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Dance Classes


Hip-Hop
The newest and most popular form of dance to hit the scene! Urban movements including street funk dance will be incorporated into each class.  Learn how to move like “America's Best Dance Crew,” from professional dance educators that have extensive experience in hip-hop dance. Incorporating age-appropriate music and style.  
*Age appropriate music and dance style.

Break-Dance
This class will focus on “top rock” and floor work.  Building upon strength and agility, you will begin with the basic breaking steps and advance to sophisticated floor work including the 6-step or 4-step that may be heavily 'teched' (variated). The 6-step provides a base for more complex moves to be formed, as well as power moves.
 
Jazz Funk
An edgier and trendy version of your typical jazz class.  Technique and pop choreography are the foundation of Jazz Funk.  This class will incorporate the jazz fundamentals with stylistic flare.  Learn how to pirouette, jeté, scissor, and rock to your favorite music!  

Video Dance
Everybody has a favorite music video! Learn the choreography in this class!  Inspired by the music videos themselves, you will learn the different styles of famous hip-hop and pop choreographers while incorporating the performance and stage aspect of every video.  Chosen music videos will be the inspiration of the class for several weeks at a time.  
*Age appropriate music videos chosen as targets for each level that incorporate challenging and educational dance combinations.  

Musical Theater                                                                                                            A fun and expressive class covering a wide variety of styles used in Broadway theater choreography. A great class for students preparing for musical theater auditions, or those who just love to put on a show! Students will learn essential theater dance steps, the fundamentals of turns and jumps, and a foundation for partnering. Every few weeks, students will learn a new dance combination introducing a different style, genre or era of dance. Students are encouraged to explore acting through dance while working on movement, dancing with strength, and "selling" a dance number.

Street Hip-Hop                                                                                                            This class combines the techniques of popping, locking, breaking, freezing and more! The emphasis of this technique is developing a freestyle and practicing improvisations.  Learn how to glide and freeze, while working on your range and knowledge of each slight movement incorporated into this cutting edge dance style.

Ballet
Ballet is the foundation for technique in all types of dance. The structure of this class enhances students’ physical and mental discipline while re-affirming posture, placement, flexibility, and strength.  Each class begins with barre and centre work, followed by exercises across the floor and reverence.  Students learn performance skills and music fundamentals while cultivating self-confidence and presence.  Students receive the individual attention they need whether they have had previous experience or are absolute beginners.

Modern/Contemporary
Modern dance is a dance style that centers on a dancer's own interpretations instead of structured steps. You'll learn phrases that combine lush, fluid movements with quirky and pedestrian gestures, and lots of jumps, turns, and rolls. Physical activities, which focus on the aspects of space, time, shape, and movement dynamics, are explored through individual work as well as group participation.  

Cheer Dance                                                                                                            Taught by professional cheerleader and experienced dancer Alexa Flutie, stuidents will learn that fundamentals of cheerleading dance. The style incorporates the sharp and precise form of cheerleadering movement with hip-hop and jazz influences commonly used by professional NBA and NFL cheerleaders. A fun class for pop-warner cheerleaders looking to expand their skill set, dancers who want to broaden their range or anyone seeking an up-beat, exciting new hobby!

Jumps & Turns                                                                                                               A technical class focusing on strength and conditioning for dance. This class is recommended for those students who desire to improve their dance technique, and focus on the essential dance "tricks," jumps and turns! Jumps and Turns will focus on dynamic energy, and body placement for technical dance essentials. Leaps and turns in multiple dance techniques including, but not limited to, Ballet, Jazz and Modern will be of target. This is a technique oriented class ONLY, and therefore does not participate in choreography for a recital dance number.


Little Yogis (ages 4-6)                                                                                            A fun and dynamic class, your little one will be delighted by exciting yoga games and exercises that will strengthen their growing bodies while improving flexibility, balance and coordination. Perfect for future athletes, this class incorporates kid friendly music with moves that will helps children develop the ability to focus, calm themselves and exercise their body in playful and healthy ways.

Little Hipsters (ages 2-4)

This delightful class incorporates yoga moves for gentle warm ups and fun and simple dance moves to get your toddler moving and shaking for 30 minutes! Easy games allow for the kids to play with one another in a structured setting while they exercise enough to fall right to sleep at night. Little Hipsters is scheduled for Thursdays at 4:15-4:45 and is perfect for the younger siblings of all our Hippity-Hoppers!

Hippity Hop (ages 4-5)

Has your child wanted to, "dance like the big kids?” Well now is their chance!  Hippity Hop is hip-hop for the younger set. This class is full of rhythm, body awareness, simple choreography and high-energy craziness all set to cool funky music!