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.

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.

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.

Modern 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.