Our programs offer a diverse and skill-building curriculum of professional, educational and fun classes. Emphasis in youth classes focuses on proper technique in styles ranging from ballet to hip hop, as well as fostering a love of dance.
Youth Dance
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| Class | Description | Ages/Grades | Session | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Sign Up |
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| Ballet/Acro I (Beginners) | This combination class will include 30 minutes of ballet technique and 30 minutes of acrobatics each week. As ballet is the foundation for most forms of dance this is the perfect addition to your dancer’s calendar. Acro will focus on stretching, musicality and building strength while improving your child’s confidence and coordination. | Grade 1+ | 2020-2021 School Year | 4-5:30pm | 3-4:30pm | ||||||
| Ballet/Acro II (Intermediate) | This class is for students with intermediate experience that can execute a clean cartwheel, handstand and bridge. This combination class will include 45 minutes of ballet technique and 45 minutes of acrobatics each week. As ballet is the foundation for most forms of dance ,this is the perfect addition to your dancer’s calendar. Acro will focus on stretching, musicality and building strength while improving your child’s confidence and coordination. This class is great for students looking to enhance their agility, flexibility and balance. | Grade 1+ | 2020-2021 School Year | 4-5:30pm or 5:30-7pm | 3-4:30pm | ||||||
| Ballet/Acro III (Advanced) | This class is for students with advanced experience that can execute a clean walkover, aerial and feel comfortable working on a handspring. This combination class will include 45 minutes of ballet technique and 45 minutes of acrobatics each week. As ballet is the foundation for most forms of dance ,this is the perfect addition to your dancer’s calendar. Acro will focus on stretching, musicality and building strength while improving your child’s confidence and coordination. This class is great for students looking to enhance their agility, flexibility and balance. | Grade 4+ | 2020-2021 School Year | 5:30-7pm | |||||||
| Ballet for Ice Skaters | In this ballet class designed especially for ice skaters, dancers will increase flexibility and strengthen muscles while working on grace and technique. Skaters will work on their core to increase power and learn to control their movements on the ice. | Grade 1-8 | Fall 2020 | 11am-12pm | |||||||
| Breakdance with the Breaking Program | Experience The Breaking Program, an exciting Breakdance curriculum that builds your confidence and creativity through Hip Hop. | Ages 7+ | Fall 2020 | 4:30-5:30pm | 4-5pm | ||||||
| Drum Beatz | In this exciting high-energy dance and rhythm program, the powerful beat and rhythms of the drums are combined with a specially-choreographed dynamic routine to beat out pulsating rhythms and break a sweat! Throughout this fusion of cardio dance combined with the powerful elements of drumming, participants will be rocking out while they work out! This cardio jam session is appropriate for all fitness levels and abilities. Feel like a rock star as you experience the joy of movement, music, and rhythm in Drum Beatz. | Grade 1-3 | Fall 2020 | 3-4pm | |||||||
| Hip Hop: Boys | Boyz Hip Hop is designed specifically for boys who love music, love to move, and want to develop their own sense of style. In Boyz Hip Hop, students will learn movements that have elements of poppin’, locking, and breaking, as well as freestyle movement. Hip Hop gives the dancer a freedom of expression while learning technique that defines the dance. | Grade K-2 | Fall 2020 | 4-5pm | |||||||
| Hip Hop: Boys Technique | Dancers will execute the fundamentals of hip hop dance and basic breaking progressions. This will include isolations, control and resistance while finding texture and levels in their movement. | Grade 3-5 | 2020-2021 School Year | 5-5:30pm | |||||||
| Hip Hop (Lake Forest Early Release) | Our Hip Hop dance class focuses on sharp dance moves and making exaggerated dance movements. It is a fun dance that is defined, as all dance classes are, by the music. Students will learn movements that have elements of poppin’, locking, and break dancing, as well as freestyle movement to give students the opportunity to develop their own sense of style. Dancers will learn to how to control their body movements…and get a great workout in the process! | Grade 1-3 | Fall 2020 | 2:30-3:30pm | |||||||
| Hip Hop/Jazz | In Hip Hop/Jazz, students will learn movements that have elements of poppin’, locking and breaking, as well as freestyle movement to give students the opportunity to develop their own sense of style. Dancers will learn proper classical jazz and hip hop technique and movement during this exciting combination class with an emphasis on FUN! This combination class will include one Hip Hop dance and one Jazz dance. | Grade 3-5 | Fall 2020 | 4-5pm | 9-10am | ||||||
| Hip Hop/Poms | In Hip Hop/Poms, students will learn movements that have elements of poppin’, locking, and breaking, as well as freestyle movement to give students the opportunity to develop their own sense of style. This combination class will include one Hip Hop dance and one Poms dance each session. | Grade 3-5 | Fall 2020 | 10-11am | |||||||
| Hip Hop/Tricks | Dancers will execute the fundamentals of hip hop dance. This will include isolations, control and resistance while finding texture and levels in their movement. Dancers will also progress towards safely learning how to do baby freezes, headstands and more! | Grade 3-6 | Fall 2020 | 6:30-7:30pm | |||||||
| Leaps and Turns | Leaps & Turns is an important component in every dancer's repertoire and will enhance all dance styles. This program is designed for students who want to improve on their form and continue their dance education. We will focus on turns such as chaines, piques, pirouettes, and variations of all of the above. We will also progress from basic leaps and jumps such as grand jeté and sauté to advanced leaps and jumps. The student's goal is to execute a series of complicated turns or leap patterns technically correct and safely. | Grade 3-5 | Fall 2020 | 6:30-7:30pm | |||||||
| Tap Trial | Ever wondered how to Shuffle off to Buffalo? Now is your chance! In this introduction to tap, dancers will have the opportunity to broaden their dance education. Just 30 minutes long makes this class a great addition to your students schedule. | Grade 3-5 | Fall 2020 | 5-5:30pm | |||||||
| Triple Threat | In this combination class, dancers will work on Ballet, Jazz and Hip Hop. Class will begin with Ballet where we focus on technical skills including terminology, positioning and placement. Dancers will then work on Jazz including battements, jetes and pirouettes. We will end class learning contemporary moves set to popular music in Hip Hop! Dancers should have ballet shoes and jazz shoes. | Grade K-2 | Fall 2020 | 4-5pm | |||||||
| Triple Threat | In this combination class, dancers will work on Ballet, Jazz and Hip Hop. Class will begin with Ballet where we focus on technical skills including terminology, positioning and placement. Dancers will then work on Jazz including battements, jetes and pirouettes. We will end class learning contemporary moves set to popular music in Hip Hop! Dancers should have ballet shoes and jazz shoes. | Grade 1-3 | Fall 2020 | 3-4pm | 9-10am | ||||||
| Triple Threat | In this combination class, dancers will work on Ballet, Jazz and Hip Hop. Class will begin with Ballet where we focus on technical skills including terminology, positioning and placement. Dancers will then work on Jazz including battements, jetes and pirouettes. We will end class learning contemporary moves set to popular music in Hip Hop! Dancers should have ballet shoes and jazz shoes. | Grade 3-6 | Fall 2020 | 10-11am |