Mighty Movers

Designed especially for preschool children ages 3-5.  Fine and grow motor skills are introduced in a fun way.  Skipping, hopping, right foot, left foot, spins, jumps, kicks and claps.  Correct terminology is used for the dance steps.  Add the music to the mix for squeals and delight!  30 minutes includes ballet and tap danve.

Pre Tumbling

Designed especially for preschool children ages 3-5.  Learn basic tumbling skills including balance, stretch, cartwheels, headstands, and front and back somersaults.  Teaches them how to warm up their mighty little muscles! 30 minutes

Tiny Tots Clogging

Designed especially for preschool children ages 3-5.  Learn clog patterns and beginning steps.  Similar to mighty movers as they learn right from left foot, jumps, and spins.  Correct terminology is used for the dance steps. Often use country music.  30 minutes

Ballet

Grades K-1
30 minute class
Grades 2-3
30 minute class
Grades 4-5
30 minute class
Middle School
30 minute class
High School
30 minute class

French terminology is taught with positions and step work.  The students are taught to remember what the muscles should feel like when working correctly.  Classes include barre work for strength, center floor adagio for grace, and flexibility, center floor allegro with a variety of small jumps to increase speed and strength.  Typically favorite section are the turns and leaps across the floor.

Tap

Grades K-1
30 minute class
Grades 2-3
30 minute class
Grades 4-5
30 minute class
Middle School
30 minute class
High School
30 minute class

The fundamentals of tap with the traditional steps and tap dance stance.  Steps include: shuffle ball change, Irish, maxie ford, buffalo, cramp rolls, flap ball change, waltz, clog, trenches, spank steps, nerve taps, pick ups and wings.  Correct terminology is used for the dance steps.  Learn a variety of combinations and speed to advance the students in sounds and rhythms.

Jazz

Grades K-1
30 minute class
Grades 2-3
30 minute class
Grades 4-5
30 minute class
Middle School
30 minute class
High School
30 minute class

Jazz is a rhythmic movement class, inspired by various kinds of music.  Jazz uses techniques from ballet, rhythms from tap and clogging, and flexibility from tumbling to create a strong jazz dancer.  Music will include popular music from the radio, Broadway music, African drums, and 50's fun.  Warm-ups, turns, kicks, leaps and combinations.

Pom Dance

A combination of jazz dance basics and the terminology PLUS the spirit of cheerleading and pom dance.  Focus on columns, yardsticks, and contagents!  Use real poms in class.

Hip Hop

New This Season
Grade 2-5
Middle School
30 minute class
High School
30 minute class

Hip Hop dance can range from popping, drill teams moves to a funky music video style.  Create visual fun without crossing the line into inappropriate moves.  All music is checked for lyrical content.  This class runs for 30 minutes.

Modern

New This Season
Grade 2-5
Middle School
30 minute class
High School
30 minute class

Modern has a set of dance rules all its own such as percussive movement, suspension, imagery, smooth, parallel body alignment, swing, and much more!  This class is only offered to Middle school students or older and lasts 30 minutes.

Lyrical

Middle School
45 minute class
High School
45 minute class

Requires flexibility and strength.  Combinations and technique are difficult and challenge the dancer.  A variety of leaps and turnst.  Lyrical dances act out the emotional feel of a song.  All music is checked for lyrical content.

Pointe

Pointe dance is sometimes called "Toe" dance as you literally dance on your toes.  Pointe is a very advanced ballet, everything you learn in ballet through the years, you use to carry your body smoothly onto pointe.  Must be at 12 years old to go on pointe. 30 minutes

Clogging

Beginner Clog
30 minute class
Beginner Plus Clog
30 minute class
Easy Intermediate Clog
30 minute class
Intermediate Clog
30 minute class
Intermediate Plus Clog
30 minute class
Advanced Clog
30 minute class
Adult Clog
45 minute class

Clogging is folk, rhythm dance similar to tap.  The shoe consists of both a ball and heel tap, except they have an additional tap riveted to each ball and heel.  Clogging uses a "flatfoot" footwork along with high knees.  Correct terminology is used for the dance steps.  The music often has a strong downbeat.  Classes are divided by ability, not necessarily age. 

Advanced clog combines traditional clog with power tap clog.  This is a more contemporary style and has more tap influence.

Tumbling

Beginning Tumbling
Rolls, cartwheels, hand and headstands, and backbends. 30 minutes

Advanced Beg. Tumbling
Must have accomplished back bend without crashing your head to the mat.  Round offs, backbends, front limbers, back walkovers, handstands, and handstand roll outs. 45 minutes

Intermediate Tumbling
Requires a self supported handstand that is straight and tight as well as a backbend goind down and up unassisted.  Work on limbers, walkovers, power roundoffs, and combinations. 45 minutes

Flip Flop (Advanced Tumbling)

Flip Flop 1
Strength and Stretch along with Skill and Drills create strong technique based kids.  Flip Flops or back hand springs are the main focus along with front handsprings.  Require mental and physical readiness. 45 minutes

Flip Flop 2
Strength and Stretch along with Skill and Drills create strong technique based kids.
Requirement:
Full mental understanding of flip flops.
Front handsprings finish standing.
Mental, emotional, and physical readiness.
45 minutes

Flip Flop 3
Strength and Stretch along with Skill and Drills create strong technique based kids.
Requirement:
Round off flip flop with little spotting.
Aggressiveness and power on skills.
Mental, emotional, and physical readiness.
45 minutes

Flip Flop 4
Strength and Stretch along with Skill and Drills create strong technique based kids.
Requirement:
Round off flip flop unspotted.
Close on side aerials.
Mental, emotional, and physical readiness.
45 minutes

Flip Flop 5
Strength and Stretch along with Skill and Drills create strong technique based kids.
Requirement:
Round off and 2 flip flops unspotted.
Mental, emotional, and physical readiness.