Dance Classes

PARENT TOT CLASS

BITTY BALLET

• For Dancers Ages 2-4
• Bitty Ballet allows tiny dancers to explore the world of dance. Creative Movement is incorporated with traditional ballet technique.  Your little Dancer will Learn to Plie, Chasse, Arabesque, & more as they become more independent, discover a classroom environment, and experience the joys of movement and music!

BITTY BALLET WITH TUMBLING

• Ages 2-4
• Bitty Ballet allows our tiniest dancers to explore the world of dance. Plie, Chasse, Arabesque, & more in additional to exploring the world of acrobatics. Little dancers can look forward to learning many new ways to move their bodies as we focus on balance, coordination, flexibility, limbering, and, of course, tumbling!

ROYAL BALLET

• Ages 3-4
• ROYAL BALLET is for our Princes and Princesses who are ready to explore ballet at a more advanced level, all through a magical experience filled with imagination & education.  We will introduce more challenging ballet technique, develop strength and flexibility, and improve motor skills as we learn about ballet and music.   All while having fun and learning to be a great listener, take turns, and increasing independence.

TAP & TUMBLE

• Ages 2.5-4
• A fantastic class for little ones who would like to explore the world of tap dance as well as basic tumbling and acrobatics!

HIP HOP TOTS

• Ages 3-4
• Sassy little ones will explore this fun and popular style of dance! Class will have them moving and grooving to fun and upbeat music!

MINI POM & CHEER

• Ages 3-4
• Our tiny dancers love dancing with poms, learning cheers, and tumbling their way to fun!  This class establishes the basic foundation of cheering and pom dance just like the high school dance teams!

MINI JAZZ & TUMBLE

• Ages 3-4
• Love to move, shake, and tumble? This exciting class is for the tiny dancer who wants to improve their acrobatic and tumbling skills and learn the fundamentals of jazz dancing to age-appropriate pop music. Little movers will love this high energy class!

Classes are for petite dancers ages 4.5 to under 7 years old. All classes are 45 minutes in length.

PETITE BALLET & TAP I and II

• 45 Minutes
• Dancers begin to master the fundamentals of ballet technique, while also exploring the rhythm and sounds of beginner level Tap dancing! The perfect way to introduce your little dancer to the world of dance.  Petite level dancers who have at least one year of dance training and have mastered the basic technical skills learned in level I may advance to level II with instructor permission.  Level II will build upon the curriculum in level I and prepare our young dancers for Junior Academy classes.  Dancers will need ballet and tap shoes. Attire: Female Dancers- Leotard with or without tutu/ ballet skirt and footed tights. Male Dancers:  Black shorts or pants and a white or black t-shirt or tank top. Dancers will need ballet and tap shoes.

Petite Ballet Jazz I and II

• 45 Minutes
• Dancers begin to master the fundamentals of ballet technique, while also exploring the basics of jazz dancing! The perfect way to introduce your little dancer to the world of dance.  Petite level dancers who have at least one year of dance training and have mastered the basic technical skills learned in level I may advance to level II with instructor permission.  Level II will build upon the curriculum in level I and prepare our young dancers for Junior Academy classes.  Dancers will need pink ballet and tan shoes. Attire: Female Dancers- Leotard with or without tutu/ ballet skirt and footed tights. Male Dancers:  Black shorts or pants and a white or black t-shirt or tank top.

PETITE JAZZ & HIP HOP I and II

• 45 Minutes
• The perfect class for a young dancer who loves a fast-paced class! Jazz Curriculum will cover basic dance technique, strength, and flexibility as well as learning energetic jazz combinations.  Hip Hop curriculum will focus on rhythm, musicality, and basic hip hop technique both across the floor and in hip hop dance combinations.   Petite Dancers who are ready to advance may be invited to move to level II class in preparation for our Junior Academy Classes.  Dancers will need clean tennis shoes worn only for dance and tan jazz shoes.
• Attire: Female Dancers- Form Fitting Dance wear / Male Dancers:  Joggers, Shorts, or Sweatpants and a t-shirt or tank.  Dancers will need clean tennis shoes worn only for dance and tan jazz shoes.

TINY DIVAS & LIL BOYZ HIP HOP

• 45 Minutes
• Explore this popular and fun style of dance that will have your little one moving and grooving to fun, upbeat music they’re sure to love! All music and movement are age appropriate for our young dancers.  Basic hip hop technique, musicality, rhythm, and movement are covered in our curriculum, in addition to developing a love for dance in a high energy class!
• Attire: Female & Male Dancers:  Joggers, Shorts, or Sweatpants and a t-shirt or tank.  Dancers will need clean tennis shoes worn only for dance.

PETITE POM & CHEER

• 45 Minutes
• Young dancers will love exploring movement with poms, learning cheers, and tumbling their way to fun and team spirit. This class establishes the basic foundation of cheering and team dance.
• Attire: Female Dancers- Form Fitting Dance wear / Male Dancers:  Joggers, Shorts, or Sweatpants and a t-shirt or tank.  Dancers will need clean tennis shoes worn only for dance.

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACT!

• 45 minutes
• Does your little performer want to learn about acting and musical theatre? This amazing class is perfect for the aspiring actor or actress! We will combine acting techniques and improv with learning dance technique and musical routines! Class will include singing, dancing and acting for our up-and-coming TRIPLE THREATS!
• Attire: Female Dancers- Form Fitting Dance wear / Male Dancers:  Joggers, Shorts, or Sweatpants and a t-shirt or tank.  Dancers will need tan jazz shoes

PETITE LYRICAL/CONTEMPORARY

• 45 Minutes
• Our young artists will love to explore the grace and beauty of lyrical/ contemporary movement.  Combing the basics of ballet and jazz with lovely music, this is the perfect class to explore the softer artistic side of dance.  Our curriculum will cover basic dance techniques, in addition to exploring the beginning principles of modern dance needed to understand contemporary dance. This class is a favorite among our young dancers.
• Attire: Female Dancers- Form Fitting Dance wear / Male Dancers:  Joggers or Shorts and a t-shirt or tank.  Dancers will not need shoes.

PETITE TECHNIQUE

• Looking to improve the technical portion of your dancer’s education? This class focuses on strength, flexibility, and of course, technique! Leaps, turns, jumps, alignment and more. No choreography is taught in this class. The results are amazing!
• Attire: Female Dancers- Form Fitting Dance wear / Male Dancers:  Joggers or Shorts and a t-shirt or tank.  Dancers will need tan jazz shoes.

PETITE  ACROBATICS

• 45 MINUTES
• Little dancers will learn forward and backward rolls, handstands, cartwheels, limbers, and backbends while building strength, coordination and flexibility. This class is action packed and so much fun!  The curriculum focuses on developing proper body placement for safe tumbling and building confidence in our little ones.
• All dancers should wear form fitting dance attire or a leotard and no shoes or tights.  Baggy t-shirts and socks are not allowed as they pose a safety hazard.

Hip Hop Ninjas (Boys Only)

• 45 minutes
• Hip hop Ninjas for boys is a fun and high energy class just for our little guys! Learn cool hip-hop tricks, breaking, and choreography made just for our guys! This class is only for boys to have fun and feel comfortable exploring hip hop!  Each class includes a fun obstacle course and ultimate ninja battle to burn off all that energy!
• Dancers should wear sweatpants or joggers, a t-shirt or tank top, and have clean gym shoes that are not worn outside.

Junior Academy level classes are for beginning  and intermediate dancers.

BALLET – JUNIOR ACADEMY LEVEL I AND II

• Ages 6-11
• 60 minutes
• Classes will focus on developing foundational ballet technique, proper body alignment, ballet terminology and musicality. Strength and flexibility will be continuously throughout the curriculum. Level I students who master the foundational technique, barre exercises and course work will be promoted to Level II Junior Class.
• Ballet Uniform is required for academy level ballet classes for males and females.  Please order your ballet uniform at the front desk. Female dancers will also need pink tights, pink ballet shoes, and male dancers will need black ballet shoes.

JAZZ – JUNIOR ACADEMY LEVEL I AND II

• Ages 6-11
• 60 minutes
• Students will focus on learning proper jazz dance technique such as isolations of the body, basic turns, leaps, musicality, and jazz movement and performance quality. Strength and flexibility will also be a core part of our jazz curriculum. Classes included various styles of jazz such as Broadway, pop, and contemporary jazz to help develop a well-rounded dancer.
• Female dancers should wear form fitting dance attire and tan slip-on jazz shoes. Male dancers should wear short or joggers, and a t-shirt or tank top with black jazz shoes.

MUSICAL THEATRE / JAZZ

• Ages 6-11
• 60 minutes
• Class will focus on learning proper dance technique while exploring the various dance styles used in Broadway shows. Emphasis will also be placed on learning performance skills such as connecting with the audience and telling a story through dance and facial expressions. Singing may be included in some lessons.
• Female dancers should wear form fitting dance attire and tan slip-on jazz shoes. Male dancers should wear shorts or joggers, and a t-shirt or tank top with black jazz shoes.

HIP HOP JUNIOR ACADEMY LEVEL I AND II

• Ages 6-10
• 60 minutes
• Hip Hop classes combine street dance with funk and jazz. Students will learn the importance of isolations and dynamics to execute pop-and-lock movements. Classes include warm up, moving across the floor, style explorations (popping, locking, waving, gliding, etc.), tricks, and also work to improve the dancer’s confidence and freestyle. These classes are for dancers who like self-expression and a physical challenge.
• Dancers should wear shorts, sweatpants, or joggers, and a t-shirt or tank top with clean gym shoes worn only for dance.

TAP JUNIOR ACADEMY LEVEL I AND II

• Ages 6-11
• 45 minutes
• Tap dance is an energetic form of dance that focuses on rhythm and percussion. Classes will include across the floor exercises that teach dynamics, shading, phrasing, and musicality along with learning original phrases and memorizing foundational tap steps and techniques.
• Dancers should wear form fitting dance attire or shorts, sweatpants, or joggers, and a t-shirt or tank top with black tap shoes.

LYRICAL/CONTEMPORARY

• Ages 6-10
• 60 minutes
• Lyrical is a style of dance that uses the emotion and mood of the music to elicit movements. Students have a warmup focusing on core strength, flexibility, and movement of the back. The class includes progressions, center combinations, and will also include foundational dance technique including leaps and turns.
• Female dancers should wear form fitting dance attire and no shoes. Male dancers should wear shorts or joggers, and a t-shirt or tank top with no shoes.

ACROBATICS – ACADEMY LEVEL I AND II

• Ages 6-11
• 60 minutes
• Acrobatics teaches strength, flexibility, balance poses and tumbling. Tumbling skills include but are not limited to walkovers, limbers, handsprings, cartwheels/round offs, handstands, and more.
• All dancers should wear form fitting dance attire or a leotard and no shoes or tights.  Baggy t-shirts and socks are not allowed as they pose a safety hazard.

BOYZ HIP HOP / BREAK DANCING

• Ages 6-11
• 45 minutes
• Hip hop for boys only has an emphasis on hip hop tricks, breaking, choreography made just for our guys! This class is only for boys to have fun and feel comfortable exploring hip hop!  Rhythm, musicality, learning about the history of hip hop, and having fun learning new skills are the top priorities in our boys only class!
• Dancers should wear sweatpants or joggers, a t-shirt or tank top, and have clean gym shoes that are not worn outside.

Pre-teen Academy classes are for dancers that have taken at least one year of junior level classes or with previous dance experience.

PRE-TEEN ACADEMY BALLET I

• Ages 8-13
• 60 minutes
• This class is for the ballet student who has completed beginning ballet technique classes and is ready to commit to more formal training focusing on a strong technical foundation. Pre-teen class includes a complete technique class with barre, center, and across-the-floor movement at a higher technical level. Students should be ready for increasingly challenging combinations while adding increasingly challenging musicality, choreography, and artistry to their ballet technique.

PRE-TEEN ACADEMY BALLET II

• Ages 8-13
• 75 minutes
• This class is for the ballet student who has completed beginning ballet technique classes and is ready to commit to more formal training focusing on a strong technical foundation. Pre-teen class includes a complete technique class with barre, center, and across-the-floor movement at a higher technical level. Students should be ready for increasingly challenging combinations while adding increasingly challenging musicality, choreography, and artistry to their ballet technique.

PRE-TEEN ACADEMY JAZZ

• Ages 8-13
• 60 minutes
• Academy Jazz classes include a warm-up, strength and conditioning, center floor technique, progressions and combination work, and proper terminology.  Pre-teen jazz classes include a greater focus on body alignment, overall flexibility, rhythm, musicality and style. Dancers will improve on their memorization and understanding of the different types of jazz dance, including Broadway, pop, and contemporary jazz.

PRE-TEEN ACADEMY HIP HOP

• Ages 9-13
• 60 minutes
• Hip Hop at the Pre-teen level will focus on quicker movement, textures, and more challenging combinations, choreography, and tricks.
• Classes combine street dance with funk and jazz. Students will learn the importance of isolations and dynamics to execute pop-and-lock movements. Classes include warm up, moving across the floor, style explorations (popping, locking, waving, gliding, etc.), tricks, and also work to improve the dancer’s confidence and freestyle. These classes are for dancers who like self-expression and a physical challenge.
• Dancers should wear shorts, sweatpants, or joggers, and a t-shirt or tank top with clean gym shoes worn only for dance

PRE-TEEN ACADEMY TAP

• Ages 10-13
• 60 minutes
• Pre-teen Tap class is for students who have a good base knowledge of beginning tap vocabulary. Students are introduced to more difficult concepts such as musicality, improvisation, more complex combinations, use of space and more challenging choreography. Basic tap skills develop speed, clarity, and students improve their understanding of timing and tempo.
• Dancers should wear form fitting dance wear or shorts, sweatpants, joggers, and t-shirt or tank top with black tap shoes.

PRE-TEEN ACADEMY MUSICAL THEATER

• 60 minutes
• Class will focus on learning proper dance technique while exploring the various dance styles used in Broadway shows. Emphasis will also be placed on learning performance skills such as connecting with the audience and telling a story through dance and facial expressions. Singing may be included in some lessons.
• Female dancers should wear form fitting dance attire and tan slip-on jazz shoes. Male dancers should wear shorts or joggers, and a t-shirt or tank top with black jazz shoes.

PRE-TEEN ACADEMY LYRICAL/CONTEMPORARY

• Ages 8-12
• 60 minutes
• Lyrical is a style of dance that uses the emotion and mood of the music to elicit movements. Students will experience a warmup focusing on core strength, flexibility, and movement of the back. The class includes more challenging progressions, choreography & center combinations. A solid foundation should be held in basic dance technique, as the curriculum of Pre-teen contemporary will continue to build on the Junior Academy level, including more difficult leaps and turns.
• Female dancers should wear form fitting dance attire and no shoes.  Male dancers should wear shorts or joggers and a t-shirt or tank top with no shoes.

PRE-TEEN ACADEMY ACROBATICS I, II, III or Advanced

• Ages 8-13
• 60 minutes
• Acrobatics teaches strength, flexibility, and tumbling. Tumbling skills include but are not limited to walkovers, limbers, handsprings, cartwheels/round offs, handstands, and more. In Acrobatics III and Advanced Acrobatics, additional skills such as back handsprings, aerial cartwheels, front aerials, and much more will be introduced into the curriculum.
• All dancers should wear form fitting dance attire or a leotard and no shoes or tights.  Baggy t-shirts and socks are not allowed as they pose a safety hazard.

ADVANCED ACADEMY BALLET

• Ages 12-18
• 60 minutes
• This class is for the dedicated ballet student who has completed beginning and intermediate-level ballet technique classes and has made a commitment to seek extensive formal training focusing on a stronger technical foundation. Advanced class includes a complete technique class with barre, center, and across the floor movement at a difficult technical level. Students should prepare for challenging and detailed combinations with complex musicality, choreography, and detailed artistry.
• Ballet Uniform is required for academy level ballet classes for males and females.  Please order your ballet uniform at the front desk. Female dancers will also need pink tights, pink ballet shoes, and male dancers will need black ballet shoes.

ADVANCED ACADEMY JAZZ

• Ages 12-18
• 60 minutes
• Advanced Jazz classes include a warm-up, strength and conditioning, center floor technique, complex progressions and combination work, and proper terminology.  Advanced jazz classes will build upon the technical foundation and include a greater focus on body alignment, overall flexibility, rhythm, textures, more challenging musicality and a mature movement style. Dancers will further improve on their memorization and understanding of the different types of jazz dance, including Broadway, pop, and contemporary jazz.
• Female dancers should wear form fitting dance attire and tan slip-on jazz shoes. Male dancers should wear shorts or joggers, and a t-shirt or tank top with black jazz shoes.

ADVANCED ACADEMY HIP HOP

• Ages 12-18
• 60 minutes
• Hip Hop at the advanced level will focus on different tempos of movement, textures, and more challenging combinations, choreography, and tricks. Greater understanding of texture and levels will be an important part of the advanced class.
• Hip Hop Classes combine street dance movements with funk and jazz. Students will learn the importance of body isolations and dynamics to execute pop-and-lock movements. Classes include warm up, moving across the floor, style explorations (popping, locking, waving, gliding, etc.), tricks, and also continuing to improve the dancer’s confidence and freestyle. These classes are for dancers who like self-expression and a physical challenge.
• Dancers should wear shorts, sweatpants, or joggers, and a t-shirt or tank top with clean gym shoes worn only for dance

ADVANCED ACADEMY TAP

• Ages 12-18
• 60 minutes
• Advanced Tap class is for students who have an extensive base knowledge of tap vocabulary and skills.  Students are introduced to more difficult concepts in musicality, improvisation, more complex combinations, use of space and more challenging choreography. Basic tap skills should be mastered, and more advanced skills develop speed, clarity, sound, and students will begin to explore creation of sound by manipulating timing and tempo.
• Dancers should wear form fitting dance wear or shorts, sweatpants, joggers, and t-shirt or tank top with specialty black tap shoes for better sounds.

ADVANCED ACADEMY MUSICAL THEATER

• AGES 12-18
• 60 minutes
• Class will focus on more advanced dance technique while exploring the various dance styles used in Broadway shows. Emphasis will also be placed on learning performance skills such as connecting with the audience and telling a story through dance and facial expressions. Singing may be included in some lessons.
• Female dancers should wear form fitting dance attire and tan slip-on jazz shoes or character heels. Male dancers should wear shorts or joggers, and a t-shirt or tank top with black jazz shoes.

ADVANCED ACADEMY LYRICAL/CONTEMPORARY

• Ages 12-18
• 60 minutes
• This class will continue to delve into more complex lyrical and contemporary styles of movement to develop the understanding of how the emotion and mood of the music can elicit different movements. Students will experience a warmup focusing on core strength, flexibility, and movement of the back. The class includes more challenging progressions, detailed choreography & center combinations. A solid foundation should be held in basic and intermediate dance technique, as the curriculum of advanced contemporary will continue to build on the Pre-teen Academy level, including more difficult leaps and turns.
• Female dancers should wear form fitting dance attire and no shoes.  Male dancers should wear shorts or joggers and a t-shirt or tank top with no shoes.

ADVANCED ACADEMY ACROBATICS LEVEL III AND ADVANCED

• Ages 8-18
• 60 minutes
• Advanced Acrobatics teaches increased strength, balance, flexibility, and tumbling. Tumbling skills include but are not limited to walkovers, limbers, handsprings, cartwheels/round offs, handstands, and more. In Acrobatics III and Advanced Acrobatics, additional skills such as back handsprings, aerial cartwheels, front aerials, and much more will be introduced into the curriculum.
• All dancers should wear form fitting dance attire or a leotard and no shoes or tights.  Baggy t-shirts and socks are not allowed as they pose a safety hazard.

Pre-Professional and Company Level classes are designed for our most advanced students as well as our company dancers. Classes are designed to progress students to collegiate programs, college dance teams, and ultimately professional work, requiring a larger time commitment. Students must get studio permission to register for these classes.

PRE-PROFESSIONAL BALLET

• 75-120 minutes
• Our pre-professional ballet classes focus on advanced barre work, center exercises, across-the-floor combinations, ballet variations and can contain pointe work. Students accepted into the pre-professional program commit to several ballet classes per week and focused training to develop strength, proper placement, advanced lines and artistry.  Dancers should have a strong foundation in ballet technique.
• Ballet Uniform is required for pre-professional level ballet classes for males and females.  Please order your ballet uniform at the front desk. Female dancers will also need pink tights, pink ballet shoes, and male dancers will need black ballet shoes.

JAZZ

• 75 minutes
• Pre-Professional Jazz Class will focus on exploration of precision dancing, strength, flexibility, and technique, while developing texturized movements, mastering advanced jumps, leaps, turns, challenging choreography, and stylized progressions. Class will include a full warm-up and conditioning, center work, across the floor combinations, and choreography each week.  Proper terminology will be utilized in classes.
• Curriculum includes improving rapid memorization of choreography and details and full understanding of the different types of jazz dance, including Broadway, pop, and contemporary jazz.
• Female dancers should wear form fitting dance attire and tan slip-on jazz shoes. Male dancers should wear shorts or joggers, and a t-shirt or tank top with black jazz shoes.

PRE-PROFESSIONAL HIP HOP

• 60 minutes
• Hip Hop at the pre-professional level will focus on commercial dance preparation. Students will explore different tempos of movement, textures, and increasingly challenging combinations, choreography, and tricks. Advanced understanding of texture and levels will be an important part of this class.
• Hip Hop classes combine street style dance movements with funk and jazz. Students will learn to master more difficult body isolations and dynamics to execute different styles of hip hop. Classes include warm up, moving across the floor, style explorations (popping, locking, waving, gliding, etc.), tricks, and also pushing to advance the dancer’s confidence in their freestyle. Hip Hop history and genres will be explored in this class as well.
• Dancers should wear shorts, sweatpants, or joggers, and a t-shirt or tank top with clean gym shoes worn only for dance.

PRE-PROFESSIONAL TAP

• 60 minutes
• Pre-Professional Tap classes are for students who have a more extensive knowledge of tap vocabulary and skills.  Students are introduced to more difficult concepts in musicality, improvisation, more complex combinations, use of space and more challenging choreography. Basic and intermediate level tap skills should be mastered, and more advanced skills will develop speed, clarity, and sound.  Students will begin to delve deeper into the creation of sound by manipulating timing and tempo with music. The curriculum in the pre-professional class is preparatory for collegiate programs and auditions.
• Dancers should wear form fitting dance wear or shorts, sweatpants, joggers, and a T-shirt or tank top with specialty black tap shoes for better sounds.  Please see the front desk for the tap shoe requirement.

PRE-PROFESSIONAL MUSICAL THEATER

• 60 minutes
• This class will focus on advanced musical theater dance technique while learning challenging choreography similar to the various dance styles used in Broadway shows. Emphasis will also be placed on perfecting performance skills such as connecting with the audience and telling a story through dance and facial expressions. Singing may be included in some lessons.
• Female dancers should wear form fitting dance attire and character heels. Male dancers should wear shorts or joggers, and a t-shirt or tank top with black jazz shoes.

PRE-PROFESSIOANL LYRICAL/CONTEMPORARY

• 60 minutes
• This class will delve into complex lyrical and contemporary styles of movement to improve the understanding of how the emotion and mood of the music can elicit different movements to create an audience reaction to a dancer’s artistry. Class will include a full warm-up, challenging progressions, detailed choreography & center combinations. A solid foundation should be held in dance technique, as the curriculum will continue to build upon that foundation and choreography includes advanced leaps, lines, change of weight, and challenging turns.
• Female dancers should wear form fitting dance attire and no shoes.  Male dancers should wear shorts or joggers and a t-shirt or tank top with no shoes.

PRE-PROFESSIONAL STRETCH & TECHNIQUE

• 75-90 minutes
• Pre-Professional stretch and technique class focuses on advanced strength, flexibility, body alignment, lines, leaps, challenging turns, and so much more.  This is an advanced class, and dancers will need to have a solid foundation in ballet and dance technique. Weight change, balletic transitions, and combinations of skills will be an important part of the curriculum. No choreography is taught in this class, only technical components of dance. Class will not perform in the spring recital.
• Female dancers should wear form fitting dance attire and jazz shoes.  Male dancers should wear shorts or joggers and a t-shirt or tank top with jazz shoes.

PRE-PROFESSIONAL TURNS LEAPS TRICKS

• 30 minutes
• Advanced turns, leaps, tricks class is a wonderful addition to any dancer’s class schedule to focus on specific skills and tricks they would like to improve upon.  Pirouettes, turns in second, advanced jumps, needle turns, and more will be covered in class.
• Female dancers should wear form fitting dance attire and jazz shoes.  Male dancers should wear shorts or joggers and a t-shirt or tank top with jazz shoes.

PRE-PROFESSIONAL ACROBATICS

• 60 minutes
• Pre-Professional and Advanced Acrobatics teaches increased strength, balance, flexibility, and tumbling. Tumbling skills include but are not limited to walkovers, limbers, handsprings, cartwheels/round offs, handstands, and more. In more advanced acrobatics, additional skills such as back handsprings, back tucks, layouts, aerial cartwheels, front aerials, and much more will be introduced into the curriculum.
• All dancers should wear form fitting dance attire or a leotard and no shoes or tights.  Baggy t-shirts and socks are not allowed as they pose a safety hazard.

PRE-POINTE CLASS

• Ages 8-15
• 30 minutes
• Pre-Pointe class focuses on a foot strength-building program designed to help a young dancer achieve pointe readiness. Dancers will need to practice pre-pointe exercises at home and will need to be enrolled in a minimum of one ballet class to register.  In order to decrease the possible risk of injury, dancers will not be promoted to the next level of pointe class when they demonstrate adequate physical strength, appropriate technical level, and foot readiness.
• A leotard and convertible tights are required for pre-pointe class with hair in a bun.  No shoes please.

Pointe Preparation

• Ages 10-18
• 45 minutes
• Pointe Preparation is our introduction class for our dancers newly on pointe.  Dancers will be in this class for a minimum of 6 months to one year. Class curriculum will have 15 minutes of strengthening exercises in bare feet, followed by learning to properly tie and break in shoes, and exercises at the barre en pointe.  Dancers will learn shoe care, ankle and foot care, and proper development of a pointe dancer’s practice routine.  Dancers will focus on strength and proper placement.  Exercises will be introduced in order to make the transition into pointe shoes a smooth and safe one.
• Ballet Uniform is required for all pointe classes   Please wear your ballet uniform from your ballet class level. Dancers will also need pink or black tights and pointe shoes.

BEGINNING POINTE CLASS

• Ages 11-18
• 45 minutes
• Class is recommended for students that have completed 1 or more years of introductory pointe work and have been promoted by a faculty member. Class is designed to help systematically increase stability and control in order to develop technique important for a classical pointe dancer to develop a quality of lightness and artistry. Dancers will work both on and off the barre as they add to their technical repertoire and build sound pointe technique.
• Ballet Uniform is required for all pointe classes   Please wear your ballet uniform from your ballet class level. Dancers will also need pink or black tights and pointe shoes.

INTERMEDIATE POINTE CLASS

• Ages 11-18
• 45 minutes
• Intermediate pointe class is recommended for experienced students that have completed 2 or more years of pointe work. The technique at this level becomes faster and more demanding, and students must have acquired proper strength and stability to safely participate in this class. Students will participate in a weekly pointe class in order to improve their pointe technique.  Intermediate classes will continue to work on foot, leg, and core strength through both barre and center exercises.  Concentration will be on alignment and correct distribution of weight over the shoe, ability to maintain balance, and increased security and control.
• Ballet Uniform is required for all pointe classes   Please wear your ballet uniform from your ballet class level. Dancers will also need pink or black tights and pointe shoes.

ADVANCED POINTE CLASS

• Ages 12-18
• 45 minutes
• Our Advanced Pointe classes are recommended for experienced pointe students that have completed 3 or more years of pointe work and have been promoted by our faculty. A solid technical base is necessary for the advanced level, and dancers should be in ballet class three times per week at minimum. The advanced level has a fast classroom pace, and students will work on challenging course work including single leg skills and technique, difficult turn sequences, and complex transitions.   Students must have acquired proper strength and stability to safely participate in this class.  Advanced classes will continue to work on foot, leg, and core strength through both barre and center exercises.  Concentration will be on alignment and correct distribution of weight over the shoe, ability to maintain balance, and increased security and control. Advanced pointe students will also learn and analyze classical pointe variations.
• Ballet Uniform is required for all pointe classes   Please wear your ballet uniform from your ballet class level. Dancers will also need pink or black tights and pointe shoes.

DANCE TEAM AUDITION READY: TURNS, LEAPS & TRICKS

• Ages 12-18
• 60 minutes
• Dancers will focus on proper technique and execution of the turns, kicks, leaps, and skills required so that they are fully prepared for try-outs in the spring. Emphasis will also be put on developing strength and flexibility.
• All dancers should wear form fitting dancewear and jazz shoes.

DANCE TEAM AUDITION READY: POM TECHNIQUE AND JAZZ CHOREOGRAPHY

• Ages 12-18
• 60 minutes
• Dancers will focus on pom technique, arm placement and strength, drill down, and executing tryout and fight song style choreography in preparation for spring try-outs.
• All dancers should wear form fitting dancewear and jazz shoes.

ADULT HIP HOP & CARDIO

• Ages 18+
• 60 minutes
• Whether you’re looking to pick up a few new dance moves, get some exercise, meet new people or just have fun, we’ve got it the best class for you! Each class starts with a warm-up filled with moving, grooving, stretching and light conditioning guaranteed to get your heart pounding. Each week a new combination will be taught to the latest fun and upbeat music, mixed with some old school jams.  Please wear comfortable clothes and clean gym shoes.

ADULT TAP CLASS

• Ages 18+
• 45 Minutes
• Tappers will work through the basics and get comfortable with the terms, steps, and technique of a beginning tapper.  Steps will be put together into tap combinations and progressions that will increase in difficulty as the class learns more tap skills. Please wear comfortable dance attire such as yoga pants, sweats, t-shirts, tank tops, etc. and tap shoes.

ADULT BALLET CLASS

• Ages 18+
• 45 Minutes
• Our Adult Ballet class is a gentle fitness class that will focus on posture, along with strengthening and stretching the muscles through basic barre and center work exercises. This class will allow you to enjoy the beauty of movement while improving your health and well-being! We will study the basics of ballet and improve balance, coordination, and flexibility as we laugh and learn together. Please wear comfortable attire and ballet shoes.  Leotards, skirts, and tights are welcome but are not required.