The Dance Company, Inc. offers a complete dance curriculum for all ages and abilities. We stress proper technique and performance with classes ranging from the specialized program for pre-schoolers to tap, jazz, acrobatics, hip hop, contemporary, lyrical, ballet and pointe on advanced levels.
Designed for students 2 1/2 years and older. This class explores the concepts of self vs. general space, levels, rhythm, motor skills, and basic pre-ballet technique in a 45 minute class. In order to enroll, the student must be 2 by January 1 for summer classes and 2 by April 1 for school year classes.
ATTIRE: Females-Leotard, tights and pink ballet shoes Males: Athletic wear and black ballet shoes
Stage Arts is specifically designed for the young pre-school student. Stage Arts is a one hour class and consists of pre-ballet, tap, basic tumbling and rhythmic movement.
ATTIRE: Students will be required to have pink ballet shoes and bark Mary Jane tap shoes. They will wear leotard and tights. Skirts are acceptable.
This class is designed for the young school age dancer. It is a 1 hour class consisting of 30 minutes of ballet and tap. Every other week a jazz class will be incorporated into the class.
ATTIRE: Female dancers will need pink ballet shoes and bark Mary Jane tap shoes. Leotard and tights, skirts are acceptable. Males will need black ballet shoes and tap shoes. Ahletic attire. No jazz shoes will be required.
6 Year-Old Combo Class
Students in this class should have taken 5/6 Year Old Combo the previous year. Class content builds upon the skills taught the prior year.
ATTIRE: Female dancers will need pink ballet shoes and bark Mary Jane tap shoes. Leotard and tights, skirts are acceptable. Males will need black ballet shoes and tap shoes. Ahletic attire. No jazz shoes will be required.
This class blends movement, music, improvisation, and serves as an introduction for the future study of all dance techniques. The class is geared to 6-9 year olds.
ATTIRE: Form fitting dance clothes. Bare feet or skin colored foot paws.
Ballet is the foundation for all forms of dance. It is essential to the development of poise, grace, balance and discipline required to become an excellent dancer.
ATTIRE: Females-Students must wear a black leotard and pink tights with pink ballet shoes. Hair must be worn in a bun. Classes at the Company level, should wear canvas ballet shoes. Males-Black tights, white or black tight fitting top and black ballet shoes
Pointe will be offered to students who show the necessary strength and technical ability. Students will be placed in the pointe class at the teacher's discretion.
ATTIRE: Black leotard, pink tights and hair in a bun. All points shoes must be approved by the instructor.
Tap class will consist of fundamental barre work, rhythms, and proper tap technique.
ATTIRE: Elementary classes will be required to wear Bark Mary Jane tap shoes. Intermediate, Company, Teen and Advanced Tap classes will be required to wear lace up or slip on jazz taps. Hair should be worn away from the face. Males should wear black tap oxfords.
Based on ballet and folk dancing, jazz is a stylized theatrical kind of dancing.
ATTIRE: Jazz shoes and proper dance attire. Hair should be worn away from the face.
Acrobatics consists of beginner, intermediate and advanced levels of tumbling integrating dance movement and stressing flexibility, control, and strength. Beginning acrobatic classes will not perform in the recital.
ATTIRE: Shorts, leggings, leotards, T-shirt, tank tops. No midriff showing. Sneakers or barefeet.
Baton twirling is an art form that combines dance steps with twirling a baton. It utilizes twirling with both hands, hand-eye coordination, gracefulness and rhythm.
ATTIRE: Baton students must wear a leotard (any color, without skirts attached); shorts and/or sweat pants may be worn over leotard. Footwear will be tennis shoes.
Hip-Hop is a freestyle, dynamic type of dance. It is also connected to urban street jazz.
ATTIRE: Sweatpants, T-shirt and Black Pastry dance sneakers
A style of theatrical dance that rejects the limitations of classical ballet and favors movement deriving from the expression of inner feeling.
ATTIRE: Form fitting dance clothes. Bare feet or skin colored dance paws.