Elyon's School of Dance and Performing Arts

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The Elyon’s Company Team is a group of young dancers ages 7-18 who train in ballet, jazz, contemporary worship along with various genres at the studio. The dancers perform in events in and around the community and attend a yearly faith-based dance conference. Dancers interested in joining the Company Team should contact the Studio and Ms. Kendall Walsingham at info@elyonsdance.com . Please note, class placements are subject to change at the discretion of instructors.

Explore the intersection of movement and worship in our Contemporary Worship Dance class, where the expressive power of contemporary dance meets spiritual depth. This class provides a unique opportunity to integrate technique-based movement with personal expression. Students will delve into diverse dance techniques such as modern and lyrical styles, intertwined with elements of worship choreography.

In Musical Theatre class, we place emphasis on storytelling through movement. Dancers will gain confidence in emoting and portraying a variety of characters through learning combinations, acting exercises, and stage knowledge. Building off of jazz techniques, dancers will learn routines and scenes to music from classic to more contemporary Broadway shows. This class will additionally focus on some vocal skills including stage projection, inflection, and singing.

Liturgical dance is a form of worship that uses movement to express a story, Christian message or adoration to God. It is often incorporated into Christian and Messianic Jewish worship services or liturgies. Other names for Liturgical dance are praise dance, Christian dance, or prophetic dance.

Prerequisite: Current enrollment in ballet 1 or ballet 2. Jazz dance combines techniques of classical ballet and modern dance with current forms of popular dance. Classes include warm up, isolations, stretches, across the floor progressions, and choreography combinations.

Pre-Pointe and Pointe shoes are introduced to students, at the discretion of the instructor.

Ballet is the foundation of all dance forms. Classes begin at the barre where students perform movement sequences to develop strength, coordination, balance and proper alignment. These skills are reinforced through center and across the floor combinations. Classical technique and vocabulary are taught. Continues training of ballet vocabulary by establishing more complex material, port de bras, and musicality. Ballet 1– Ballet 3 students are placed by the Elyon’s staff based on ability and previous experience.

In this intermediate level class we will build upon the fundamentals learned in our Hip Hop 1 Class. Students will increase their knowledge of hip hop, while tackle challenging choreography and freestyle improvisation.

This class is a basic introduction to hip hop and jazz funk style dance. The class will include hip hop technique and choreography, and of course freestyle improvisation! We will have a blast dancing to age appropriate, Christ centered music with moves for the young dancers.

Hip-Hop Tots is a fun high energy class that lays a good foundation in Hip-Hop while exposing the students to a variety of Hip-hop styles. The movements and exercises will develop greater body awareness, flexibility, strength & control as well as musicality. The dance choreography will further develop musicality, style, and performance personality. Students will also be given an encouraging opportunity to express their freestyle movements, fostering their own unique style and building their self-confidence as the class cheers them on.

This beginner level class is an excellent experience for the student who is interested in building their dance technique in the areas of jazz and tap. The students will learn a variety of beginner jumps and turns, as well as innovative choreography in this athletic class. The class consists of warm up and conditioning exercises to increase flexibility and strength. Class time will be devoted to learning jazz technique and tap skills, as well as funky dance combinations, all to the glory of God.

Building on the fundamentals learned in our Combo 1 Classes, Combo 2 Classes will equip our dancers with the technical training to excel at the intermediate level. This class may be paired with a Level 1 Hip Hop or Level 1 Contemporary Worship Class.

Like our Ballet and Tap Combo 1 class listed above students will enjoy ballet, but this time taking away tap and adding a twist with introductory jazz, stretching, and technique. This class is sure to get your dancer moving and grooving to the beat.

In this class we will skip, gallop, and plie. The dancers will learn introductory tap which is a wonderful activity to nurture a sense of rhythm and timing. We will introduce and teach beginning ballet positions and movements. A portion of this class also allows the dancers to freely experience movement and find joy in personal expressions of worship. This dance class is a wonderful opportunity for young students to learn proper classroom etiquette in a fun and nurturing environment.

In this fun and exciting class dancers will march, gallop and roll... jump, twirl, wiggle and giggle while using our minds to go on exciting adventures. Fine and gross motor skills are developed through class dances, props, and fun obstacle courses.

Calling all the mamas to the dance floor! The main goal of these sessions are to meet mamas & their children in whatever season they find themselves in by creating a platform to worship our Heavenly Father through dance. This class is a rewarding way to strengthen familial bonds, learn, worship God in our movement and ultimately create an atmosphere full of Gods presence. Everyone is welcome, even if you think you’re not a dancer, we were all made for worship so join us in doing so for our God!