Youth Classes
Fall 2023/2024 Schedule
32 Week Classes Run September 6, 2023 - May 24, 2024
Classes
Youth Ballet
Ages: 8+
Class length: 1 hour
The foundation of all dance forms. Body placement, flexibility, alignment, strength and technique are achieved through barre and center floor work based on a variety of techniques. At the more advanced levels students must take several classes per week. Class will have a strong emphasis on classical technique with advanced levels incorporating contemporary movements. Students will also learn ballet vocabulary and a basic introduction of dance kinesiology. Advanced classes will include optional work to help students who aim at being en Pointe.
Open Classes
Youth Ballet I
Monday 5:30-6:30 pm
Youth Ballet I
Thursday 4:30-5:30 pm
Youth Ballet II
Thursday 5:30-6:30 pm
Youth Ballet III
Thursday 6:30-7:30 pm
Youth Tap
Ages: 8+
Class length: 1 hour
This form of dance teaches the student the basic fundamentals of tap sounds and steps leading to advanced rhythms and syncopation. Students develop coordination of mind and body and a more perceptive sense of rhythm, timing and phrasing.
Youth Jazz
Ages: 8+
Class length: 1 hour
This popular form of dance incorporates many styles such as theatrical and contemporary. Jazz is the dance style of the stage, screen, and music videos. The classes include a warm-up, isolations, across-the-floor work and technique ending with choreography set to contemporary music.
Open Classes
Youth Jazz I
Monday 6:30-7:30 pm
Youth Jazz I
Thursday 6:30-7:30 pm
Youth Jazz II
Thursday 6:30-7:30 pm
Youth Jazz III
Thursday 7:30-8:30 pm
Youth Hip Hop
Ages: 8+
Class length: 1 hour
A high energy, high impact class exploring current styles of movement seen on TV and in music videos. Inspired by the urban hip hop music.
Open Classes
Youth Hip Hop I
Tuesday 5:30-6:30 pm
Wednesday 7:30-8:30 pm
Thursday 6:30-7:30 pm
Youth Hip Hop II
Thursday 4:30-5:30 pm
Youth Contemporary
Ages: 8+
Class length: 1 hour
Contemporary dance provokes, expresses, and reflects through movement the point of view of the dancer and/or choreographer. It capitalizes on the universal language of dance by using all types of movements, from stylized to pedestrian. Some “thread elements” visible in contemporary dance include modern, ballet, jazz, gymnastics, and world dance forms. Movement images, ideas, and emotions are set to a variety of sounds, from music to spoken word to the richness of silence. It is dance that crosses frontiers on many levels.
Open Classes
*First year Contemporary must be enrolled in a Ballet class or have a year of Ballet.
Youth Contemporary I*
Thursday 5:30-6:30 pm
Youth Contemporary II/III
Friday 7:30-8:30 pm
Mini/Youth Musical Theater
Ages: 6+
Class length: 45 minutes for Mini Musical Theater
Class length: 1 hour for Youth Musical Theater
Introduces the three basic skills of musical theatre: acting, singing and dancing. Combines those three skills to produce scenes and musical numbers. Emphasis is placed on following stage directions, developing self-confidence and creating characters for acting. Focus is placed on breath, tone and projection for singing. Also, we begin to understand how to use the body and learn basic movement for dancing.
Open Classes
Mini Musical Theater 6+ yrs.
Saturday 11:00-11:45 am
Youth Musical Theater I 8+ yrs
Monday 6:30-7:30 pm
Youth Gymnastics A & B
Youth Gymnastics A for Ages: 5.5-8
Youth Gymnastics B for Ages: 8+
Class length: 1 hour
Boys and Girls will continue the skills learned in the earlier classes and further focus on vault, tumbling (round-offs and back- walk- overs), bars (pull-over and back hip circle), and balance beam. This class continues to teach the fundamentals of gymnastics as well as enhancing self-esteem, coordination, balance, flexibility, strength, form and focus.
Open Classes
Youth Gymnastics A
Saturday 10:00-11:00 am
Youth Gymnastics B
Saturday 2:00-3:00 pm
Gymnastics I
Ages: 8+
Class length: 1 hour
Boys and Girls will continue the skills learned in the earlier classes and further focus on vault, tumbling (round-offs and back- walk- overs), bars (pullover and back hip circle), and balance beam. This class continues to teach the fundamentals of gymnastics as well as enhancing self-esteem, coordination, balance, flexibility, strength, form and focus.
Open Classes
Gymnastics I 10+ yrs
Saturday 11:00-12:00 pm
Gymnastics II 10 + yrs. * permission only
Saturday 12:00-1:00 pm
Gymnastics III 10 + yrs. * permission only
Saturday 1:00 -2:00 pm
Youth Acting
Ages: 10+
Class length: 1 hour
This class is perfect for students that want to try out the theater arts, or just love theater games and improvisation! No experience is required. Through games, exercises, improvisation and some scene study, students will gain confidence and poise onstage as actors. There will be a brief education on theater history, and basic theater terminology will also be introduced
Conditioning / Technique A
Ages: 8+
Class length: 1 hour
This class is perfect for students that want to add to their dance experience. This class is designed to help dancers both physically and mentally on multiple levels. This class will consist of (but not limited to) cardio, strength training, Pilates, yoga, flexibility and meditation.
Shoes required are tennis shoes.