Marilyn Schneider School of Dance

Jazz and Tap classes are offered for men and women ages 18 and older. These hour long classes serve as a time for getting in shape and having fun! Proper technique is taught in all adult classes. Performing a recital routine at the end of the year is optional, and sometimes the students even choose to compete at a regional competition.

All ages can enjoy the rhythms and movements of tap. In addition to interpreting the mood of the music, students also develop coordination of mind and body and a more perceptive sense of rhythm, timing, and phrasing.

This class gives students a class to condition their facility. Students given a strong sense of center and placement will allow them greater success in dance classes.

This is a continuation of our combination classes designed exclusively for out little ones. It includes the continuation of learning pre-ballet, tap and tumbling. Students also sing in their routines which encourages self expression.

This is out first class in our combination classes. The class combines the basics of tap, pre-ballet, and tumbling skills. It is split by ability level for ages 4-6 and emphasizes creative movement, rhythm and coordination.

Intermediate and advanced students may continue their ballet training in hard shoes (pointe shoes). Placement in this class is based on an audition and needs to be taken in additon to ballet classes which they must take year round.

Dance movements are combined with acting skills and character interpretation.

Class is offered to students with a ballet and jazz background who are studying ballet concurrently. It encompasses balance, control, flexibility and interpretation of music with dance.

The 3rd and final level of our popular combination classes for our little ones. Each class consists on learning new steps and fun routines in tap dancing and also practicing the essential fundamentals of ballet training including the French terminology, This class is fun filled and age appropriate from start to finish.

Class includes isolations, stretches and footwork. The entire body gets a workout as students are exposed to contemporary and theatrical jazz styles. Students must be enrolled in a ballet technique class in order to take jazz classes.

This class starts with a conditioning warm-up and teaches contemporary street dance.

A modern concert dance genre. It is not a specific dance technique but a collection of methods developed from modern and post-modern dance and can take on many forms including dance fusion, emergent dance and revisionism.

Ballet is the foundation of all dancing. It provides the grace, poise and technique needed to be proficient in other areas of dance and gymnastics. Students may go on to pointe only with permission of the ballet instructor.

Time is divided between warm-up, exercise and perfection of tumbling skills, which are integrated with basic dance movement.