Dance Curriculum

Explorations:

Movement explorations are an important part of your child’s developmental process.  Play-acting, creative movement, rhythm skills, motor skills, body control and an introduction to basic dance technique and terminology are provided in a safe and fun environment.  Children love to move and dance is a great educational tool for them to explore.

Pre-ballet, pre-contemporary and pre-fusion classes are more structured movement classes aimed at easing the transition to the technique levels.

Ballernazz combines ballet, contemporary, jazz and creative movement in a fun filled action packed class. This is a great class for exploring all the techniques before focusing on one.

Technique Classes:

Click image to enlarge.Ballet (ages 8 & up)  Classes focus on vocabulary, placement and alignment, core strength, musicality and fluid ballet technique. Pointe students are required to take ballet technique twice a week. 

Fusion (ages 8 & up)  Dance technique inspired by vernacular dance and movement. What is vernacular dance? It is the dance of ordinary people. Movement that grows from the music and social dances of an era. Fusion is taught with an eye toward history & society. Students  explore a wide range of styles….Jazz, Hip Hop, Latin, African, Street & Social Dance. Strength, flexibility, musicality, and weight are important as we focus on elements of style and attitude. This is dance with a wide range of music, it is meant to be social and fun!

Contemporary (ages 8 & up)  Fundamentals of modern dance technique combined with improvisation and composition.  These classes explore space, going in and out of the floor, upside down and right side up and all the fun places in between, by yourself and with partners.

Sew & Dance (ages 8 & up)  Class combines making dances and sewing costumes. No prior dance or sewing experience needed.

Teen/Adult Classes  What are you waiting for? Dance is fun… It is never too late to start or to return to dance.

Performance Dance:

Performance dance is a by-audition only class for dancers ages 8 & up.  This class is aimed at the serious student who wants a pre-professional dance company experience. Students 8 -11 must be enrolled in 1 technique class and students 12 & up must be enrolled in 2 technique level classes in order to audition.