Company Eight Dance Studio

For our youngest dancers! Combo class provides an introduction to jazz, tap and ballet techniques. Along with basic steps, your dancer will work on rhythm, balance, coordination and creative expression. Special props (parachute, hula hoops, bean bags etc.…) are used to enhance learning. Students will also learn a song and tap dance that they will perform in our end of year recital!

Contemporary dance incorporates elements of jazz, modern and ballet techniques. Often a favorite for its expressive nature, students will work on patterns of footwork and floor work, locomotor transitions, quality of movement and improvisation. Contemporary dance is often showcased in television shows as well as dance company work around the world. Your dancer will learn and perform a routine for our end of the year recital!

This is a fun and high-energy class where dancers will work on basic steps, improve coordination and increase confidence! At its roots, hip hop is a street dance style, which, overtime, has become highly developed in to many specific codified techniques. Hip hop is taught in dance classrooms all across the globe and can be seen in movies, television and concerts. Your dancer will learn an age appropriate routine set to a popular, upbeat song that will be performed in our end of the year recital.

This fun, production style class teaches students basic jazz technique as well as classic dance moves highly recognized and beloved in the Broadway dance community. This class also emphasizes presentation, acting and storytelling, all of which will be showcased in an exciting production routine at our end of the season recital!

In acro class, students will work on tumbling skills as well as strength and flexibility. Mastered skills will be combined in to a dance routine that is presented in our recital at the end of the season.

Ballet technique is the foundation of nearly all developed dance styles! Students will learn classical ballet technique while working on flexibility, strength, coordination, grace and poise. Students will learn and develop proper body alignment and become familiar with traditional ballet vernacular. A ballet routine will be performed at the end of the season in our annual recital. We highly recommend ballet to all dancers, especially those seriously looking to advance their technique.

This dance class teaches movement from the time-honored steps rooted in deep historical tradition through to the current trends sweeping the dance world today! Students will learn jumps, kicks, turns and more in a fun, high energy learning environment. In addition to jazz technique, students will work on flexibility, rhythm, syncopation and isolations while exercising locomotor skills and neuromuscular coordination. Steps will be put together in an exciting routine set to upbeat music, to be performed at our end of the year recital.

Get your tap shoes ready! This class emphasizes rhythm and musicality as students learn to create percussive sounds with their feet! Tap is excellent for developing strong motor skills and coordination and is fun for all ages and levels. Students will learn a tap routine that is performed in our end of year recital.

This category encompasses various dance classes designed for performance, excluding competitive elements, providing students with opportunities to showcase their skills.

These are classes for younger students that combine multiple dance styles such as ballet, tap, and jazz, allowing for a well-rounded introduction to dance.

Open Competition Team Auditions for various age groups, including ages 7 to 10, ages 10 to 14, and ages 14 and above. Full Time and Part Time Programs Available. Call for more information and to register.