Dance Foundations
“Technique to Build Upon”5 Specialty Programs to serve a dancer’s dreams- Early Childhood, Youth, Performance Group, Boys, and Adult Divisions in Multiple Forms!
Style Descriptions
Ballet/Pointe: Classical ballet technique includes Vagonava, RAD, Cechetti, and Balanchine with an eye to the current American blending of forms.
Jazz: Classical American jazz technique incorporating Broadway, Giordano, Hatchett, Rock, Funk, Lyrical, Fosse, Contemporary, LA, and Hip Hop styles.
Tap: Tap training includes the African American beginnings through musical theatre styles, “hoofing”, and codified tap terminologies. Improvisation in upper levels is explored.
Modern: Beginning levels focus on Limon and Cunningham technique. Taylor, Horton, and Graham styles as well as improvisation are covered in higher levels.
Contemporary/Lyrical: This dance form incorporates ballet, modern, and jazz with the focus on performance qualities and flow. Students must know basic ballet, modern, and jazz positions and beginner skills.
Acrobatics: This class offers gymnastic tumbling skills minus the equipment. It enhances all dance training and helps increase strength and flexibility.
Hip Hop: Contemporary style of movement started in the 1980s, made popular by its use in music videos by many music artists and choreographers.
Musical Theatre Dance: Training will focus on learning about musicals and includes jazz and tap technique. Students will receive information on writing resumes, picking monologues, choosing songs for auditions, performance qualities, and learning how to dance and sing at the same time.
Fitness: Each fitness class will be focusing on raising your heart rate, increasing your strength and flexibility, and creating a state of well being.