Curriculum

Students will be grouped according to age and ability. Changes will be made when necessary. Final decisions concerning classification will be made by the teacher. Below is an outline for the curriculum.

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Petite Class (Ages 3-4, 1st year of dance)
Primary Class (Ages 4-5, 2nd year of dance)

These classes are offered once a week for 45 minutes. Students are taught introductory Tap, Ballet, Acrobats, and Jazz. These students are taught using the Twinklestar dance program.

Advanced Primary (Ages 5-6, 3rd year of dance)

This class is offered once a week for 1 hour. The basics of Tap, Ballet, Jazz are continued into fuller depth

Beginner (Ages 6-7, 4th year of dance)
Advanced Beginner (7-8, 5th year of dance)

This class is offered once a week for 1 hour. The basics of Tap, Ballet, Jazz are continued into fuller depth. Faster paced routines and more advanced skills are taught.

Jr. Intermediate (Ages 8-9, typically 6th year of dance)
Intermediate (9-10, typically 7th year of dance)
Adv. Intermediate (9-10; typically 8th year of dance)

These class are offered once a week for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Students are continued to be exposed to more technical skills in Tap, Ballet and Jazz. Progressions are taught.

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Junior Advanced and Ballet I (Ages 10-12; typically 6th-7th grade)

An hour and fifteen minute combined tap and jazz class is offered along with a required hour-long ballet class. Students at this level are introduced to more complicated choreography and combinations along with more advanced technique skills.

Teen Advanced and Ballet II (Ages 11-13; typically 7th-9th grade)

An hour and fifteen minute combined tap and jazz class is offered along with a required hour-long ballet class. Students at this level are introduced to more complicated choreography and combinations along with more advanced technique skills.

Advanced I and Ballet III (Ages 12-14; typically 8th-9th grade)

An hour and fifteen minute combined tap and jazz class is offered along with a required hour-long ballet class. Students at this level are introduced to more complicated choreography and combinations along with more advanced technique skills.

Advanced II and Ballet IV (Ages 14-18; typically 9th-12th grade)

A two hour combined tap and jazz class is offered along with a required hour-long ballet class. Students at this level are expected to have mastered the basic skills of kicks, turns, and leaps.

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Hip Hop Classes (Offered to Kindergarten and up)

Hip Hop consists of fun energetic "street" moves. Students are grouped according to their school grade level.

Jazz Technique (Offered to ages 7 and up)

Dancers will learn fundamental jazz steps and basic vocabulary through across the floor exercises and simple combinations. Focus will be on body placement, proper technique, stretching and development of jazz skills.

Beginner Acro (Offered to ages 7 and up)

Teaches flexibility, balance, strength, muscle control, discipline and concentration. Learn hand stands, chin stands, elbow stands, cartwheels, back bends, walkovers, balance and contortion tricks.

Intermediate Acro (Offered to ages 10 and up)

This class will build upon basic acro skills and introduce more challenging tricks. Students will also learn partnering tricks, flexibility tricks, tumbling tricks, (back handsprings), and aeriel tricks, (aeriel cartweel, aeriel walkover, and back tuck). This class also promotes excellent body awareness, strength, and control to enhance skills in other subjects. This is an hour long class, once per week. Requirement: Students must be able to execute a front and back walkover.

Pre-Pointe/Beginner Pointe (Offered to ages 10 and up; Advanced Intermediate and up)

This class is an introduction to adequately prepare students for center Pointe work. This class will focus on proper technique and strengthening of the legs, ankles, and feet, in addition to core strengthening by teaching fundamental ballet exercises. This class is one hour per week, in addition to a one hour ballet class once per week (if required by your dancer's class curriculum).

Students ages 11 and up, with at least one year of ballet training, will be assessed for the first month of the class in ballet shoes to determine readiness for Pointe shoes. Students, aged 10 years, will be required to wear ballet shoes only, to allow proper growth and development of the muscles.