CHILDREN PROGRAM

Children's dance program will consist of children starting at the age of 4 years old.  The classes will include a three hour intensive Saturday program. 

Children's Ballet

Introduction to the vocabulary and positions of classical ballet.  Students will learn barre work, center work, and combinations across the floor.

Children's Modern

Introduction to the basic skills and terminology of modern dance. The student will focus on control, center, breathing, balance, strength, body isolations, syncopated rhythms and musicality.   The student will also learn elements of floor work, and combinations. 

Children's Tap

Introduction to the basic techniques of tap.  Students will learn terminology of tap.  Students will learn rhythm, style and combinations. 

Children's Tambourine

Introduction to sound, movement and rhythm of the tambourine. Students will learn feet positions along with hand positions on the dance floor. Students will also learn syncopation, and isolation movements, along with learning combinations of different tambourine movements. Students will learn timing with music.

Children's Flags/Banners

Introduction to flags/banners and what it means.  Children will learn the colors and movements of the flags.  Students will learn coordination and timing with music along with different flag combinations.

Children's Hip Hop

Based on street dance and video/commercial dance.

Drama

Students will learn the basic techniques in acting and learn voice strengthening.  Will learn inpromptu style and will learn a monologue. 

Musical Theater

Students will learn how to act and sing together along with movement across the stage. 
*Must be registered in Drama  take this class.*

 Young Choreographers Workshop -for young adults and adults  

Upon completion of dancers learning different techniques in dance a selected few will be given a chance to go into the young choreographer's workshop.  The workshop will consist of the following:

·Developing young choreographers 

·Working with young choreographers to develop their own dance piece. 

·Having them audition, young dancers into their dance piece. 

·Conducting a concert for their work to be seen.

PEFORMING ARTS SUMMER CURRICULUM

The summer curriculum is for students who want to advance in their training.  The classes that are offered over the summer will be intensive program for both children and adults.  There will be only a selected few that will enter the Performing Arts Guild program.