2024-2025 SCHEDULE
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Below is a calendar of important dates for the entire season:
Below is a calendar of important dates for the entire season:
CLASSES
BALLET
Our ballet curriculum draws primarily from the Cecchetti training method, though we take care to explain the differences in other techniques (e.g., Balanchine and Vaganova) for a more well-rounded understanding of ballet history and style. As beginners, students learn proper alignment and placement, foundational ballet steps, and the elements and structure of a ballet class. As students progress, the curriculum advances to teach dancers how to scaffold and progress the steps that they know, as well as further develop their expertise and confidence in technique, carriage, spatial awareness, coordination, and poise.
TAP
Our tap classes are designed to develop a dancer's sense of rhythm, musicality, style and sound. Students will learn a variety of tap styles from traditional, "Broadway" tap to "hoofing." Exercises focus on building strength and flexibility in the knees and ankles to promote coordination and speed of movement, thus developing proper tap technique and producing clear tap sounds. Tap is highly recommended for all dancers, but particularly beginners, as it hones their ability to find downbeats and count music.
JAZZ*
Students will learn classic jazz techniques, such as body isolations, floorwork, complex choreographic patterns, performativity, and dynamics. They will also incorporate modern and commercial jazz styles, as well as draw upon other dance styles (e.g., ballet, contemporary, hip hop, and modern) to cultivate the strength, athleticism, and grace to develop as a jazz dancer.
NEW! PRIMARY PREP
For our preschool and kindergarten dancers, Primary Prep is a combination class that introduces students to the foundations of ballet and tap. In ballet, they'll learn classical concepts, technique, and terminology through imaginative play, creative movement, and games, together with more traditional methods of dance instruction. Tap will focus on developing the dancer's sense of rhythm and tempo, coordination, direction, and spatial awareness, along with single- and double-tap movements.
NEW! TUMBLE & GROOVE
Tumble & Groove is a jazz/acro combination class that can be added on if a dancer is enrolled in our “Primary Prep” program. This class will introduce students to basic locomotor skills, balance skills, and movement concepts that promote flexibility and strength. Dancers will learn acro and jazz terminology and technique that complements their ballet and tap training.
ACRO*
Acro develops a dancer's flexibility, strength, balancing, limbering and tumbling skills. Our certified teacher guides students through progressions to teach them skills with precision, control, and technique, not only so that they can perform those skills safely on a hard surface without specialized equipment, but also so they can seamlessly incorporate those skills into choreography. Thus, acro dance is layered with ballet and jazz technique and terminology.
NEW! BREAKING FOR BOYS
This hip-hop class is designed for male-identifying students to find camaraderie in dance. Students will focus on musicality, coordination, stability, rhythm, flexibility, and balance to help them build skills and strength. Breaking differs from hip hop in that it is often improvisational so that each dancer can perform at their own level. It consists of four primary elements: toprock, downrock, power moves, and freezes. Students will learn the history and progression of these elements as they practice them.
CHEER DANCE
In cheer dance, students focus on precision and athleticism as they learn jumps, kicks, stunts, arm motions, and pom techniques. Dancers draw from jazz and hip hop techniques, and heavy emphasis is placed on performance, timing, and dynamics.
CONTEMPORARY*
Contemporary combines elements of modern, ballet, jazz, and lyrical techniques. Dancers learn expressivity and versatility, using their breath, spatial awareness, body weight, posture, floorwork, and choreography to explore and convey different styles, energies, and emotions.
HIP HOP*
Dancers will explore variations of popping, locking, gliding, breakdancing, and freestyling, as well as variations of commercial and street jazz dance styles. Students will develop strength, stamina, flexibility, and confidence as they focus on style, technique, musicality, performance, and precision.
LYRICAL*
Lyrical classes allow dancers to fuse the sustained, controlled movement of ballet with the freedom, power, and dynamics of jazz to tell a story. It encourages the interpretation of music and lyrics through movement, and focuses on artistry and creativity as much as it does on technique.
MUSICAL THEATRE*
Our musical theatre curriculum is primarily based on ballet and jazz movement and classes are focused on teaching proper dance technique while exposing students to the innumerable and varied dance styles used in Broadway shows. Dancers also learn performance skills, such as empathy, storytelling, expressivity, and authenticity.
NEW! MY GROWN UP & ME
Designed for the littlest of dancers (aged approximately 1.5 to 3) to take with a special grown-up. In this class, dancers will learn creative movement, dance concepts like size, space, levels, rhythm, and tempo, and more. It is a fun, low-stakes environment—no performance required. Depending on enrollment and interest, the class will run in 6- or 10-week sessions.
BALLET TECHNIQUE
This non-performing class focuses on the fundamentals of ballet to develop technical precision, gracefulness, strength, balance, and flexibility.
JUMP, TURN, & STRETCH
Jump, turn, and stretch is a non-performing technique class focused on building the strength, flexibility, lines, and skills needed to accomplish dance “tricks” successfully and fluidly while honing dynamics and musicality.
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
In this non-performing class, students will engage in cardio conditioning, bodyweight exercises, and resistance training to develop strength and stamina, improve endurance, complement technical and stylistic and dance training, and prevent injury. Strength & Conditioning is an excellent complement to any class and is highly recommended for the dancer who wishes to accelerate their training.
FLEXIBILITY
The goal of this non-performing class is to promote mobility, build strength, and prevent injury. Students will practice various approaches to flexibility development, such as proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF), ballistic, dynamic, active, passive, isometric, and static stretching. Dancers will learn correct alignment, engagement, and placement in their stretches while safely increasing their range of movement. Flexibility is an excellent complement to any class and is highly recommended for the dancer who wishes to accelerate their training.
ADULT CLASSES
We offer dance classes for the adult beginner, as well as for the former dancer looking to come out of retirement! Tap and jazz are always in rotation, but we’ve been known to offer sections of ballet, lyrical, and hip hop, too—contact us, let us know you’re interested, and we’ll see what we can do!
Our ballet curriculum draws primarily from the Cecchetti training method, though we take care to explain the differences in other techniques (e.g., Balanchine and Vaganova) for a more well-rounded understanding of ballet history and style. As beginners, students learn proper alignment and placement, foundational ballet steps, and the elements and structure of a ballet class. As students progress, the curriculum advances to teach dancers how to scaffold and progress the steps that they know, as well as further develop their expertise and confidence in technique, carriage, spatial awareness, coordination, and poise.
TAP
Our tap classes are designed to develop a dancer's sense of rhythm, musicality, style and sound. Students will learn a variety of tap styles from traditional, "Broadway" tap to "hoofing." Exercises focus on building strength and flexibility in the knees and ankles to promote coordination and speed of movement, thus developing proper tap technique and producing clear tap sounds. Tap is highly recommended for all dancers, but particularly beginners, as it hones their ability to find downbeats and count music.
JAZZ*
Students will learn classic jazz techniques, such as body isolations, floorwork, complex choreographic patterns, performativity, and dynamics. They will also incorporate modern and commercial jazz styles, as well as draw upon other dance styles (e.g., ballet, contemporary, hip hop, and modern) to cultivate the strength, athleticism, and grace to develop as a jazz dancer.
NEW! PRIMARY PREP
For our preschool and kindergarten dancers, Primary Prep is a combination class that introduces students to the foundations of ballet and tap. In ballet, they'll learn classical concepts, technique, and terminology through imaginative play, creative movement, and games, together with more traditional methods of dance instruction. Tap will focus on developing the dancer's sense of rhythm and tempo, coordination, direction, and spatial awareness, along with single- and double-tap movements.
NEW! TUMBLE & GROOVE
Tumble & Groove is a jazz/acro combination class that can be added on if a dancer is enrolled in our “Primary Prep” program. This class will introduce students to basic locomotor skills, balance skills, and movement concepts that promote flexibility and strength. Dancers will learn acro and jazz terminology and technique that complements their ballet and tap training.
ACRO*
Acro develops a dancer's flexibility, strength, balancing, limbering and tumbling skills. Our certified teacher guides students through progressions to teach them skills with precision, control, and technique, not only so that they can perform those skills safely on a hard surface without specialized equipment, but also so they can seamlessly incorporate those skills into choreography. Thus, acro dance is layered with ballet and jazz technique and terminology.
NEW! BREAKING FOR BOYS
This hip-hop class is designed for male-identifying students to find camaraderie in dance. Students will focus on musicality, coordination, stability, rhythm, flexibility, and balance to help them build skills and strength. Breaking differs from hip hop in that it is often improvisational so that each dancer can perform at their own level. It consists of four primary elements: toprock, downrock, power moves, and freezes. Students will learn the history and progression of these elements as they practice them.
CHEER DANCE
In cheer dance, students focus on precision and athleticism as they learn jumps, kicks, stunts, arm motions, and pom techniques. Dancers draw from jazz and hip hop techniques, and heavy emphasis is placed on performance, timing, and dynamics.
CONTEMPORARY*
Contemporary combines elements of modern, ballet, jazz, and lyrical techniques. Dancers learn expressivity and versatility, using their breath, spatial awareness, body weight, posture, floorwork, and choreography to explore and convey different styles, energies, and emotions.
HIP HOP*
Dancers will explore variations of popping, locking, gliding, breakdancing, and freestyling, as well as variations of commercial and street jazz dance styles. Students will develop strength, stamina, flexibility, and confidence as they focus on style, technique, musicality, performance, and precision.
LYRICAL*
Lyrical classes allow dancers to fuse the sustained, controlled movement of ballet with the freedom, power, and dynamics of jazz to tell a story. It encourages the interpretation of music and lyrics through movement, and focuses on artistry and creativity as much as it does on technique.
MUSICAL THEATRE*
Our musical theatre curriculum is primarily based on ballet and jazz movement and classes are focused on teaching proper dance technique while exposing students to the innumerable and varied dance styles used in Broadway shows. Dancers also learn performance skills, such as empathy, storytelling, expressivity, and authenticity.
NEW! MY GROWN UP & ME
Designed for the littlest of dancers (aged approximately 1.5 to 3) to take with a special grown-up. In this class, dancers will learn creative movement, dance concepts like size, space, levels, rhythm, and tempo, and more. It is a fun, low-stakes environment—no performance required. Depending on enrollment and interest, the class will run in 6- or 10-week sessions.
BALLET TECHNIQUE
This non-performing class focuses on the fundamentals of ballet to develop technical precision, gracefulness, strength, balance, and flexibility.
JUMP, TURN, & STRETCH
Jump, turn, and stretch is a non-performing technique class focused on building the strength, flexibility, lines, and skills needed to accomplish dance “tricks” successfully and fluidly while honing dynamics and musicality.
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
In this non-performing class, students will engage in cardio conditioning, bodyweight exercises, and resistance training to develop strength and stamina, improve endurance, complement technical and stylistic and dance training, and prevent injury. Strength & Conditioning is an excellent complement to any class and is highly recommended for the dancer who wishes to accelerate their training.
FLEXIBILITY
The goal of this non-performing class is to promote mobility, build strength, and prevent injury. Students will practice various approaches to flexibility development, such as proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF), ballistic, dynamic, active, passive, isometric, and static stretching. Dancers will learn correct alignment, engagement, and placement in their stretches while safely increasing their range of movement. Flexibility is an excellent complement to any class and is highly recommended for the dancer who wishes to accelerate their training.
ADULT CLASSES
We offer dance classes for the adult beginner, as well as for the former dancer looking to come out of retirement! Tap and jazz are always in rotation, but we’ve been known to offer sections of ballet, lyrical, and hip hop, too—contact us, let us know you’re interested, and we’ll see what we can do!
*Some prior dance or movement experience is encouraged. Dancers may be asked to enroll in complementary classes to facilitate their progress.
