Julestarz Academy for the Performing Arts

Aerial Hammock Classes offer the opportunity to build strength, stretch, and of course Fly! Wear something comfortable and close fitting that covers the backs of the knees. Please no shorts, earrings, jewelry, lotions or body sprays.

Julestarz Academy’s award winning Competition Team competes several times a year. They were 7 out of only 1040 dances to be picked to perform at the Starpower World Competition in New Jersey. In New Jersey they placed 3rd in the world in ages 12 and over division! Julestarz competition dancers also have the opportunity to perform at community events including the Orange Bowl half time show, the Harlem Globe Trotters half time show, Strawberry Festival, St. Stephens Spring Jubilee, and November Festival. Dancers on the team ages 13 & up have also been selected to perform in the 2022 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! If you are interested in sponsoring the team as they create once in a lifetime memories in NYC please email info@julestarzacademy.com. Julestarz Academy welcomes all children ages 5 and up to audition for their team. We feel that it’s important for dancers to interact and learn as a group. Team based dance provides new and existing dancers with an opportunity to have fun while learning and growing together. Be part of the excitement and join our team now! “By the nature of competition, they will learn to develop patience, tolerance, sportsmanship, the art of losing to a more skilled competitor and the art of poise while winning – all the skills necessary to create responsible, successful adults in a competitive and constantly changing world.” – Carol Wallace

Aerial Hammock Classes offer the opportunity to build strength, stretch, and of course Fly! Wear something comfortable and close fitting that covers the backs of the knees.

Julestarz Dance Company Teams – Do you like to be in the spotlight? Are you looking for performing opportunities? Julestarz has the program for you. This year Julestarz has added four Dance Company teams made up of students ages 5 and older. The teams will go out in the community and perform for an audience at festivals, events and in Park Square approximately six times throughout the season.

Baby Ballet – (Ages 2 to 3 years)Children explore music through songs, rhythms, and movement. Call for class times and dates.

Combo is for children 3-6 years of age. It is an introduction class to ballet and tap. Throughout the season we introduce ballet and acrobatics.

Lyrical is an expressive, yet technically challenging, form of dance that combines ballet, jazz and modern dance styles. All lyrical students must be enrolled in at least one ballet class a week.

Hip-Hop is seen primarily on TV during rap and R&B music videos. It is a form that evolved out of street and break dancing moves, and is characterized by its vigorous athletics and bouncy style. Hip-Hop is danced primarily to Hip-Hop, Rap and R & B music.

Acrobatics is tumbling and tricks. The class will work on developing the skills to do back bends, cartwheels, walkovers, handsprings, aerials and other fun tricks that will make you an all around great acrobat!

Jazz is a fun and upbeat freestyle of dance born in the United States with its basic roots from Africa. Energetic popular music is used for this class.

Tap is the most rhythmic of dance forms. It increases coordination and develops a sense of rhythm, timing and expression. Learn to tap and discover the secrets of tap greats like Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, Gregory Hines and Savion Glover.

Pointe is for the more advanced ballet dancer. This form of dance enables you to perform fully on the top of your toes. Dancers must obtain approval from our ballet instructor and be enrolled in at least two additional ballet classes per week.

Ballet is the foundation of all dance forms. It develops the dancer’s flexibility, balance, strength and posture. It is highly recommended that the first class a dancer signs up for is ballet. The more ballet, the stronger the dancer!