BALLET: - 
Beginning age: 2 1/2. Ballet is the basis for all dance training. It develops poise, gracefulness, good posture and a sense of line and technique needed for all dance forms. Wedraw from ballet methods with emphasis on correct technique and body placement. We begin teaching at age 2 1/2 the correct terms, foot positions, arm positions and movements.

TAP: 
Beginning age: 21/2. Tap training develops a student's sense of rhythm, coordination and style. "Many types of styles will be covered during a child's years of training, including military, jazz-tap, soft-shoe and "hoofin".

JAZZ: - 
Beginning age: 5. Jazz offers a freedom in personal style and is very helpful to those interested in theatre dance and up-to-date dance forms to contemporary music. We cover many styles and attitudes with our jazz. This is also the perfect type of dance for drill team preparation.

ACROBATICS:
Beginning age: 6. Our acrobatics is the floor exercise part of gymnastics and is slightly more dance-oriented and treatrical. It is beneficial in areas of balance, flexibility, coordination and over-all body tone and strength. We approach acrobatics in a personal progress-oriented fashion, from beginners to advanced, with emphasis on proper execution and safety. We begin with basic tumbling and balance work and progress to aerials with advanced students, when they are ready.

MODERN / LYRICAL:
Beginning age: 9, 6 if in company. Using "Graham" exercises and technique, we cover a broad range of interpretive, abstract and lyrical dance forms. This enhances strength, balance, self-expression and creativity in our dancers. We will also incorporate the Horton technique.

POINTE: 
Beginning age: 10. As students achieve leg and ankle strength and proper body placement through their ballet training, they may go "en pointes" (on the tips of their toes in hard, supportive shoes ). Proper physical development and technique must be in place to avoid possible injury. You must have had previous ballet training, be currently enrolled in a ballet class and be approved by the director and teacher.

HIP HOP:  
Beginning age 6 (6 -8 yr. olds must already be enrolled in the combination ballet/tap/jazz class). Hip-hop is bouncy, funky, fast, smooth, grounded and airborne, requiring complex use of the entire body. Isolations and intricate movements are two key aspects of the style. It is also trick oriented with the use of breakdancing, popping, locking and various gymnastic-type movements - and quite an aerobic workout. The technique may not be as obvious as ballet, but make no mistake, hip hop is complex, precise and has a technique all its own.

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