Encore Dance Academy

This class is for tiny dancers ages 1.5-3 who are just starting in dance. Students along with their parent/guardian will move through dance fundamentals including ballet, jazz, and acrobatics. This is a great class for parents wanting to have fun with their little ones while dancing!

This class will focus on multiple styles of ballroom including rumba, foxtrot, tango, swing, and waltz. Students will learn the basic steps as well as extra movements to incorporate on the dance floor. This is a great class for couples or the dancer wanting to have fun while exercising and learning something new!

This class focuses on acrobatic arts skills specific to dance that build strength and enhance choreography and performance skills. Cartwheels, handstands, back walkovers, aerials, back handsprings, and more will taught in progressions to ensure proper technique and safety.

Students will learn the dance technique and acting needed for dancing in a musical. The class will focus on jazz dance fundamentals, character work, and ensemble movement using classic and contemporary musical theatre songs.

Hip-Hop encompasses a wide range of street styles including breaking, locking and popping. Students learn the latest dance moves, styles, street grove, and razor sharp action choreography. Hip-Hop is a fast-paced and energetic dance style that encourages individual style.

The contemporary dance training is rooted in a foundation of classic modern dance techniques while incorporating contemporary methodologies and aesthetics. Dancers receive diverse exposure to the past and present styles modern movement with an emphasis on increasing body awareness, fluidity of movement, shaping of the body and range of dynamic quality. Classes include improvisation, floor work, and technical combinations.

Students in tap are exposed to both Broadway and Rhythm Tap styles. The tap syllabus focuses on body part isolations, grounded-ness, weight shifts, musicality, and individual style. Students will develop rhythmic awareness, dynamic variety and individual expression while performing set choreography and improvisational combinations.

As a jazz student, you are exposed to classic jazz, contemporary styles, and Broadway and Commercial styles. The jazz training focuses on fundamentals such as body part isolations, contractions, grounded-ness, musicality and individual style. Students will develop rhythmic awareness, dynamic variety and individual expression while performing adagio and up tempo combinations.

Pre-pointe and pointe classes are designed for students with previous ballet training. Pre-pointe will include exercises in demi pointe to strengthen calf muscles, ankles, and arches of the feet. Classes will also focus on proper alignment, ankle strength, and correct distribution of body weight. For pointe, classes will include barre exercises, center work, and across the floor combinations. *All pre-pointe and pointe classes require ballet as a co-requisite.

The training in ballet emphasizes strong classical technique. Dancers will experience technical styles including Balanchine, Royal Academy of Dance, Vaganova, Cecchetti, and Bournonville. This varied and eclectic base, coupled with an athleticism that suggests a sense of energy, freedom, and joy helps develop dancers who are versatile. *Ballet is required of all Encore Dance Company members.

This class is a combination of ballet and tap dance techniques. The class inspires creativity and teaches movement fundamentals in both genres. Students will develop musicality, coordination, strength, flexibility, rhythm, and body awareness gaining the benefits of self-confidence and a sense of accomplishment. This class is a wonderful introduction to dance and classroom structure in a fun and nurturing environment.