Dance Curriculum

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ACROBATICS is similar to the gymnastics floor routine with no apparatus. Students learn tricks, movements and progressions on mats, and when the dancer is proficient at a specific movement, they are encouraged to perform it without the mat. Conditioning and control of the muscles are obtained through a balanced exercise program and progressive training. Numerous benefits of acrobatics are limberness, strength, balance, speed, inner rhythm and timing, and increased self-confidence. Classes are offered to students age 3 and up.

BALLET is the purest form of dance and is the foundation of all other dance forms. Therefore, it is recommended that all students study ballet. Classical training will promote a widened range of motion through the use of strictly disciplined movements and positions. Because the progression of training is based on the physical development of the child, classes are offered to students 7 years of age and older.  Creative movement classes are offered to students age 3-6.

JAZZ students will learn to isolate individual parts of their body increasing muscle and body control as well as flexibility. Jazz dance is widely performed in Broadway shows and performed to all types of popular music. Classes are offered to students ages 7 to advanced level.

LYRICAL/ CONTEMPORARY is a form of jazz that demands the control and discipline of ballet yet gives the choreographic freedom of modern and jazz dance. Usually performed to an emotionally expressive concept or piece of music, it calls upon the dramatic qualities of a dancer and involves showing the feel of the piece through the facial dynamics, as well as the entire body. Classes are offered only to serious students that are at least age 10, have been studying ballet and jazz for the past 2 years and have their instructor's permission.

TAP dancing is a series of regulated and controlled rhythmical movements of the body. Self-expression, rhythm and coordination are built through continued study. Classes are offered to students age 3 through the advanced level.