Ages 2½ - 3 ½: These dancers are introduced to various types of music and fun movement which helps create a positive image and experience. They begin to learn basic dance “manners”: taking turns, sharing with and clapping for friends, making fun formations and dance lines as they Move and Groove and begin pre-ballet and basic jazz steps. We focus on body awareness & use of correct terminology. This class is a GREAT preparation for our 3 ½ – 5 year old combination class. *This is NOT a parent participation class. However, 1 Parent may help your dancer participate if needed. Once your dancer is comfortable without parent, we ask parents to stay out of the room and off the dance floor. Our Creative Movement dancers perform 1 class routine & our company finale’ in our end of year recital. (Must be age 2½ by Sept)

Ages 3 ½-5: These dancers are introduced to basic tap, jazz, and ballet dancing., continuing to focus on terminology, choreography, and most of all: FUN! This class is specifically for those students who are in preschool and already familiar with a classroom environment. This is the next level for our previous Creative Movement dancers and a perfect match for our World Class Gymnastics “Gym Kids/Gym Kids 2” students. *This is NOT a parent-participation class. These dancers perform 1 tap and 1 ballet or jazz routine with their class and participate in our company finale’ in our end-of-year recital. (Must be 3 ½ by September)

Tap dancers wear fitted shoes with metal taps on the heels and toes of the shoe. Our tap dancers utilize a lot of syncopation creating great rhythms with their feet tapping, sliding, and clicking their shoes. In classical tap – the dancer’s entire body moves along with their feet with very showy stylized movements such as you see in Broadway tap. Hoofing – focuses on the movements of the dancer’s feet, keeping their upper bodies still. Our dancers are exposed to many forms of tap styles, and music, and truly enjoy making music with their feet.

A range of lively body movement and percussion techniques with a mix of tap steps, social dancing, and ballet. Some forms of jazz are Charleston, swing, and rock and roll. Jazz is extremely popular in musical theater to help express storylines and entertain the audience. In our jazz classes, these dancers practice executing their leaps, jumps, & turns. Many forms of music such as blues, jazz, Broadway, theater, hip-hop, pop, and funk will be used in our jazz classes.