Drama Kids teaches young students key building blocks for theatrical and musical stage performance and nurtures the growth of confidence in their own ideas and self expression. Through musical and theatrical games, imaginative story-telling, and song performance, students will learn basic acting and singing terms and skills. Through class games, songs, and activities, they will also practice taking turns, encouraging their peers, and working as an ensemble both on and off the stage.

This high-energy class offers Dancers a way to explore age-appropriate street movements set to popular music. Body isolations, quick footwork, and syncopated rhythms are emphasized, along with learning how to freestyle.

Rhythm and timing are the focus in this lively class. Dancers learn classic steps and phrases, building their skill in musicality, clarity, and speed throughout each year of study.

With an influence of both tradition and trends, our Jazz classes incorporate the latest styles, offering our Dancers a well-rounded experience. Technique and self expression grow step by step as the dancers groove through each class to upbeat music.

This high-energy class offers Dancers a way to explore age-appropriate street movements set to popular music. Body isolations, quick footwork, and syncopated rhythms are emphasized, along with learning how to freestyle.

With the guidance of Acrobatic Arts syllabus, Acro classes offer Dancers the chance to hone their strength and flexibility. Beginning with Acro fundamentals such as somersaults and cartwheels, Dancers safely build the skills they need to achieve more complex movements, such as elbow stands, walkovers, and side aerials.

Study classical techniques from Limón, Horton, and Graham and develop a strong grounded sense of movement. This class is all about body awareness, and making pictures with the shapes and lines of the body that are created from the inside out.

Moving into these levels implies that a dancer is dedicated and has a strong sense of ballet alignment and stability on their standing leg. They should be able to maintain placement during the entire class. Each level usually takes two to three years to complete (when attending ballet 2-3X's a week). Stamina will be built while maintaining clean lines and placement. Dancers will also show greater independence in taking correction and applying it. Increased flexibility, ability to find balance, and consistent double pirouettes area mark of readiness to advance to the next level. In order to execute the skills required in Intermediate Ballet and higher, it is recommended that students attend ballet two to three times a week at these levels.

Forevermore’s Pointe Program is a specialized opportunity for students to further their interests in Ballet and help them reach their full artistic potential. Admission into the Pointe Program is initiated by a recommendation from a Forevermore Instructor. Students must have previous ballet experience, and display talent and commitment to their training. Requires enrollment in Pointe Technique class and co-enrollment in two Ballet Technique classes per week.

Pointe is a specialized extension of ballet training where ballerinas dance on the tips of their toes in specially designed shoes. It was first incorporated in Classical Ballet to create an illusion of flight and mysticism for the ethereal creatures in story ballets; such as angels, ghosts, fairies, and other magical beings.

Jazz is the fire of contemporary dance! It utilizes techniques and movements inherent in Ballet and Modern Dance and spices it up with style and attitude designed to develop the expression of music through creative and fun choreography. These classes reflect many diverse styles of Jazz Dance ranging from Classical and Lyrical Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Musical Theatre Dance, while emphasizing the development of stage presence, alignment, and technique.

Tap is a form of dance developed in the 1900’s and has been a favorite for audiences and dancers alike. It’s like playing a musical instrument with your feet and once you get the rhythm in your body you can’t stop moving. Dancers produce different rhythms by making intricate sounds with flaps, shuffles, slaps, and scuffles. Proper tap terminology is taught while learning how to listen and reproduce various sounds and rhythmical patterns all while having a great time.

Contemporary appeals to the creative, artistic soul in everyone because of its expressiveness and freedom of individuality. Students are introduced to elements of Horton, Graham, & Limon techniques and focus on movement from the inside out, encouraging use of breath, energy, and connection. A warm up of breath and energy work, followed by exercises that emphasize extension, release, weight, momentum, and force, culminate in long movement phrases and improvisation exercises that playfully explore movement possibilities. The goal is to develop strong, versatile dancers that can intelligently handle any dance style.

Our Musical Theatre Class is designed to help students become a Triple Threat -an actor who can sing, dance, and act. Perfect for students actors who love musicals and want to increase their chances of being cast in their school shows or community theatre productions. Sometimes an actor may feel confident in one or two of these areas, but less so in another -this class will help students develop their skills and build confidence in all areas of musical theatre performance. Students will study vocal techniques, learn choreography, and be given acting coaching while staging up to two Broadway musical theatre production numbers.

With the guidance of Acrobatic Arts syllabus, Acro classes offer Dancers the chance to hone their strength and flexibility. Beginning with Acro fundamentals such as somersaults and cartwheels, Dancers safely build the skills they need to achieve more complex movements, such as elbow stands, walkovers, and side aerials.

Hip Hop is a stylized form of Jazz dance that evolved out of street and breakdancing moves, and is characterized by its vigorous athletics and funky style. Students will learn the hottest dance moves seen by today's brightest stars while incorporating the fundamentals of Hip Hop technique.

These classes are for dancers in High School who love to dance. Experience is required. Advancement is based on correct placement, skill mastery, and instructor recommendation-not always by age which means all classes have a variety of age levels. Students spend several years at each level before mastering the skills to advance. Students receive annual skills test. Ballet students take an additional vocabulary test.

Dancers have onstage performance opportunities in our annual Jingle Jam and Recital in June.

All dancers in this program are eligible for our Graduating Senior Scholarship Program. Be sure to fillout an application.Also ask about becoming a member of our chapter of the National Honor Society for Dance.