Pre-School Ballet and Tap Combo
(Ages 4-5)- Thursdays 5:15pm-6pm
Children will learn the beginning elements of ballet including the positions of the arms body alignment, and center work. Students also develop a sense of musicality and rhythm through the basics of tap dance. The class will also encourage the growth of gross motor skills through musical movement activities, games, and the use of props.
Instructor– Myia Oliver
Ballet Classes
Ballet 1B - (Ages 6 and up)- Tuesdays 5:45pm-6:30pm
This class will continue to follow the footsteps of Ballet 1A and advance as students begin to concentrate on combinations and beginning adagios.
Instructor: Myia Oliver
Pre-School Ballet and Jazz Combo - (Ages 4-5)- Mondays 4:45pm-5:30pm
Children will learn the beginning elements of ballet including the positions of the arms body alignment, and center work. Students also develop a sense of musicality and rhythm through the basics of jazz dance with kids bop syle music. The class will also encourage the growth of gross motor skills through musical movement activities, games, and the use of props.
Instructor– Myia Oliver
2024-2025 Season
Tap Classes
Jazz Classes
Hip Hop Classes
Tap I (Ages 6 and up)- Thursdays from 4:00pm-4:45pm
An introduction to the rhythm and coordination of tap
dance. Students will learn the proper tap technique to
create clean distinct sounds and later be introduced to
rhythmic layering. Students learn fun upbeat
combinations to music favorites of classics and rock!
Instructor: Angela Brooks
Tap 2 (Ages 9-up) Tuesdays 4:15pm-5:00pm
A continuation of Beginning Tap, this class will provide
students with a strong understanding of basic tap
foundation, terminology, timing and rhythm. An
emphasis will be placed on explanation of terminology, execution of basic steps through more challenging rhythms, precise tap sounds, improvisational techniques, coordination, syncopation and technical execution. Students will jam out to exciting music creating one of kind sounds. This age appropriate class is for students who have had at least one year of tap and successfully mastered Beginning Tap.
Instructor: Angela Brooks
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Ballet 4 - (Ages 14 and up)- Thursdays 4:00pm-5:0pm
Advanced Ballet Class/PPL. Placement Only
Instructor: Myia Oliver
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Tap 3 (Ages 12 and up)- Mondays 5:30pm-6:30pm
A continuation of tap education with more emphasis on percussive style rhythms and challenging variations of steps and combinations. Students will learn full length tap combinations that will focus on precise steps and foot articulation, rhythmic awareness and layering, movement through space and will incorporate the use of arm and full body dynamics used in performing tap.
Instructor: Angela Brooks
Fall Classes start back Aug 19th, 2024
Beginning Hip Hop- (Ages 7-11) - Mondays 4:30pm-5:15pm
Beginner classes are designed for entry-level students with no prior
experience. Hip-Hop evolved out of street and break dancing and is
characterized by its athletic and bouncy style. Hip-Hop is set to a
strong, contemporary beat, builds stamina, and emphasizes body
isolation, attitude, coordination, freestyle movement, and rhythm.
This class features age-appropriate hip hop choreography with no
suggestive music/movement. This is an excellent class for
high-energy boys and girls who want to take a fast and fun dance class.
-Instructor : Kambry Morales
Junior Hip Hop (Ages 10 and up) - Thursdays 5:30pm-6:15pm
Our juinior hip hop is a mid level between beginner and intermediate. Students build on freestyle and isolations along with hip hop choreography to prepare them to move into intermedate classes. Instructor : Braden Jowers
Intermdiate Hip Hop (ages 12-15)- Thursdays 6:15pm-7:15pm
This intermediate Hip Hop class is designed for students who have had have had at least 2 years of basic hip hop or jazz and/or atleast ages 12. This class continues to build on the core foundations of hip hop, integrating street hip hop as well as other generes of hip hop for a fun and energietic class.
Instructor : Braden Jowers
Advanced Hip Hop (Ages 13-18)- Mondays 5:30pm-6:30pm
This advanced-level class requires a minimum of 2 years of intermediate Hip Hop dance experience as a prerequisite or solid jazz dance background. In this class, students will progress into very advanced combinations and movements including freestyle dance, breaking, and other challenging choreography pieces. Instructor: Braden Jowers
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Tap 4 (Teacher Placement Only) -Mondays 6:30-7:30pm
This course is for dancers with advanced tap experience.
Instructor: Angela Brooks
Jazz I (Ages 6 and up)- Thursdays 4:45pm-5:30pm
An introduction to the energy and dynamic of jazz technique. Students will be introduced to parallel positions and begin to explore the direct, decisive, and sharp facet of jazz technique and its various rhythms. Students will work on the fundamentals including flexibility, jumps and turns. Students will also touch on hip hop, funk, and musical theatre in this one of a kind class. -Instructor: Angela Brooks
Jazz 2 (Ages 8-up)- Tuesdays 5pm-5:45pm
A continuation of Beginning Jazz, this class teaches technique for stability of movement will be a
strong understanding of body placement and center are focal points of jazz class. An emphasis will
be placed on explanation of terminology, warm-up, isolation, barre, and center with emphasis on
strengthening turns, jumps, flexibility, technical execution, and combinations. Students will also be
taught segments on at least one year of jazz and successfully mastered Beginning Jazz.
Instructor: Angela Brooks
Jazz 3 (ages 11 and up/teacher recommendation)- Mondays 4:30pm-5:30pm
A continuation of Jazz. This class is for students with a sound dance background. Dynamic, energy,
placement, improvisation, and intermediate level jumps and turns will be worked on. Classes will
alternate between classical jazz, pop jazz, hip hop and musical theatre jazz.
Instructor: Angela Brooks
Advanced Jazz 4 (ages 14 and up and teacher recommendation)-Wednesdays 4:00pm-5:00pm
A continuation of Jazz 3, this class is more technically and musically challenging. Attention is paid to
the quality of movement in addition to correct execution. Advanced progressions of turns and leaps
are emphasized as well as other styles of jazz such as lyrical and modern as students' dance artistry continues to strengthen.
Placement by Instructor
Instructor: Angela Brooks
Pointe - (Ages 14 and up)- Tuesdays 4:00pm-5:00pm
Advanced Classical Ballet Class for students working in pointe shoes. Placement Only
Instructor: Myia Oliver
Early Childhood and
Pre School Dance
Ages 3-5
Ballet 3A -Wednesdays 5:00pm-6:00pm (ages 12 and up)
Students continue practical skills, muscular self-control and basic
coordination and expression. Students will aim to develop strength and stability
in the demonstration of the pirouettes, balance, control, extension, fluidity, and in petite and grand allegro. Advanced students also study classical technique, repertoire studies, character dance, adagio studies, music, ballet history and body conditioning, concentrating on the mastery of more complex movements and combinations.
- Instructor: Myia Oliver
Ballet 2B - (Ages 10 and up)- Wednesdays 4:00pm-5:00pm
This class emphasizes is a continuation of Ballet 2A and will begin to focus on
intermediate turns and adagios and variations. Students will continue to work on
combinations as well as barre and center work. Students are required to have
at least 2 years of ballet training or placed by teacher.
- Instructor: Myia Oliver
Ballet 2A - (Ages 8 and up)- Thursdays 6:30pm-7:30pm
A continuation of Ballet1 series in a 60 min class with a larger focus on beginner
turns, and increased ballet terminology.
- Instructor: Myia Oliver
Tap 5 (PPL and teacher placement only)
Wednesdays 5:00pm-6:00pm
This course is for dancers with advanced tap experience.
Instructor: Angela Brooks
Ballet 1A - (Ages 5 and up)- Mondays 5:30pm-6:15pm
This class emphasizes the beginning development of classical ballet skills with a focus on proper placement, alignment and coordination of port de bras with leg and footwork. Students will learn ballet vocabulary through barre and center work while building strength and flexibility. Instructor: Myia Oliver
Monthly Tution Rates
$55 for 45 min class and $60 for an hour class
Creative Dance A - (Ages 3-4)- Mondays 4:00pm-4:45pm
Designed to develop your child's movement and skills through creative play, music and dance. This class focuses on creative movement which builds on the necessary gross motor skills and rhythm needed for primary dance instruction. Students will also engage movement with props such as scarves, stuffed animals, hoops, balls, etc, and learn introductory ballet steps. Students are read creative movement stories that enhances the development of fine and gross motor skills as they balance, skip, leap, coordinate, isolate and move to the music. Social skills are also developed through, collaborative, and co-operative games.
Instructor- Myia Oliver
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Contemporary Dance Classes
Contemporary Dance 1 (ages 10-up)- Fridays 4:15pm-5pm
Contemporary dance is a style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including modern, jazz, lyrical and classical ballet. Contemporary dancers strive to connect the mind and the body through fluid dance movements. Contemporary dance stresses versatility and improvisation, unlike the strict, structured nature of ballet. Contemporary dancers focus on floorwork, using gravity to pull them down to the floor
Instructor : Myia Oliver
Contemporary Dance 2 (ages 12 and up- Teacher Placement Only)-
Fridays 5pm-6pm
A continuation of Contemp 1. Students are introduced to partnering and contemporay floor work and tricks. Students also begin working self-choreography
Instructor :Myia Oliver
Contemporary Dance 3 (PPL- Teacher Placement Only)-
Wednesdays 6:00pm-7:00pm
Advanced Contemporay
Tuition is $55 a month- Instructor :Myia Oliver
Mini Hip Hop : (Ages 5-6)- Wednesdays 5:00pm-5:45pm
Does your pre-schooler love moving to anything with a beat? If so, this class is custom-designed for him or her! In these classes, we start learning the basic elements of our hip hop technique combined with jazz and gross motor movement, and explore fun with pop and rock hits of today! Move over Justin Timberlake ... here we come!
Instructor: Kambry Morales
Mini Hip Hop (Ages 5-6)- Wednesday 5pm-5:45pm
Does your pre-schooler love moving to anything with a beat? If so, this class is custom-designed for him or her! In these classes, we start learning the basic elements of our hip hop technique combined with jazz and gross motor movement, and explore fun with pop and rock hits of today! Move over Justin Timberlake ... here we come!
Instructor: Kambry Morales
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Adult Classes TBA
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