Class Descriptions

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 Acro dance is a style of dance that combines classical dance technique with precision acrobatic elements. It is defined by its athletic character, its unique choreography, which seamlessly blends dance and acrobatics, and its use of acrobatics in a dance context. 

Ballet is a series of exercises that progress from the ballet barre to the center of the room and often times, across the floor. Ballet is the foundation of all dance styles and teaches the necessary skills required to develop a strong technique.

Ballet and Barre Conditioning combines the movement of ballet, the strengthening of pilates, and the stretching of yoga to improve your posture, muscle control, and flexibility. 

Creative dance is an introductory class that encourages exploring body movements and stretching, utilizing principles from ballet, jazz, and acrobatics

Contemporary dance blends elements of multiple dance styles and lets dancers express emotionality through movements and breath.  

Hip hop dance is a unique and exciting style of movement characterized by bounces and rocks, executed to Hip Hop music. 

Jazz dance styles include using feet, arm, and hand positions, isolations (head, shoulder, hips), timing, shape, and movements including body rolls, jazz walks, swings, and kicks.

 Leaps and Turns is a jazz-based technique class that focuses on strict technique to help the dancer achieve their fullest potential. This class includes a warm-up focused on strength, conditioning, and flexibility. The rest of the class is focused on learning new turns, leaps, and jumps! 

 Lyrical dance is a series of movements mostly deriving from ballet that are performed to the lyrics in a given song 

Tap dance is a type of dance characterized by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion.

 Tumbling  is skill-based course that focuses on developing strength and flexibility, as well as mastering basic tumbling skills such as cartwheels, round-offs, handstand arch pull-ups, back bends, etc., and introduces intermediate skills such as back/front handsprings and back walkovers.