Adult Performance
This class offers dancers an opportunity to learn choreography to perform on stage. Class is run as a rehearsal, dancers work on learning and cleaning choreography, there is no technique portion to class. If possible we recommend that dancers take another jazz class in addition to Adult Performance. Students must be Intermediate jazz level or above.
Class Attire: Jazz pants, capris, leggings, shorts, tights, leotard, fitted top.
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Afro Fusion
Afro-fusion dance is a mixed style with African dance steps from all around Africa. In this class you will travel from west Africa (AZONTO) through Côte d’Ivoire (coupé décalé), rhumba (DRC), South African Ama piano, Zambian Chimwemwe dance, and more. All these wonderful steps blended with some house Dance, ragga-dancehall + Afro kuduro = AFRO-FUSION.
Ballet/Pointe
Class will use a fairly standard progression of exercises to build the strength and flexibility required for classical positions and steps. Alignment, turnout, coordination, and balance are taught throughout all ballet levels. Each ballet class will include barre work, center floor exercises and across the floor patterns.
Class Attire: Pink or tan tights, leotard, leggings, shorts, ballet skirt, fitted top.
Contemporary
Contemporary dance incorporates elements of classical, modern and jazz dance styles while exploring how the body responds to and expresses emotions. Classes may consist of a full body warm up, stretching, across the floor patterns and a longer combination in center.
Class Attire: Jazz pants, capris, leggings, shorts, tights, leotard, fitted top.
Hip Hop
Hip Hop dance utilizes the rhythms of hip hop music and will cover a variety of hip hop styles. Classes consist of warm-up, technique drills and working on a combo. Please wear a clean, non marking pair of sneakers. The shoes worn to class should not be worn outside.
Class Attire: Sweatpants or dance pants, any top, clean snkeaers.
Jazz
Classes consist of a warm up, stretching, isolations, across the floor patterns to introduce and master specific steps and various stylistic combinations which focus on learning more complex movement patterns and rhythms. As dancers progress they will work on more complex leaps, jumps and turns.
Class Attire: Jazz pants, capris, leggings, shorts, tights, leotard, fitted top.
Tap
In this class dancers will learn to create rhythms with their feet. Class will consist of a warm up, drills to master various steps and rhythms, traveling steps that will move across the floor and often longer combos in center which the class will work on for multiple weeks in a row.
Class Attire: Jazz pants, capris, leggings, shorts, tights, leotard, fitted top.
Please note: Our schedule changes each term based on faculty and studio availability. Not all classes listed above are taught each term. Please refer to the schedule for current class offerings.
