eMOTION Dance Academy - Dance studio in Emsworth, Pennsylvania
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eMOTION Dance Academy

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82 Center Avenue

Emsworth, Pennsylvania 15202

Opening Hours
  • Monday: 4:30 - 9:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 4:30 - 9:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 4:30 - 9:00 PM
  • Thursday: Closed
  • Friday: 4:30 - 9:00 PM
  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: Closed
9 programs

About eMOTION Dance Academy

Discover your passion for movement at eMOTION Dance Academy, nestled in Emsworth, Pennsylvania. Led by Studio Director Erin Vekkeli, the academy offers a comprehensive dance education for students aged 3 to 18, drawing upon Vekkeli's over 28 years of experience and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Performing Arts with an emphasis on classical ballet from LaRoche College. eMOTION Dance Academy cultivates a love for dance through a diverse range of styles, including classical ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, and partnering. Specialized programs like Creative Stars introduce foundational ballet and tap, while Tiny Stars and Tiny Stars Acro build upon these with ballet, tap, jazz, and tumbling. The academy provides robust training in Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical, and Acro-Gymnastics, focusing on flexibility, strength, agility, and tumbling. Dedicated Leaps and Turns technique classes refine jumps and turns, enhancing power and precision. eMOTION Dance Academy boasts multiple well-equipped studios featuring sprung marley floors, ballet barres, and a shock-absorbent air tumble track, ideal for dynamic movement. The studio fosters artistic expression and technical skill, preparing students for various performance avenues, including a strong emphasis on competition opportunities. Students frequently achieve high honors, critic's awards, and platinum accolades at talent competitions. Registration for the 2025-2026 schedule is open for new and returning families. eMOTION Dance Academy is committed to nurturing well-rounded dancers and the local youth dance community.

Styles offered at eMOTION Dance Academy

Programs from eMOTION Dance Academy

9 programs available

Classes

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Leaps and Turns

LEAPS & TURNS is a technique class that is dedicating to learning, improving, and perfecting technique in jumps, kicks, turns, etc. Stretch and strengthening is also combined to improve dancers’ power. All students in the academy classes must participate in this class.

Acro-Gymnatics

ACRO-GYMNASTICS teaches flexibility, and tumbling while strengthening the body. Gymnastics skills include but are not limited to walkovers, limbers, handsprings, chest rolls, cartwheels/round offs, handstands, and more.

Lyrical

LYRICAL is a style of dance that uses the emotion and mood of the music to elicit movements from the dancers. Students have a warm up focusing in core strength, flexibility, and movement of the back. The class includes floor work, progressions, and center combinations.

Jazz

JAZZ classes are fun and energetic. They include such elements as kicks, leaps, turns, splits, and isolations. Classes include stretch and strengthening exercises, floor work, and across the floor progressions in addition to a center floor combinations. All students in the academy classes must participate in this class. HIP HOP classes combine street dance with funk and jazz, similar to what you would see in televised dance performances or music videos. Students will learn the importance of isolations and dynamics to execute pop-and-lock and funk movements.

Ballet

Ballet classes are offered from a beginner level through an advanced level. Students are taught proper body placement, body alignment, barre and center floor work, along with across the floor combinations. Beginner classes introducen vocabulary, proper alignment, and classical ballet technique along with strength & coordination. Advanced classes include adagio and allegro work, and combinations using balance, strength, and style. In addition, Pointe is offered. All students are urged to study ballet, as it is the foundation of all other dance styles and facilitates further success in these disciplines. All dancers in the academy classes must participate in this class. TAP is a style involving rhythm, dynamics, and varying clear tap sounds. Tappers will have a graduated warm-up to loosen their ankles and knees for proper execution of skills, across the floor progressions and have center floor work to learn and perfect new skills.

Tiny Stars Acro

These classes are designed specifically for our small dancers ages 5 and 6 (preschool through first grade). The classes teach children the beginning fundamentals of ballet, tap, jazz, and/or tumbling (Acro). Ballet includes barre work, across the floor and center activities. Tap, jazz, and tumbling includes introductory skills, stretching, and technique. Tiny Stars Acro students will not perform in the spring performance.

Tiny Stars

These classes are designed specifically for our small dancers ages 5 and 6 (preschool through first grade). The classes teach children the beginning fundamentals of ballet, tap, jazz, and/or tumbling (Acro). Ballet includes barre work, across the floor and center activities. Tap, jazz, and tumbling includes introductory skills, stretching, and technique. Tiny Stars perform 2 routines in the spring performance.

Creative Stars

Creative movement is a class tailored to our 3 and 4 year old tiny dancers. This class emphasizes the creative art of dance while providing an exciting new learning environment. Dancers will be introduced to both ballet and tap. Skills learned are carried beyond the dance classes include communication skills, memory development, and social involvement. Creative Movement class will perform 1 routine in the spring performance.


Frequently Asked Questions

How do I contact eMOTION Dance Academy?

Call eMOTION Dance Academy at (412) 364-7543 or visit http://emotiondanceacademybyerin.com/.

What city is eMOTION Dance Academy in?

eMOTION Dance Academy is in Emsworth, Pennsylvania.

Does eMOTION Dance Academy have a website?

Yes, you can find eMOTION Dance Academy online at http://emotiondanceacademybyerin.com/.

What days is eMOTION Dance Academy open?

eMOTION Dance Academy is open on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday.

Does eMOTION Dance Academy have evening hours?

Yes, eMOTION Dance Academy offers evening hours. Monday: 4:30 - 9:00 PM, Tuesday: 4:30 - 9:00 PM, Wednesday: 4:30 - 9:00 PM, Friday: 4:30 - 9:00 PM.