Jazz.

Ages 3 - 19

Jazz is a quick moving, technical dance form that infuses a “cool” aesthetic. This class will focus on flexibility, turns and leaps, stylized steps, and coordination through center-floor work, across the floor progressions, and combinations. Dancers are educated in Classical Jazz, Musical Theater, and Contemporary Stylized Jazz styles influenced by Funk, Hip-Hop, Pop, and Modern.

Lyrical

Ages 7 - 19

Lyrical is a dance form that integrates the discipline of ballet, the freedom of jazz, and the creativity of modern dance. This class will focus on the use of personal emotion and storytelling through movement that plays with the use of articulation, line, weight, and movement qualities.

Contemporary

Ages 7 - 19

Contemporary is an expressive dance style that combines elements of several dance genres including ballet, jazz, modern, hip hop, and acrobatics. Classes include expanding the technical vocabulary of each dancer through contract-release, floor work, fall and recovery, and improvisation exercises.

Jazz/Lyrical/Contemporary Requirements

Students in Jazz/Lyrical/Contemporary are encouraged to be enrolled in Ballet.