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Creative Movement (2 - 3 year olds)
Students will start to lay the foundation of creative dance, ballet and gymnastics while experiencing the fun, and excitement of their first dance class. Imagine jumping over clouds and wearing a crown! Our tiniest ballerinas may not know it but they are learning fundamentals as they have fun with creative imagery. Singing, props, routines, short stories and steps that will help coordination development, social skills and learning to follow directions are incorporated, as well as items such such as the balance beam, hula hoops, beanbags or gym mats. Students perform in year end recital!

Pre-Ballet & Tap Combo (3 - 4 year olds)
30 minutes of ballet, and 30 minutes of tap

This first portion of class incorporates the fundamentals of ballet movement for the pre-school level dancer. Individualized attention to our youngest dancers is given as they learn beginning terminology & steps. While enjoying dance class, students are learning to work on basic motor skills including running, skipping, hopping, leaping & jumping. Students will begin to learn single & double sounds with an emphasis on musicality and music awareness while learning rhythms and enhancing their fine motor skills. This class develops not only movement, flexibility and balance, but also individuality & peer group skills.

Basic Ballet & Tap Combo (5 - 6 year olds)
30 minutes of ballet, and 30 minutes of tap

Introduction and continuation to ballet & tap in a structured but friendly, music-filled class. A variety of age-appropriate music is used to make this class fun and educational! Students will learn ballet & tap terminology, use of barre, warmup exercises, combinations and many routines to ballet & tap music geared for young children. A great class to help young children further develop motor skills, flexibility, coordination and confidence as well as make new friends.

Ballet
At Art of Motion, our ballet program is extremely noted for producing clean technical ballet dancers. We follow the Cecchetti syllabus of ballet training. The Cecchetti technique has been developed from the teachings of the great ballet master Enrico Cecchetti by the Cecchetti Society. One notable emphasis in the Cecchetti syllabus is that the arms flow and blend from position to position more than any other technique. We stress proper placement of torso, hips, and legs without exceeding anatomical limitations and thus protecting the body from injury. For our beginning students, emphasis is on the coordination of arms and head begin to develop with a concentration on smooth transitions throughout the exercises. Training at this level is designed to establish a basic foundation in ballet. Students develop practical skills, muscular self-control and basic coordination and expression. More advanced ballet students will aim to develop strength and stability in the demonstration of the pirouettes, balance, control, extension, fluidity, and in petite and grand allegro. Suppleness and smooth graceful movements are developed in these levels along with the coordination of head, arms, legs, and body. For advanced students, the curriculum also includes classes in classical technique, repertoire studies, character dance, adagio studies, music, ballet history and body conditioning, concentrating on the mastery of more complex movements and combinations. The ongoing development of performance skills is stressed in all levels of ballet class.

Tap
Tap class will provide students with a strong understanding of basic tap foundation, terminology, timing and rhythm. An emphasis will be placed on explanation of terminology, execution of basic steps through more challenging rhythms, precise tap sounds, improvisational techniques, coordination, syncopation and technical execution.

Jazz
Technique for stability of movement will be a strong understanding of body placement and center are focal points of jazz class. An emphasis will be placed on explanation of terminology, warm-up, isolations, barre, and center with emphasis on strengthening turns, jumps, flexibility, technical execution, and combinations.

Modern
Modern Dance explores movement, space, rhythm and the dancer’s own creativity with a emphasizes on momentum, shapes and patterns. This form of dance is inspired by nature, music, art, and human emotions. Students will learn very basic technique through advanced, study and improvisation of Graham, Limon and Horton.

Hip Hop
This form of contemporary dance is seen in music videos. Hip-Hop evolved out of street and break dancing and is characterized by its athletic and bouncy style. Hip-Hop is set to a strong, contemporary beat, builds stamina, and emphasizes body isolations, attitude, coordination, free-style movement, and rhythmThis form of dance is seen in music videos. Hip-Hop evolved out of street and break dancing and is characterized by its athletic and bouncy style. Hip-Hop class includes a lot of choreography and memorization of patters and sequences, builds stamina, and emphasizes body isolations, attitude, coordination, free-style movement, and rhythm

Lyrical/Contemporary
Contemporary or Lyrical is a hybrid of ballet, jazz, lyrical and modern dance styles. It is a ballet-based technique that allows a greater range of movement than the strict body lines and foot work in traditional schools of ballet. Contemporary Ballet exposes dancers to a wide range of techniques that fosters versatility. This class focuses on centering, strengthening the body, increasing flexibility, improving balance, proper placement, body alignment, fluidity and emotion. The dancer learns to let the music and their own passion guide the movement. The class consists of a warm up with stretching, centre work, and a full dance routine at the end of the class which is all set to contemporary music. The class will let you express yourself through dance and music, often times the choreography tells the story of the music.

Musical Theater
This jazz based dance class will focus on scenes, songs, and choreography from musicals old and new. Topics learned will include: bringing characterization to the choreography, defining a character, stage presentation and learning to master the various musical theatre techniques and styles. Technique and style will be introduced with steps such as bevels, camel walks, pirouettes, and extensions and progress onto various style turns, extensions, jumps.