Creative Movement - 6 week sessions This is much of the same material as Creative Movement, but is set up in 6 week sessions rather than full year commitment. Some students do make it through the entire year, and participate in a demonstration at the Saturday 1:00 Mini Show at recital time. This allows these very young students the freedom to “come and go”, if they are not ready for a full year commitment, or need a break.
Creative Movement Students work with music, and the concepts of dance movements, dance steps, coordination exercises, balance and fun dance! Use fun things like scarves, bean bags, ribbons, hula hoops.
age 5-6 30 minute classes
Contemporary Dance This is the “next step” after Creative Movement for 5-6 yr old students. Not a repeat of Creative Movement, but not yet Ballet technique. Working toward basics needed to start Ballet. Students begin to work more on spatial awareness, patterns of movement, skipping and other dance steps.
age 6-8 30 minute classes
Pre-Ballet Dancers start learning ballet barre exercises and continue working on dance steps: ballet walks, runs, hops, jumps, leaps, skips, prances, gallops, chasse’s, polka and moving these dance steps around the stage in more complicated patterns.
Pre-Tap The first year of tap! Students ready for Pre-Ballet are usually also ready to add another 30 minute class to begin tap.
Musical Theatre Combines some Pre-Ballet and Pre-Jazz movement to music from stage musicals. Age appropriate beginnings for Jazz.
Ballet
Levels I-VI The technique of classic ballet. APA teaches Cecchetti technique, primarily, while exposing older dancers to additional techniques used in Royal Academy and Russian.
Pointe
By approval only. Ballet students must have completed at least one year of Ballet V, at least 12 years of age, and technically advanced, physically strong enough, and with growth plates sufficiently closed to be prepared for Pointe.
Tap
Age 6 + up; Tap shoes, rhythm – what more can we say!?
Jazz
Age 9 + up; Classic jazz style.
Hip Hop
Age 9 + up; Hip Hop style jazz.
Boys Only
Age 7 + up; These classes are meant to interest and challenge boys to dance. Classes are styled to fit the boys enrolled, and will incorporate classic jazz, musical theater styles, and hip hop styles, as the boys are ready for various movements and techniques.
Lyrical Jazz
Level III Jazz or Ballet, or higher; Balletic styled jazz, using more lyrically styled music with movements using more ballet or modern technique.
Musical Theatre Jazz
Age 9 + up; This class will use music from the stage musicals, and be more theatrically staged dance, perhaps even incorporating some singing (or at least the feeling of singing)!
Clogging
No prior tap necessary for beginner class; rhythm footwork, percussive dance, Appalachian style with originations in Irish and Scottish traditional dance. Both a new beginner class this year in addition to a continuing intermediate class.
Adult/Beginner Teen Ballet
We have 2 levels of Adult Ballet, Beginner for those with little or no experience, and Intermediate for those with prior experience. Adult students with more advanced level experience are encouraged to take upper level teen classes, if appropriate.
Adult/Beginner Teen Tap
Adult classes are on Tuesdays, with 3 levels, Beginner, Intermediate, and Intermediate/Advanced
Adult/Beginner Teen Hip Hop
Beginner Hip Hop for adults or older teens, for fun & exercise!
Zumba
A fun exercise class! The newest craze! For adults and teens.
Conditioning
Body conditioning class for teens and adults; ab work, full body strengthening, toning.
Modern Improvisation
Various workshop sessions throughout the year; set up a class for a group of your friends! Teen classes, wedding preparation classes and private classes are also available.
Ballroom
Various workshop sessions throughout the year; set up a class for a group of your friends! Teen classes, wedding preparation classes and private classes are also available.
