Over the Top Academy of Dance

Tap Week dives into rhythm, the authentic history of Tap, and the beauty of freestyle jamming. By dedicating a whole week to focus on just Tap and Music education, our special guests teach us how to bridge the gap and combine both worlds through History Classes.

Tap Week dives into rhythm, the authentic history of Tap, and the beauty of freestyle jamming. By dedicating a whole week to focus on just Tap and Music education, our special guests teach us how to bridge the gap and combine both worlds through Tap Classes.

Jennifer's love of Tap and musicality, combined with her genuine commitment to bringing the best out her dancers allowed her to create stories. Stories her dancers could feel and would live in each piece because each dance created from a place of understanding the history and presenting it with authenticity.

Yesenia Cotto is a passionate dance instructor with a foundation in jazz, hip hop, and modern dance. With 8 years of experience guiding young performers—from energetic preschoolers to aspiring high school artists—she specializes in introducing students to the world of movement through musical theatre.

The intent of the class is to provide women with another space to get comfortable with their bodies, work on moves we have integrated into our HIH curriculum, and offer a performance opportunity in Over The Top’s Spring Recital!

Dive into the rhythm and excitement of our Jazz Dance class, where you'll master energetic moves and stylish choreography. This class combines technique and rhythm set to upbeat, and energetic music. Experience the joy of dance while building confidence and performance skills in a supportive environment.

Contemporary fuses together many different dance styles such as ballet, jazz, modern, and lyrical. This genre of dance often includes floor work, improvisation and finding movement within all parts of the body. In order for student to take just contemporary course, students must also be enrolled in an 'Hour Long Ballet.'

This course is designed to take your ballet dancer to the next level. Ballet foundations provide structure, technique, coordination, and to move with a group. Students are taught proper body placement, body alignment, barre and center floor work, along with across the floor combinations. Our second semester of Ballet still focuses on the essentials of ballet, while incorporating them into our 'Ballet Production." This is a 15-20 minutes piece performed at our Spring Recital, to help them not only apply their technique but build their endurance.

Tap dance is at the heart of our dance studio. We have a true love and passion for tap dance and are intentional in teaching its true history. All of our tap courses introduce music theory, teach rhythm, syncopation, improvisation, and creating your own music. This class structure applies to all levels; each level up will have more complex rhythms and move at a quicker pace while still always working through the basics of tap.

This course is designed for the beginner- level dancer that is looking to try out hip hop inspired dance. This is a hip hop inspired movement class that will teach students the roots of hip hop culture and teach them to move their bodies in a new way. Students will work on becoming stronger in their body placement, learn coordination between hard-hitting movement and soft, flowy movements, and how to move cohesively as a group. Our class environment is fun and upbeat while still pushing your dancer to the next level.

Your ultimate sexy heels dance class (18+). We will teach you how to strut with confidence through class and life. We're creating a community where women can uplift, empower, and dance with each other. Be your own sexy & we'll teach the rest.

Adult contemporary can be hard to find GR especially one that focusses on being intentional about community and giving adults a non competitive space to learn something new. The Skewtheline community believes in stepping outside of societal norms and are looking for adults who want more self expression through movement and are willing to commit time to themselves once a month!

Ever wanted to take a tap class? Wanting to dust off your tap shoes and hop back in? Looking for a welcoming community that jams and learns together? Our tap classes have all of this and more! We call it extracise!

This is our most popular 90 min class because it features 2 dance disciplines, Tap and Jazz. This class is structured with 45 mins of each dance discipline. Each half of the class will offer detailed instruction with focus on specific techniques and precision of movement from each discipline. This class gives a beginning recreational student a thorough introduction to dance.

This course is designed to take your ballet dancer to the next level. Ballet foundations provide structure, technique, coordination, and to move with a group. Students are taught proper body placement, body alignment, barre and center floor work, along with across the floor combinations. This class will be divided into two parts, starting with ballet technique and the second part of class will introduce the style of contemporary. Contemporary fuses together many different dance styles such as ballet, jazz, modern, and lyrical. This genre of dance often includes floor work, improvisation and finding movement within all parts of the body.

Our Kindergarten classes are fun and energetic classes that help bring out the best of everything in your dancer! This course not only teaches different genres of dance such as ballet and tap, but this course also teaches them tumbling, listening skills, following direction, and especially their creativity.

Our preschool classes are a fun and energetic classes that help bring out the best of everything in your tiny dancer! This course not only teaches different genres of dance such as ballet and tap, but this course also teaches them tumbling, listening skills, following direction, and especially their creativity.

We were not meant to work a nine to five, come home, take care of the kids, make dinner, and go to bed– on a loop. Those things are all lovely and should find their way on a schedule – but there’s more. There has to be. We shouldn’t ever stop doing what we love…we shouldn’t ever stop trying something new… we shouldn’t ever stop being students. There are so many things we can be, so many hobbies waiting to be discovered, so many hidden talents — the things that make our time spent worthwhile.

Our Mini’s program is for dancers ages six to nine years old. They are out of their preschool years and are ready for more challenging material and to be pushed to the next level. The world is their oyster with more class offerings and styles for them to try. These classes help promote mindful movement, precision, creativity, and community!

Our Juniors & Teens program is designed for dancers ages 10 to 18 years old. We have class offerings for beginner and intermediate level dancers– both course tracks will improve their technique and help them discover the talent within themselves. . We are intentional about creating a respectful, fun, and age appropriate learning environment for our juniors & teens to thrive in– personally and within their peer groups.

Our Pre-K program is the perfect introductory level for your Preschooler or Kindergartner! We teach your young dancers about body awareness, coordination, patterns, and so much more. We teach the kiddos how to tap into their own creativity and how to work in a team. These courses offered for kids ages two to six years old are impactful for not only learning dance instruction but to also learn how to focus, listen, and have a try hard heart.

This is the SECOND YEAR we've ever offered a course like this and think your child has what it takes to make this class --and program-- successful and fruitful. This course is designed to enhance the abilities of our young artists, in all aspects of stage performance; from acting, singing, blocking, improvisation, and dance etc. This class will connect them with other young artists and make them feel like an active member in the theatre community. They will work on individual development, as well as working in an ensemble.

The life skills of confidence, discipline, organization, persistence, and commitment are learned through action. Movement is a fundamental life skill and like every other life skill, it is best learned in a structured environment. In sports, this is called practice. At OTT... we call it dance class. This program is a two-part course that incorporates the fundamentals of sports and tap dance. We teach sports training through fun structured athletic activities to build their strength and coordination; while the tap portion will focus on musicality, beginner music theory, and rhythm.

The life skills of confidence, discipline, organization, persistence, and commitment are learned through action. Movement is a fundamental life skill and like every other life skill, it is best learned in a structured environment. In sports, this is called practice. At OTT... we call it dance class. This program is a two-part course that incorporates the fundamentals of sports and tap dance. We teach sports training through fun structured athletic activities to build their strength and coordination; while the tap portion will focus on musicality, beginner music theory, and rhythm.

This 5 week summer camp is a safe place for your child to learn everything about theater - including acting, dancing. singing, and even behind the scenes. Our teachers incorporate fun lessons and activities to learn more about theater and to learn an entire 60-90 musical. This camp teaches your child about teamwork, hard-work, kindness, and focus.

Our OTT Summer Dance Camp is the perfect camp to introduce your student to dance class, or to get your dancer back into the studio to get moving! Our yearly Summer Dance Camp welcome Preschoolers, Juniors, & Teens of all levels of dance to get creative, express themselves, and get moving!

Our yearly HERO Academy Camp welcomes Preschoolers & Juniors of all levels of to get moving, build strength, and to learn about the art of Tap Dance! HERO not only teaches athleticism & dance, but also our OTT Motto: "It's so much more than dance."