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Classes

Class Levels 
 
Ballet      
Tiny Toes                      

Ages 2-3.  Emphasis is on creative movement and classroom skills such as following direction, listening and working with others. 
 
Tiny Tutus       
Ages 3.5-5. Emphasis on  basic ballet steps, creative movement and classroom skills such as following directions, listening and working with others.  



​Pre-Ballet
Ages 5-6. Basic ballet technique with little or no prior training.



​Ballet 1
Ages 6-9. Basic ballet technique with 2-3 years training



​Ballet 2
Ages 8-12 Beginner-intermediate with 3-4 years prior training. 



​Ballet 3
Ages 9-12. Intermediate with 4-5 years prior training.

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Ballet 4
Ages 11 and up.  Intermediate with 5-6 years prior training. Emphasis on pointe preparation. 

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Teen Ballet

Ages 13 and up.  Beginner to Intermediate

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Pre-Pointe

Ages 9 -up. Beginner-Intermediate with 3 years prior training.



​Pointe
Ages 11- up.  Intermediate - Advanced with emphasis on pointe technique. Ballet 4 required. Must have teachers permission.

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Tap

Beginning Tap

Ages 6-10. Basic tap steps 

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Intermediate Tap​

Ages 8 and up. Basic tap technique 

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Teen Tap

Ages 13 and up. Basic to intermediate tap technique.

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Jazz

Pre-Jazz

Ages 5-6 Basic Jazz steps

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Jazz I

Ages 6-9 Beginner  

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Jazz II

Ages 8-12 Beginner-Advanced Beginner

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Jazz III 

Ages 9-12 Intermediate

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Teen Jazz

Ages 13 and up Advanced Beginner-Intermediate

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Lyrical/Contemporary (Ballet required)

Lyrical/Contemporary I

Ages 6-9 Beginner

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Lyrical/Contemporary II

Ages -12 Beginner-Advanced Beginner

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Lyrical/Contemporary III 

Ages 8-12 Intermediate

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Teen Lyrical/Contemporary

Ages 13 and up Advanced Beginner-Intermediate

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Hip Hop

Beginning Hip Hop

Ages 8 and up.  Beginner

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Hip Hop

Ages 8-12 Beginner-Advanced Beginner

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Teen Hip Hop

Ages 13 and up Advanced Beginner-Intermediate

 

Leaps and Turns

Beginning Leaps and Turns 

Ages 6 and up

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Intermediate Leaps and Turns

Ages 9 and up

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Musical Theatre

Ages 8 and up. Musical Theatre is a combination of dance genres, and usually portrays a story with emotion. There is a lot of creative freedom. It's a dance style that includes dance technique and acting to songs from broadways and musicals.

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Improvisation/Choreography 

Ages 10 and up.  Dance improvisation is spontaneously creating movement without pre-planning any steps or choreography, 

Dance choreography allows the students to create, collaborate, and direct dancers by applying their own skills and knowledge of dance. Creating pieces that they will perform in a student showcase in the spring.

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Pom/Cheer

Beginning Pom/Cheer

Ages 6-10. Emphasis on rhythm, musicality, and basic footwork with the use of pom poms, and basic tumbling, along with classroom skills such as following directions, listening, and working with others.

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Intermediate Pom/Cheer

Ages 9 and up. Pom dance can be performed with any type of dance style such as jazz, hip hop, and lyrical, and may contain tumbling. Pom routines include synchronization and visual effect, clean and precise motions  using pom poms. Visual effect includes level changes, group work, stunts, and formation changes. 

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Folklorico

Beginning

ages 6and up. Focusing on basic footwork, skirt work, and formations.

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intermediate

ages  9 and up. Focusing on intermediate footwork, skirt work, formations.

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Gymnastics 

Tiny Tumblers/Tumbling Toddlers 

Ages 2-5. An introduction to basic tumbling skills and body positions that help develop coordination using simple gymnastic equipment which helps build strength and develop better balance while learning classroom skills such as following directions, listening, and working with others.

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Ages 5+

Level I

 For the beginner student who has little or no experience. 

 

Level II

For those who are workings on back bends, kick overs, and round offs.

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Level III

For those who have mastered their back bend kick over and round offs, working on walk overs, front limbers and back handsprings.

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Level IV

For those who have mastered back handsprings, working on back tucks (Must have  teachers permission.)

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Acro

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Acro Dance is an art form that incorporates the fluid movements of dance with the exciting tricks from acrobatics,

 

It s "gymnastics for dancers", where students develop specific strength, flexibility and technique, to learn how to execute acrobatic tricks, to then be used in dance choreography,

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The training students receive in their acro dance classes helps to reinforce the technique in all other dance genres.

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Adding acro dance is the next-level training that will develop a specific skill set, and creates well-rounded and versatile dancers.

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Divisions

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Pre-junior Kinderacro: 5-6 years old

This is an an "in-between" â€‹level that bridges the gap between Kinderacro and the Junior Division. Students will learn Development Tricks to set up their training foundation, plus Body Positions, Jumps, and Motor Skills Development items.

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Junior, Intermediate, and Advanced: 7 years and up

These levels require ballet or jazz 

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