Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Contemporary Ballet, Musical Theatre, and Dance Team are American dance forms.

Usually danced to contemporary music, they help dancers develop a strong sense of rhythm and style.

Jazz Classes 2025-2026

Jazz is a stylized dance form based on Ballet and modern technique, therefore Ballet training is strongly encouraged.

• Jazz I: This class introduces the basic movement fundamentals and terminology of Jazz dance.  It is intended to enhance a beginning student’s flexibility, strength, body alignment, coordination, and balance through Jazz technique.

• Jazz II: This class is a continuation of beginning Jazz, building a foundation of skills necessary for the technique and performance of Jazz dance. It is intended to enhance the continuing student’s flexibility, strength, body alignment, coordination, balance, and personal range of motion through Jazz technique.

• Jazz III: This class is a low intermediate technique and performance training in jazz dance. Flexibility, strength, body alignment, and coordination are used as a foundation for more advanced dance artistry, including mobility, musicality, and style.

• Jazz IV: This is for the more advanced Jazz student with strong flexibility, strength and coordination.

• Jazz V: This is for the most advanced Jazz student with strong flexibility, strength and coordination. The Jazz teacher must approve a student’s participation at this level.

NOTE:  The Jazz teacher must approve a student’s participation at each level. 

Tap Classes 2025-2026

Tap is a rhythm-based movement technique and an important part of the well-rounded dancer’s training. Tap provides a strong sense of musicality, dynamics, and performance quality.

• Tap I: This level is intended for dancers ages 7-9 who are interested in adding tap to their repertoire.  Students will learn basic tap steps and begin working on basic combinations of these steps. The class will focus on building a strong base to continue learning more advanced combinations, creating a supportive environment for fellow dancers, and learning more complex rhythm variations.

• Tap II: This level is intended for dancers ages 10-12 who are interested in expanding their Tap knowledge and skills. Students will continue to review basic steps and use this foundation to master more complex combinations. Students will also be introduced to more advanced steps.

• Tap III: This level is intended for dancers who are interested in learning an advanced tap curriculum. Emphasis is placed on improving technique through advanced steps and combinations while nurturing the student’s musicality and skill development.

• Tap IV: Students will continue at the level of Tap III with more challenge.

• Tap V: Students will continue with more difficult Tap.

NOTE:  The Tap teacher must approve a student’s participation at each level. 

Dance Team Classes 2025-2026

• Dance Team I, II, and III classes develop skills for students interested in pursuing school dance teams or just to have fun! Incorporating skills of balance, strength and flexibility is necessary for all dance forms.

Contemporary Ballet Classes 2025-2026

• Contemporary Ballet I/II and III:  Contemporary Ballet is a discipline of dance that incorporates elements of classical ballet and modern dance. Students must be 10 years old and enrolled in Ballet III or IV, Jazz III, or Jazz IV as a prerequisite for Contemporary Ballet I/II. Students must be enrolled in Ballet IV or V or Jazz V as a prerequisite for Contemporary Ballet III.

+ Class has an age requirement
* Class has a co-requisite

Hip Hop Classes 2025-2026

• Hip Hop I, II, III, and IV: Students must have some level of dance experience to participate in this free-form of American street dancing.  Students must be age 9 and older for Hip Hop I and experienced Hip Hop students age middle school and older.

Musical Theatre Classes 2025-2026

• Musical Theatre I, II, and III: Musical Theatre dance is less a particular style of dance but description of the movement incorporated in a particular Broadway Musical, for example. Musical Theatre dancers rely on their experience with Jazz, Tap and Ballet to focus on their acting and musical interpretation.

+ Class has an age requirement