Class Descriptions

Preschool Combination
Three levels offered separately for 3, 4 and 5-year-olds. The dance portion is an imaginative introduction to ballet and tap using movement and rhythm to learn basic dance skills.  Preschool gym has scaled-down regular gym equipment and provides motor skill development in addition to basic gym skills. There is a set curriculum and each student's progress is monitored through individual skill charts. This program teaches good manners, courtesy to others and learning to take turns. It also develops social skills with others.

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Preschool Gym Only
Designed for 3, 4 and 5-year-old boys and girls who only want to participate in gymnastics.

Ballet/Tap Combination
These classes are for first, second and third grade students. Levels One and Two receive ballet, tap and hip-hop instruction, while Level Three is Ballet and Tap only. At this level, vocabulary and mastering beginner skills are emphasized. These young students are learning prescribed steps while improving their stamina and technical ability.

Ballet 4, 5, 6 and 7
Intermediate levels of classical ballet for fourth grade students and up. Around age 10 or 11, students may be invited to begin pointe work. These levels work progressively to improve vocabulary and develop connecting skills.

Intro Jazz
Three levels are offered to first, second and third grade students who love to dance to popular music. This is a fun class that focuses on coordination through rhythm. This is an "extra" class, as ballet and tap are the basics.

Beginner Jazz, Ballet and Tap
Three different classes, each designed for the late beginner who has never had a class or is returning after a long break. Beginner steps are introduced which develop into connecting steps and eventually the students are ready to perform in our annual May recital. 

Tap and Jazz Combination
These classes are designed for fourth and fifth graders developing more technical skills and are age-appropriate for each level.

Tap 6, 7, 8 and 9
Upper-level tap, which continues developing tap vocabulary to achieve more advanced tap combinations.

Hip-Hop
Beginner through advanced levels for students in fourth grade or higher. Street style dancing with popular music. Students learn to feel the movement.

Pre-Tumbling
For ages six through nine. This class teaches floor skills only from the basics to tumbling skills.

Cheer Tumbling
Ages 10 and up focus on floor skills, eventually developing tumbling skills they master on their own.

Cheer and Dance
For ages six and up, learning all the basics in cheerleading: cheers, chants, jumps and routines. Pom-poms needed.

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