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Pre-Ballet 2: This class is designed for both beginning dancers and those moving up from Pre-Ballet 1 or Tap/Ballet Combo classes. This class is meant for students ages 5-8. New 5 year olds should take Pre-Ballet 1 or Combo before enrolling in this class and/or consult the instructor and director. Students will review ballet basics and well as other dance fundamentals, but will begin working on more intricate and traditional movement. Students will continue to develop their coordination skills, spatial awareness and concepts of left and right. New challenges will be given in regard to coordination. Students will work a lot on basic ballet technique as this supports a solid foundation for ballet training.
We ask that students enrolled in this class wear leotards, tights and ballet shoes in any color combination of pink, black or white. A simple ballet skirt is permitted. All students must wear hair back in a bun or ponytail. Ballet shoes are pertinent to the class. Please no street shoes as we wish to avoid outside debris and dirt to make contact with the dance floor. Ballet shoes are not required for the first class.
Ballet 1/2- In this class, students will be introduced to basic ballet fundamentals, including body alignment, vocabulary, and basic positions of the feet & arms.
Ballet 3-This class will be centered on more intermediate dance technique. Students will move through barre, center work, & progressions which include basic turns, jumps, & leaps.
Beg/Int Ballet-This class will include students with no previous training as well as those with several years of experience. Students will advance with their own ability levels through beginning/ intermediate barre, center work, & progressions.
Int/Adv Ballet- This ballet class is geared towards dancers of all intermediate/ advanced levels. This class is designed to strengthen and improve your turn-out and your body alignment in a classical ballet class. This class focuses on barre work, center combination's, and across the floor technique.
Each level of ballet is structured to provide more advanced training as the student is ready.
Beginning Belly Dance with Crystal: Foundational belly dance broken down step by step with focus on timing and muscular isolations. Dance movement with intensive focus on technique, rhythm and body conditioning for belly dance.
Advanced Belly Dance Fusion with Crystal: Belly dance with heightened speed, stamina, layering and finger cymbals. Combined elements of dance movement from other dance forms for an enriched dance repertoire.
Beg/Int Breakdance:In this class dancers will learn toprock, footwork, freezes and powermoves. The moves taught and learned are based on each individual's abilities, to accomodate both beginners and dancers with more advanced skills.
Hip Hop 2- This class is designed to increase the students rhythmic and coordination skills. Students will focus on learning many fun upbeat combination's as well as basic dance moves.
Hip Hop 3- This class teaches rhythm, coordination, musicality, and hip hop choreography that challenges students a to think on their feet while enjoying an energetic and fun dance class. This class moves at a faster pace than Hip Hip 2.
Hip Hop Funk 3: This class is designed for students, ages 12-17. Students enrolling in this class must have at least 2 years of dance experience in jazz, hip-hop or both. This class is a fusion of jazz and hip-hop dance. The class includes a thorough warm-up, comprising cardio, stretching, strengthening and conditioning. Students will also learn basic progressions and combinations across the floor, becoming more detailed and difficult as they hone their skills.
Choreography will include many of the skills practiced during warm-up and in their progressions, but their level of dance will also prepare them for fun, new challenges. Students are also greatly encouraged to create their own movement and even bring in their favorite songs, permitted that they are edited appropriately.
We ask that students wear appropriate dance wear. This includes tights, leggings, sweat/yoga/dance pants, t-shirts, tank tops, sports tops, etc. If students choose to wear hot pants (teeny shorts), please wear tights or leggings underneath. Students must wear designated dance sneakers. Please no street shoes as we wish to avoid outside debris and dirt to make contact with the dance floor. Also, as this is a transitional age for some students, please wear deodorant to class.
Beg/Int Hip Hop- This class teaches rhythm, coordination, musicality, and hip hop choreography that challenges students a to think on their feet while enjoying an energetic and fun dance class.
Adv Hip Hop Techniques- This class teaches rhythm, coordination, musicality, and hip hop choreography that challenges students a to think on their feet while enjoying an energetic and fun dance class. This class is taught at a faster pace than Beg/Int Hip Hop.
Jazz 1/2- This class is designed as an introduction to basic jazz technique, focusing on basic jazz positions, turns, jumps, & leaps. Students will also learn center and across-the-floor progressions as well as proper stretching techniques to enhance strength & flexibility.
Jazz 3/4: This class is designed for students, age 12-17. Students enrolling in this class must have at least 2 years of dance experience in either jazz, ballet or both. Concurrent enrollment in ballet is strongly recommended and preferred. This class involves a thorough warm-up comprising stretching, strengthening, conditioning and toning. Students are expected to develop and accomplish basic skills such as splits, turns and various jumps/leaps. Several of these skills will transition into more challenging movement in order to enhance choreography.
Students will be introduced to a wide range of genres in regard to music and the tone of their dancing. Jazz dance ranges from fast paced movement, to more lyrical dancing and even trickles into contemporary styles of dance. Students will not just be developing their technique, but their performance skills and presentation of technique in order to nurture and guide their path in becoming a dancer.
We ask that students wear appropriate dance wear. This includes tights, leggings, sweat/yoga/dance pants, t-shirts, tank tops, sports tops, leotards, etc. If students choose to wear hot pants (teeny shorts), please wear tights or leggings underneath. Students may wear jazz shoes, dance undies/booties or dance barefoot. Please no street shoes as we wish to avoid outside debris and dirt to make contact with the dance floor. Also, as this is a transitional age for some students, please wear deodorant to class.
Beg/Int Jazz-This class will cover jazz fundamentals for the beginning/ intermediate jazz dancer. While some students have no prior dance training, others will have several years of experience. Students will advance with their own ability levels through center work & progressions.
Int/Adv Jazz - This class emphasizes strong and proper body alignment and clean technique through placement, stretch, and strength exercises during center floor warm-up, across the floor, and choreographed combination's. Combination's vary from classic jazz styles to lyrical and contemporary.
Pilates: Pilates is a series of movements that strengthen the core of the torso including the many layers of abdominals, the obliques, the muscles of the spine, the pelvic floor and the glutes. The movement series starts with basic essentials and builds to intermediate and even advanced moves. Pilates strengthens and increases one's flexibility, corrects and improves one's posture and greatly decreases one's chances of injury or recurrence of injury. The Pilates on the Physio Ball are all the general Pilates Exercises incorporating light hand weights and leg weights and music as well for sculpting and strengthening.
Release Technique/Roller Work: This class uses a foam roller to focus on unwinding tension in the muscles while strengthening the abdominal region and increasing flexibility in the spine. A mix of isometric floor work, yoga, and pilates, this is a no-impact class designed for all levels from dancers to athletes to newcomers.
Tap/Ballet Combo: This class is designed for beginning dancers, ranging in the ages between 3 and 5. Students enrolling in this class must be at least 3 years old and potty trained.
This class includes approximately a half hour of tap, followed by a half hour of ballet, with a brief break to change shoes and rest. Students will learn both tap and ballet basics as well as the fundamentals of dance and movement encountered in any class. The instructor will also work with students’ developing spatial awareness, coordination skills and concepts of left and right.
We ask that families dress their children in proper dance attire; including tights, leggings or shorts as weather permits, with a leotard, unitard, shirt or tank top. All students must wear their hair back in a bun, braid or ponytail(s). Tap and ballet shoes are pertinent for the class. Please no street shoes as we wish to avoid outside debris and dirt to make contact with the dance floor. Tap and ballet shoes are not required for the first class.
Tap 1: This class id designed for both beginning dancers and those moving up from Little Tappers or Tap/Ballet Combo classes. This class is meant for students ages 5-8. New 5 year olds should take Little Tappers or Combo before enrolling in this class and/or consult the instructor and director. Students will review tap basics and well as other dance fundamentals, but will begin working on more intricate movements and specific sounds. Students will continue to develop their coordination skills, spatial awareness and concepts of left and right. New challenges will be given in regard to coordination. Students will also develop and hone their sense of rhythm, counting music and basic mathematical concepts in regard to the sounds made by their feet.
We ask that students dress in proper dance attire; including tights, leggings or shorts as weather permits, with a leotard, unitard, shirt or tank top. All students must wear their hair back in a bun, braid or ponytail(s). Tap shoes are pertinent for the class. Please no street shoes as we wish to avoid outside debris and dirt to make contact with the dance floor. Tap shoes are not required for the first class.
Tap2:
An Intermediate to advanced class for young tappers. The class explores varying styles of tap dance, from a Capella rhythm to Broadway style combinations. Students work to build the fundamentals of rhythm and timing through warm up and across the floor exercises. They also have the opportunity to develop their own creativity and performance skills during combination exercises.
Beg Adult Tap :
A beginning class for those who are just starting or returning to tap dance. The class introduces the fundamental techniques of Tap dance and builds upon these techniques to create individual style. The class encourages students to continue learning as well as to progress on to an intermediate level. The class will explore the varying types and styles of tap through combination exercises.
Urban Contemporary: This class pulls from the basic principles of Dunham technique to place emphasis on flexibility, rhythm, and core strength. Through a vocabulary of Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Funk dance styles using contemporary music, the class is designed to focus on these three elements as well as posture, spinal fluidity, and endurance. This class is designed for all levels, regardless of dance experience. Knee pads are recommended.
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