The Beat School of Dance

Private technique lessons are 30 minutes each and cost $30 per 30-minute lesson.

Acro class will consist of a thorough warm-up, and then progress into floor tumbling. Tumbling starts with cartwheels and advances to back bends, limbers, walkovers, back handsprings, and aerials. Balancing tricks such as chin stands, headstands, and elbow stands will also be studied. Acro class will focus on improving technique and mastering advanced tumbling skills such as press handstands, front aerials, back tucks, gainer aerials, and other challenging variations of basic skills. Dancers enrolled in Tumbling or Acro who also take Ballet and Jazz have the option of performing an Acro dance in the recital.

Contemporary class will focus on shapes, quality of movement, and emotions when dancing. It will also work specifically in picking up dance choreography and improvisation skills.

Hip Hop is a type of street dancing that incorporates swag and funk into the choreography. Hip hop is the type of dancing typical of music videos and backup dancers for pop artists. Dancers enrolled in Hip Hop will perform one dance for the annual recital; the recital rehearsals are incorporated into the weekly class.

Tap is dynamic and percussive and uses shoes with metal taps on the bottoms to create intricate rhythms and patterns. Tap is integral to learning musicality for all styles of dance.

Jazz dance incorporates Ballet techniques with faster-paced music for a very high energy class. Performance and individual personality are defining characteristics of jazz choreography. Typical Jazz classes will include a center floor warm-up, progressions across the floor, and short combinations utilizing the different jazz styles.

Ballet provides the necessary fundamentals for all other styles of dance. In this class, students will learn Ballet terminology and learn to execute the proper technique of posture, body lines, and turnout. Ballet classes include a stretch, a ballet barre, and either a center floor adage, a petit allegro, a grand allegro, or an across the floor.

The Beat School of Dance Competition Team provides students with a technical foundation in all styles of dance. Competition dancers will train in Ballet, Jazz, Leaps, Turns, Strength and Flexibility, and Comp Class, and are encouraged to also train in Tap, Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Tumbling/Acro. Competitive dancers have the opportunity to perform multiple times a year at various competitions, dance conventions, the annual recital, and our holiday Christmas shows.

The Pre-Comp Petite dancers will train in Ballet, Jazz, Leaps and Turns, and Strength and Flexibility, and are encouraged to also train in Tap, Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Tumbling. They will attend one dance convention and two dance competitions as well as performing in the annual recital and our holiday Christmas shows.

Tumbling/Acro class will consist of a thorough warm-up, and then progress into floor tumbling. Tumbling starts with cartwheels and advances to back bends, limbers, walkovers, back handsprings, and aerials. Balancing tricks such as chin stands, headstands, and elbow stands will also be studied. Acro class will focus on improving technique and mastering advanced tumbling skills such as press handstands, front aerials, back tucks, gainer aerials, and other challenging variations of basic skills.

Hip Hop is a type of street dancing that incorporates swag and funk into the choreography. Hip Hop is the type of dancing typical of music videos and backup dancers for pop artists. Dancers enrolled in Hip Hop will perform one dance for the annual recital; the recital rehearsals are incorporated into the weekly class.

Jazz dance incorporates Ballet techniques with faster-paced music for a very high energy class. Performance and individual personality are defining characteristics of jazz choreography. Typical jazz classes will include a center floor warm-up, progressions across the floor, and short combinations utilizing the different jazz styles.

Pre-Ballet teaches poise and grace and will make your little one feel like a princess. It will also introduce students to Ballet techniques and terminology. This class will perform one Ballet number for the annual recital. One costume will need to be purchased.

Students will learn 30 minutes of Tap and 30 minutes of Jazz. These classes will each perform one Tap and one Jazz number for the annual recital. Only one costume will need to be purchased between the two recital numbers. A Pre-Ballet class is also recommended.

Students taking BB1 will learn Tap and Jazz dance styles. This class will perform one Tap number for the annual recital; recital rehearsals are incorporated into the weekly class. One costume will need to be purchased.