The foundation of all dance forms. This class focuses on the body awareness and strength needed to maintain proper alignment, rotation, and foundational technique. Class typically includes a classical ballet barre, center exercises, and grande allegro across the floor. Level 3 and above are required to take ballet twice per week. The program will include terminology, anatomy, and choreography.

Teen Ballet level 1 and 2 is a once-a-week class; however, students may take the Beginning Ballet Technique on Friday, 6:15-7:15 as an option.

Teen Ballet 3, 4, and 5 is a twice-a-week class and includes Ballet Technique, which is required.

Required and assigned for Ballet 3, 4, and 5.

Class length: 1 hour - 1 hour 15 mins

This class is an additional class for the higher-level ballet students to hone in on their technique. Students in Level 3+ are required to take this supplemental class. Students who are enrolled in a Teen Level 1 or 2 class have the option to enroll. This class will not present any work at recital time as its main focus is to enforce ballet barre & center work.

Jazz classes will include a warm-up, center technique, across-the-floor progressions, and typically ends with choreography. This style of dance includes powerful and energetic movement with strong lines and precise isolations.

Jazz Levels 2/3, 3, 4, and 5 must also take TLC (Turns, Leaps, Conditioning) class in conjunction with their Jazz class.

This non-recital class is geared toward dancers interested in taking their technique to the next level. Required for all jazz dancers level 3 & higher. The curriculum works to increase mobility, stability, balance, stamina, and overall strength. Refining and advancing skills for all turns and leap progressions will be a focus in this class. Placement approval is needed.

Jazz I    

Dancers must have completed at least 2 years of consecutive ballet training and be registered for a level 3 class to be eligible for consideration. Once a formal email is received by the Education Directors, our ballet instructors will evaluate the student for approval. Pointe is a specialized ballet class where dancers use Pointe shoes to dance on the tips of their toes. Students must be able to show sufficient strength in core, proper alignment, hip rotation, as well as leg/ankle/foot strength and mobility.

This form of dance teaches students the basic fundamentals of musicality and skills leading to advanced rhythms and syncopation. Students develop coordination of mind and body and a more perceptive sense of rhythm, timing, and phrasing.

Contemporary is known for being the fusion of many dance styles, including ballet, jazz, and hip hop, with a strong foundation in modern technique. Classes will include a warm-up, center technique, across-the-floor progressions, and choreography. Through structured improvisation, students will explore artistic expression, articulation of the spine, body initiations, and musicality. Other concepts introduced in this genre include partner work, weight bearing, counterbalance, and floorwork. 

A high-energy class that includes hip hop grooves, footwork, foundational drills, and freestyle.. The majority of this class is spent learning a variety of styles through choreography.

This style introduces its 3 core elements: acting, singing, and dancing. Classes include a vocal warm-up, acting exercises, basic jazz technique, and choreography. Emphasis is placed on developing stage directions, self-confidence, character building, and facial expressions for acting. Focus is placed on breath, tone, and projection for singing. 

This class is perfect for students who want to try out the theater arts or just love theater games and improvisation! No experience is required. Through games, exercises, improvisation, and some scene study, students will gain confidence and poise onstage as actors. There will be a brief education on theater history, and basic theater terminology will also be introduced.

Acro 1 - This class serves as an introduction to Acro skills that can be a great asset in a dancer’s training, while enhancing self-esteem, coordination, balance, flexibility, strength, form, and focus. Students will fine-tune their basic tumbling skills while focusing on their form through weekly strength and flexibility training to ensure injury prevention and technical execution. Students will be introduced to preparation drills for the following skills: front and back walkovers, side aerials, chin stands, and shoulder stands. 

Acro 2 & 3 - Acro classes incorporate gymnastic-based tricks with fluidity and flexibility of dance technique. Students work on enhancing self-esteem, coordination, balance, flexibility, strength, form, and focus through their weekly strength and flexibility training. Students will build upon their Acro skills through different variations and more complex progressions. The strength and flexibility progressions prepare the students to execute skills, such as: Valdez, Rose Plop, Flip flop variations, Tinsica, front aerials.

  (Must be enrolled in a second-year ballet or jazz; placement approval is needed)

This non-recital class is geared toward dancers interested in taking their technique to the next level. Required for all jazz dancers level 3 & higher. The curriculum works to increase mobility, stability, balance, stamina, and overall strength. Refining and advancing skills for all turns and leap progressions will be a focus in this class. Placement approval is needed.