12 and Up Classes

Ballet is the backbone of all dance training. In ballet, students learn grace, elegance, technique, discipline, flexibility, stamina, and endurance. This class is a graded system using Russian and Italian methods. The class is divided into time at the barre, center, adagio, and variations. This class is appropriate for dancers ages 7-11. Previous dance experience is required, preferably at least one year of ballet experience.

Ballet is the backbone of all dance training. In ballet, students learn grace, elegance, technique, discipline, flexibility, stamina, and endurance. This class is a graded system using Russian and Italian methods. The class is divided into time at the barre, center, adagio, and variations. Jazz teaches sharp and fluid movements to create a visually technical dance and style, with dancing done to popular music. Body isolations, stretches, turning, leaping, and technical steps are all taught. This class is appropriate for dancers ages 12 and up that have previous jazz or ballet experience.

Dance like your favorite pop star in this fun and exciting class. In a high-energy atmosphere, students learn the basic fundamentals of hip hop dance to some of their favorite music. This class is appropriate for dancers 12 and up.

Students learn a variety of tap styles, including Broadway and Rhythm tap. The class encourages developing proper tap technique, producing clear tap sounds, and having fun. This is not for the beginning tapper.

Bring the world of Broadway to your kids with a class introducing basic skills in improvisational acting, translating emotion on stage, and using dance to enhance storytelling. This class is for all students from the beginner to the most experienced. This class is recommended for all students ages 7 and up.

Lyrical is a fluid form of dance done to popular ballads and slower contemporary music. The dancer learns to interpret his or her movement with feeling, motion, and style. Children learn to tell a story or create a picture of the song. This style combines the fluid beauty of ballet with the sharper moves found in jazz.

This is a fast-paced type of dance similar to tap, using double-taps on the shoe for a louder, more solid sound. Beginner cloggers learn the proper fundamentals of timing, rhythm, posture, motor coordination, and technique. Advanced cloggers continue with those skills and continue to learn more percussive rhythms and syncopation. This class is only appropriate for dancers that have had at least 3 years of tap or clogging experience