 Jazz classes combine traditional jazz styles such as Giordano, Fosse, Swing and Broadway with the ever changing styles and trends of contemporary popular culture. Each fun and challenging class consists of the basic steps, vocabulary, and variations of the dance form with unique moves, rhythmic patterns and variations, body isolations, fancy footwork, big leaps and quick turns. Through daily warm-ups and exercises students gain strength, flexibility, endurance, coordination, musicality and performance presence. To excel in jazz, dancers are encouraged to have a strong fundamental background in ballet, as it encourages grace, balance and proper overall dance technique.
Tap Tap classes fuse the classical American tap styles evoking images of top hats and canes with the ever changing influences of contemporary popular culture. Each exciting and dynamic class will explore rhythm sounds made by movement to develop musical timing. Through a series of warm-up exercises, rhythm sequences, across the floor patterns, various tap combinations and dance routines dancers focus on the development of a sharpened sense of rhythm, rhythmic variations, coordination, performance skills and clarity of sounds incorporated into every class.
Hip Hop
Hip-hop dance includes a wide range of styles notably breaking, locking, and popping, as well as newer dance industry trends in particular response with studio/commercial hip-hop, sometimes called L.A. styles and Jazz Funk. What separates hip-hop dance from other forms of dance is that it is often freestyle (improvisational) in nature. Each high energy and fun class consists of the basic steps, vocabulary, and variations of the dance form with unique moves, fancy footwork, and floor-work. Through daily warm-up exercises and dance routines students gain strength, endurance, coordination, musicality and self confidence. This class aims to introduce the hip hop dance culture to students in a fun and appropriate manner.
Modern NEW CLASS!
Distinct from ballet, jazz, and even contemporary, modern dance is a unique blend of technique and individuality. The class is designed to give students an overall understanding of modern dance, drawing from the Horton, Nikolais/Louis, Graham, and release techniques. An excellent counterpart to ballet, modern dance builds additional coordination, flexibility, and strength. Modern dance training is required in most collegiate dance programs, and is part of the curriculum at many summer dance intensives. This class is open to intermediate/advanced students with ballet or jazz training.
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