Tap is the most musical form of dance and originated from African influences and evolved from there to what we understand tap to be in this day and age. Tap has a very large and important past, many great legends such as "MR. Bo Jangles" Robinson, Fred Astaire, Gregory Hines, the Nicolas Brothers and countless other masters have contributed and dedicated their lives and crafts to make the art of tap into what we know it today.

Focused on technique, Rhythms and co-ordination anyone at any age or ability can learn to fall in love with this diverse art form. Classes generally consist of a warm up, technique across the floor, terminology and combination work.
Come and carry on the legacy and enjoy the art of Tap Dance while joining the family of tap dancers of past present and future.

Jazz, a common form of dance used in musical theatre and commercial and entertainment industries, has its roots in social dance and is heavily influenced by African-American traditions. Course covers the basic steps, vocabulary, and variations of dance in these fields. Students learn basic techniques based on ballet and modern dance. Through daily warm-ups and exercises students gain strength, flexibility, endurance, and coordination. Musicality and performance skills are taught through a series of dance combinations.

In class students generally focus on building there technical vocabularies, with across the floor technique exercises. They Learn the importance of upper body strength and control, to execute proper turns jumps and other challenging material.

Hip-Hop dance refers to dance styles primarily danced to hip-hop music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture. This includes a wide range of styles notably breaking, locking, popping, house and krumping. Breaking, locking, and popping were developed in the 1970s by Black and Latino Americans. Krumping followed in the 1990s from African American communities in Los Angeles. What separates hip-hop dance from other forms of dance is that it is often improvisational (freestyle) in nature and hip-hop dancers frequently engage in battles—formal or informal one-on-one dance competitions. Freestyle sessions and battles are usually performed in a cipher, a circular dance space which forms naturally once the dancing begins.

Today we see Hip Hop every time we turn of the T.V. Made popular by the Hip Hop music, pop videos as well as countless artists, everyone who hears a funky tune wants to Hip Hop.

Classes generally consist of a warms up, technical building and coordination of putting moves together into combinations. Looking to have some fun while listening to the latest Jams in Pop culture? Well this is the style for YOU!
 

Lyrical dance is a dance style that blends ballet and jazz dance. Lyrical is generally smoother and a bit faster than ballet, but not quite as fast as jazz. A lyrical dancer uses movement to express strong emotions such as love, joy and anger.

Lyrical dancers usually perform to music with lyrics...the lyrics of the chosen song serve as inspiration for movements and expressions. Music used for lyrical is typically emotionally charged and expressive. Music may consist of many genres including pop, rock and hip hop. Powerful, expressive songs are often used in lyrical dance to give dancers a chance to express a range of strong emotions through their dancing.

Modern is often the most expressive form of dance. It originated in the 20th century, and strayed from the traditional aspects of ballet, to create a more contemporary style. Modern dance is often a collection of movements that are initiated from the spine (such as contracting and releasing), as well as the flexed foot and turned-in positions are not forbidden as they are strictly a "dont" in ballet. Usually no shoes are required; performances are even staged in bare feet. Even though modern would be considered an antonym for classical ballet, it is still a must: for in order to break the rules of ballet, you have to know the rules first!!

If you like to dance around the house and express yourself through movement this would be the class for you.

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humour, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole. Since the early 20th century, musical theatre stage works have generally been called simply, "musicals".

Classes Generally consist of a vocal/dance warm up. Students will be expected to retain choreography, memorize song lyrics/and or script work. Students in Musical Theatre will get a little bit of everything from dance, performance training, vocal training and will be expected to master them all, as a triple threat performer.

Love to act, watching musicals or ever hoped to be on Broadway? Then come check out these classes!