General Programs

Ballet

Ballet offers students a sense of discipline and achievement and is a great foundation for many styles of dance. Classes are offered for younger to senior students. Ballet for younger students is great way to express themselves and explore. The classes are structured to develop coordination, motor skills, musicality and imagination. Ballet dance instruction follows Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) standards and students will be examined under this program.

Pointe

Pointe work has an aesthetic beauty of appearing ethereal and weightless. Pointe is performing steps from ballet while dancing on the tips of the toes in pointe shoes, hard toed ballet slippers which require strength and skill.

Jazz

With a strong and secure technique jazz develops dynamics. Jazz offers students choreographically challenging and satisfying work whilst developing their strength, flexibility and stamina. Jumps, turns and correct posture are essential while executing powerful movements.

Lyrical Jazz

Lyrical jazz uses the jazz technique while using flowing movements. Lyrical dancing may interpret the mood or lyrics of a song.

Street Jazz

Street jazz has the sharpness and energy of jazz and the attitude of the street. With a more mature approach to choreography, all students should be 13 years or older.

ISTD Modern

Modern is a syllabus that has been carefully planned to create a versatile dancer. A series of examinations has been created from children's grades through to professional teaching qualifications.

Modern combines dance styles such as jazz, lyrical and contemporary to develop disciplined dancers.

Tap

Tap concentrates on intricate foot work being practiced for clarity and speed. Tap is a percussive form of dance with lively rhythmic tapping.

Contemporary

This subject is a constantly evolving style of dance that gives an awareness of gravity and relaxation. Students are encouraged to explore their sense of movement whilst building an exciting movement vocabulary.

Hip Hop

Hip hop can include sharp isolations, locking, body popping, street jazz, krumping and break dancing. The music and style is similar to that of popular music videos.

Break Dancing

An urban style of acrobatic dance that has evolved as part of the hip hop movement. Break Dancing is normally danced to pop, funk or hip hop music.

Acro

Acrobatics is a combination of gymnastics, dance movements and stunt work. It requires and develops flexibility, strength and balance.

Musical Theatre

Students will work on stage performance skills in this class, learning to express themselves through dance, body and facial expressions. This class combines music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance.

Strength & Stretch

This class develops the strength and flexibility to improve the execution of dance technique.

Strength and stretch helps with increasing muscle control and tone, flexibility and range of motion. This improves performance and reduces injury.