Ballet/Tap Combo Class
Bright Stars • Ages 3-5
Star Burst • Ages 4-6
Students will pair ballet and tap technique in this class utilizing barre work, center choreography, locomotor movements and rhythmic activities. To enhance these disciplines the elements of dance will be woven throughout the lesson plans. Proper shoes and attire required.
Ballet/Tap/Jazz Combo Class
Rock Stars • Ages 5-7
Super Stars • Ages 6-8
Nova • Ages 7-9
Super Nova • Ages 8-10
Students will learn the technique of ballet, tap and jazz through stretching, rhythmic activities, barre work, center choreography, and locomotor movements. In addition, the elements of dance will be incorporated throughout the lesson plan. Proper shoes and attire required. Students in Nova and Super Nova levels should have prior dance training.
Ballet/Contemporary and Jazz/Tap
Comets • Ages 9-11
Cosmos • Ages 10-12
Students with prior dance experience will learn these techniques through stretching, rhythmic activities, center choreography, and locomotor movements. In these classes students will begin to fine tune their technical skills and perfect their performance qualities. Proper shoes and attire required.
Urban
Star Burst – Cosmos levels • Ages 4-12
Urban dance (more commonly known as “street” dance or “hip-hop”) encompasses a variety of street styles, including break-dance, popping, locking (funk), housing, and waacking. In class, students will be taught the fundamental principles and techniques of urban dance styles. This includes practicing drills, learning choreography, and reaching towards the ability to improvise and freestyle. Proper shoes and attire required.
Acro
Students will learn tumbling skills while enhancing flexibility, strength, balance and muscle control. Bare feet and proper attire required.
Star Burst & Rock Stars • Ages 4-7
No prior skills required.
Super Stars • Ages 6-8
Students must have a forward roll, front straddle roll, cartwheel, roundoff and hold a bridge.
Nova • Ages 7-9
Students must have back roll, back straddle roll, a solid cartwheel on both sides, roundoff and hold a bridge with one arm/leg in the air.
Super Nova • Ages 8-10
Students must have a roundoff, one-handed cartwheel on both sides, solid handstand, standing backbend, front/back limbers and bridge walks.
Comets • Ages 9-11
Students must have all of the skills from Super Nova and a one-handed cartwheel with their non-dominant arm, cartwheel switching legs, solid handstand roll, front/back walkovers and cartwheel twisting splits.
Cosmos • Ages 10-12
Students must have all of the skills from Comets and a front/back chest roll, front/back switching leg walkovers, front/back handspring, front headsprings, elbow/head stands and a handstand rotation to forward roll.
Acro 101 • Ages 12 and up
Students must have advanced tumbling skills such as one handed walkovers, arabians, handsprings, aerials, layouts and front/back tucks.
Turns and Technique
Ages 9-17
Turns and Technique is a class designed to bring the best out of each and every dancer. In this class, dancers will push themselves to acquire more flexibility, stronger bodies and more advanced technique. This class is meant to compliment a dancer’s training in a variety of styles including ballet, jazz, and contemporary. Proper shoes and attire required.
