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CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

Creative Movement
for the Young Dancer

In these enriching dance classes children are introduced to the world of dance through FUN themes, music, and creative fun.

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Creative Dance (3-4yrs) - Highlights shapes, levels, colors, locomotor activities, as well as sensory awareness and self-esteem techniques to nurture the artist in each child.                                                           

 Music & Motion (2  1/2 - 3 yrs.)
This is a great way for children to express their natural joy for movement.  Basic skills are taught in a loving and fun way by utilizing themes, music, and props.

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Elements of Dance  (5-6yrs) - Expands on the creative dance program including an introduction to Ballet, Jazz, and  Tap techniques.

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In each of these classes basic principals of body and spatial awareness, alignment, rhythm, and an overall feel for music are developed through a
loving and playful approach.  
 
Come dance with us once or twice a week!

Ballet

Do you marvel at the beauty and strength
of the classically trained dancer?

Have you ever wondered how a dancer makes it look so easy?

Ballet is the foundation of good dance technique.  This is where students build the strength, flexibility, balance, and rhythm needed for all dance forms.   

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You learn the positions of the body, turn-out, correct stance and placement, ballet vocabulary, and other important fundamentals of dance.

Dancers learn this framework while working on turns, small and large jumps, as well as the many intricate steps that link these skills together to create the beauty and gracefullness of ballet.

All Dancers are encouraged to take ballet class.

Pointe

Pointe work is a specialized extension of ballet training where ballerinas dance on the tips of their toes in specially designed shoes.  It was first incorporated in Classical Ballet to create an illusion of flight and mysticism for the ethereal creatures in story ballets, such as angels, ghosts, fairies, and other magical beings.

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A strong and consistent ballet background is neccessary
to ensure proper injury-free Pointe work.

Students must be enrolled in at least
2 ballet classes per week in order to take Ponte Class.


Jazz

Jazz is the fire of contemporary dance!  These classes reflect many diverse styles of Jazz Dance ranging from Classical and Lyrical Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Musical Theatre Dance, while emphasizing the development of alignment and technique.  Jazz utilizes techniques and movements inherent in Ballet and Modern Dance and spices it up with style and attitude designed to develop the expression of music through creative and fun choreography.

Funk/Hip Hop is a stylized form of Jazz dance that evolved out of street and breakdancing moves, and is characterized by its vigorous athletics and funky style.  Students will learn the hottest dance moves seen by today's brightest stars while incorporating the fundamentals of jazz technique. 

Fun, Funky, & Fresh  

Musical Theatre Jazz is a style of dance used in most popular staged musicals and is known for its fun, character-driven choreography which often incorporates props like hats and canes.  The emphasis of this class will be to learn a variety of stylized choreography in a short amount of time.

Jazz Technique:  Students will work on improving strength, flexibility, showmanship, and confidence for all styles of dance.  Turns, jumps, and progressions will be a major focus for this class.

 
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If Jazz is like fire,
then Ballet is the water that flows through all dance forms. 
When you've got Ballet as the foundation,
Jazz really sizzles

Tap

The first sound we hear is the beat of a heart, a steady pulse-
rhythm is inherent in each of us. 
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Acting

“The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.”

- Sir Laurence Olivier

Students will explore the fundamentals of acting through theatre games, improvisation, scene work, monologues,  audition techniques, and performance.

Our goals are to promote self confidence, encourage creativity,  and foster self-expression by understanding how actors create characters, work with others, and put on a show. 

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Lyrical Dance
Lyrcal combines the grace and beauty of ballet with the style and attitude of jazz.  Strong ballet technique is required to convey the emotionand beauty characterized by this style of contemporary dance.
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Soleo Flamenco Dance
Company of Chicago


Flamenco is a genuine Spanish art form, or, to be more exact, a genuine Southern Spanish art. It exists in three forms: el cante, the song, el baile, the dance, and la guitarra, the guitar playing. Gypsies are often credited with the "invention" of flamenco, and it is at least certain that they played an important part in its creation. But the popular songs and dances of Andalusia also had a major influence on early Flamenco.		  Image

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