and does not require the student to be enrolled in a ballet class.  Hip-Hop is an excellent choice for beginning level dancers with little or no classical training.

Students will learn balance, strength, coordination, stage presence, and basic elements of “funk” and “urban” styles which include house, popping, locking, freezes, waving, and gliding. Students enrolled in the School Year season will perform one dance in our annual recital.

30-minute beginner-level program designed for children ages 8 and up. They will learn the basic steps of clogging, which is a high energy form of folk dance, and is similar to tap. Your child will learn dances to popular music and have a great time.

30-minute class assists dancers with body strengthening and toning, proper stretching technique, and improved stamina. Class exercises will be based on dancer-friendly conditioning such as Yoga, Pilates, barre fitness, and ballet/jazz technique. Active Isolated stretching is a major tool used by students to heal troubled muscle areas, but it can provide numerous other health benefits, as well.  When stretching actively, the entire body, as well as the brain, becomes involved.  With each additional opportunity for stretching, the dancer becomes more fluid and flexible, and takes on a more beautiful line.  This class is noncompetitive, however students will be greatly challenged and encouraged. All dancers, especially those in a pre-pro company, or on a competition team, are encouraged to enroll.

30-45 minutes in length, teach flexibility, balance, strength, & discipline. Students should always come to class in dance attire with bare feet. This is not a power tumbling class. Only skills that can be utilized in a dance routine will be addressed.

Teaches both contemporary and traditional styles of jazz.  Our curriculum is based on ballet technique layered with various styles of jazz movement and includes a proper warm-up, stretches, isolations, across-the-floor progressions, and relevant combinations.

Because jazz requires a sound knowledge of dance technique, it is offered to students who are kindergarten and older, as long as they are also enrolled in a ballet class.

60-minutes in length. Students will be introduced to numerous dance concepts and proper vocabulary / technique in an age-appropriate, exciting environment. Students will pariticpate in our annual recital.

Invitational classes are reserved for students with prior dance training and will be taught at an accelerated pace. Students enrolled in the School Year season will perform two dances in our annual recital.

90 minutes. Students in Ballet / Tap / Jazz combo classes will be introduced to numerous dance concepts and proper vocabulary / technique in an age-appropriate, exciting environment. Students will pariticpate in our annual recital. Invitational classes are reserved for students with prior dance training and will be taught at an accelerated pace. Students enrolled in the School Year season will perform three dances in our annual recital.

30 minute class is offered to students who are also enrolled in a ballet class. This class draws on the fundamentals of ballet, jazz, and modern, but has evolved over the years to pull from every other style of dance, allowing the performer to express personal interpretation to the audience. Contemporary Lyrical is a form of artistic expression that is performed in order to interpret the lyrics and mood of the music. Students enrolled in the School Year season will perform one dance in our annual recital.

30-minute class. It allows students the opportunity to perform dances in which they portray characters from Broadway, Vaudeville, Hollywood classics, and musical comedies.

Special attention will be paid to song study, character development, entertainment quality, acting, and truth in performance. This class recommended for all dancers.

Students enrolled in the School Year season will perform one dance in our annual recital.

30-minute class that combines tumbling, cheer, and dance. The class focuses on progressing basic tumbling skills needed for cheer, gymnastics, and dance teams.

Students will learn basic cheer and Pom motions, dance technique, and fun routines. Designed for the young student who aspires to be a cheerleader or dance team member.

Students enrolled in the School Year season will perform one dance in our annual recital.

30-minute beginner-level program designed for children ages 8 and up. They will learn the basic steps of clogging, which is a high energy form of folk dance, and is similar to tap. Your child will learn dances to popular music and have a great time.

30-minute class assists dancers with body strengthening and toning, proper stretching technique, and improved stamina. Class exercises will be based on dancer-friendly conditioning such as Yoga, Pilates, barre fitness, and ballet/jazz technique. Active Isolated stretching is a major tool used by students to heal troubled muscle areas, but it can provide numerous other health benefits, as well.  When stretching actively, the entire body, as well as the brain, becomes involved.  With each additional opportunity for stretching, the dancer becomes more fluid and flexible, and takes on a more beautiful line.  This class is noncompetitive, however students will be greatly challenged and encouraged. All dancers, especially those in a pre-pro company, or on a competition team, are encouraged to enroll.

We use a proven tap syllabus, influenced by the techniques of the Al Gilbert method. Students will learn a variety of tap styles from Broadway to Rhythm tap., with emphasis on developing proper tap technique and producing clear tap sounds,  Beginner-to-intermediate.  No experience required!

Adult Ballet class is a fun way to get active! Students will learn balance, strength, coordination, stage presence, proper ballet technique and terminology. Beginner-to-intermediate. No experience required!

We use a proven tap syllabus, influenced by the techniques of the Al Gilbert method. Students will learn a variety of tap styles from Broadway to Rhythm tap., with emphasis on developing proper tap technique and producing clear tap sounds,  Beginner-to-intermediate.  No experience required!

This 30-minute class introduces numerous dance concepts and proper vocabulary / technique in an adult-friendly environment. Beginner-to-intermediate.  No experience required!

Students will learn the basic elements of “funk” and “urban” styles which include house, popping, locking, freezes, waving, and gliding. Beginner-to-intermediate. No experience required!