Class Information
2023-24 Class Descriptions
DISCOVER DANCE CLASSES Ages 4-6 Based on Sept. 1st age
Twinkle Babies Ballet/Jazz/Tap Ages 2-3 (30 minutes)
This is a great starter sample class to get your child dancing and learn 3 styles of the basics of dance in a fun engaging method with curriculum designed for preschool learning. This class involves fun props and twinkle bear dancing.
Twinkle Star Ballet/Jazz /Tap Ages 3-4 (30 minutes)
This is a continuing sample class to continue or start dancing with curriculum designed for preschool learning. This class involves fun props and twinkle bear dancing.
Discover Dance Jazz/Creative Movement Ages 4-5 Preschool Ages (45 minutes)
This class is for the preschool dancer who has a passion for dance loving to jump, turn, and move. Follow the teacher action songs are taught along with creative movement songs while using multiple fun props. Students are then taught a fun choreographed dance that builds upon itself each week. Weekly and monthly themed classes, movement stories, and Holiday seasonal music will be used throughout the year. Students in this class will be engaged and love learning to balance, weight changes, right and left sides of the body, creative movement, high/med/low levels, axial/locomotor movement, memorization of dance movement and have a passion for moving! Curriculum based on the early childhood development curriculum, California State standards and frameworks used for public and private schools dance education.
***Class uniform Code Required for studio website- Leotard, Tights, and ballet shoes. Hair in ponytail or bun
**Materials Required-Personal Prop Kit from Studio
Twinkle Toes Pre-Ballet Ages 4-5 Preschool Ages (45 minutes)
Dance in a Magical Kingdom of pre-ballet. Preschool aged students learn basic ballet fundamentals and terms in a fun and creative way through props, jumps, and turns.
**Class uniform required from studio website- Leotard, Tights, and ballet shoes. Hair in ponytail or bun
**Materials Required-Personal Prop Kit from Studio
Elementary Ages 5-6
"TWIRLY"-Ballet/Tap Dance Ages 5-6 Elementary Ages (45 Minutes)
This class is designed as an introduction to dance technique and skills with Ballet and Tap styles in a follow the teacher manor. Students will learn an introduction to basic dance technique in a fun yet structured class of movement. Students will learn points, heels, plie, releve, toe/ heel taps, shuffle, toe, ball change, high/med/low movement, and creative movement. Students will use props in learning coordination skills. A choreographed ballet and tap song will be taught to cute fun themed music.
**Class uniform required from studio website Leotard, tights, ballet and tap shoes, hair in bun or ponytail
**Materials Required-Personal Prop Kit from Studio
"DANCELY" Jazz/Creative Movement Ages 5-6 Elementary Ages (45 minutes)
This class is for the dancer who wants to move and explore basic jazz dance. Class begins with a fun warm up stretch series. Creative movement and action songs follow with the use of props. Students are then taught a fun choreographed dance that builds each week and basic jazz terms. Themed classes, movement stories, and Holiday seasonal music will be used throughout the year. Students in this class will learn to balance, weight changes, right and left sides of the body, creative movement, memorization of dance movement and have a passion for moving!
**Class uniform required from studio website Leotard, tights, jazz shoes, hair in bun or ponytail
**Materials Required-Personal Prop Kit from Studio
"HIP-HOPPY" Hip-Hop for Ages 5-6 Elementary Ages (45 minutes)
This class is for the dancer who wants to move and groove. Students learn pre-hop movement to fun upbeat music and do floor work to build muscle and coordination skills. This is a popular dance style for student who have a passion for moving!
**Class uniform required from studio website Leotard, tights, jazz shoes, hair in bun or ponytail
**Materials Required-Personal Prop Kit from Studio
Elementary Ages 7-9/Secondary Ages 10 and up/Adult SERIES
HIP-HOP Level 1 Ages 7-9, Level 2-3 Ages 10 and up, Level 4 Adult (45/60 minutes)
This class is for the boy or girl dancer who has a passion for dance and wants to move using beginning commercial Hip-Hop styles of dance! Class begins with a warm up stretch series. Students then learn basic technique steps and a warm up combination. Lastly, a choreographed dance is taught that builds upon itself each week. Upbeat Top 40 songs are played, and Holiday seasonal music will be used throughout the year. This class emphasis is on creating lifelong active movers and building a passion for dance. Students will learn Introductory dance technique and steps, memorization of dance movement and build on a passion for moving! Curriculum based on the California State standards and frameworks used for public and private schools dance education.
**Class uniform required from studio website. Hair in bun or ponytail
Jazz/Contemporary Level 1 Ages 7-9, Level 2 Ages 10-14, Adult (45-60 minutes)
This class is designed for higher beginning dance students to learn basic technique in Jazz styles of dance. Class begins with jazz with a stretch series, then moves to basic jazz technique steps (pivot turn, cross touch, pas de bourree, chasse, grapevine), and then a building choreographed jazz dance.
**Class uniform required from studio website. Hair in bun or ponytail
Ballet/Tap 1 Combo Ages 7-9 Technical Dance (60 minutes)
This class is designed for dance students to learn technique in Ballet/ Tap dance. Class starts with ballet dance barre warm up, across the floor and center floor work. Followed with a tap barre warm up and technique (maxi ford turn, cramp rolls, flap ball change, waltz clog time step and basic rhythm steps) A building of choreographed ballet and tap dance will be learned.
**Class uniform required from studio website. Hair in bun or ponytail
Tap 2 Ages 10 and up Technical Dance (45 minutes)
This class is designed for beginning dance students to learn basic technique in Tap dance. Class starts with tap warm up and technique (maxi ford turn, cramp rolls, flap ball change, waltz clog time step and basic rhythm steps) A building of choreographed tap dance will be learned.
**Class uniform required from studio website. Hair in bun or ponytail.
Adult Tap Beg. and Int./Adv. (45 minutes)
Classes designed for the Beg., Intermediate/Adv. dance student to learn technique and skills in Tap dance. Class starts with tap warm up, short combinations, and technique (time steps, traveling time steps, rhythm combinations.) A building of choreographed routine.
