Lititz Academy of Dance Inc

Our own “Miss Christine” will be teaching tap and jazz skills needed for Musical Theater; and this class will explore Musical Theater from the past through the present! Like our other dance classes, this will be a school year – long program.

This popular genre of dance is taught in a variety of choreographic styles: Classic, Funk, Character, Theater, and Commercial, to name a few. Students begin class with a center floor warm-up, emphasizing the proper instruction of isolations, stretching and technique; followed by across floor combinations, including various turns and leaps. The last part of this class is the combination, exposing students to the above styles of jazz. While we place strong emphasis on technique, we also emphasize dancing their hearts out! Ballet is a requirement for our mid- to upper-level Jazz classes.

Blending the foundations of many styles, students will learn about the culture and evolution of Hip Hop Dance. Our upbeat classes will focus on footwork, musicality, various techniques, and encourage self-expression through choreography and freestyle.

Explore the rudimentary movements taken from a variety of modern dance techniques, including Horton, Graham, and Duncan – to name a few. Classes will focus on proper alignment, kinesthetic awareness, and body articulation through improvisation, classical and contemporary combinations, and exploration of the Elements of Dance. Students will have the opportunity to delve into their personal artistic expression while continuing to refine their technique.

The beautiful and powerful Lyrical is a form of jazz that is offered to our intermediate through advanced students. Musical interpretation through sustained extensions and expressive emotion. Expressing one’s self , the lyrics of the music, and the emotion that the music makes the dancer feel is emphasized, along with the strongest of ballet and jazz technique and choreography. Certain levels of ballet are a requirement.

Immerse yourself in the tap dance culture with our curriculum designed to explore musicality, develop strong technical foundations, improve improvisational skills, and appreciate the rich history that has kept tap alive! From Rhythmic Tap to Theatrical Broadway styles to the classics, such as the Shim Sham Shimmy, students will learn a variety of repertoire.

Pointe is a beautiful extension of ballet technique in which dancers use trained to dance, “en pointe,” or wearing pointe shoes. This class is offered to intermediate and advanced ballet dancers. Pointe classes are by staff invitation only. Students must have strong ballet technique and a proper level of physical strength, to be determined by the instructor. We are very conservative with this, as our students’ health and well being are of the utmost importance to us!

Our school recognizes and appreciates the importance of Ballet, not only as it’s own art form, but the foundation it provides to several other forms of dance, as well. We take this very seriously, bringing our students strong technical ballet instruction through concepts from traditional ballet styles such as Cecchetti and Vaganova. Body alignment, turnout, and épaulement (carriage of the upper body and head) will be taught in all levels of ballet classes. As students advance, they are introduced to both classical and contemporary styles of ballet. Ballet is a requirement for all upper level Jazz classes, as well as for all Lyrical and Modern classes. We also offer separate Ballet technique classes. Each of these non-performance classes focus on Barre or Centre Barre, and one or more of the following: Turns, Petit Allegro, Grand Allegro and Adage. Additional pointe classes are offered to those dancers whom instructors feel have strong enough technique as well as an appropriate amount of strength in the legs and the core of the dancer’s body.

Children’s Combination Classes are wonderful for our youngest dancers! The basics of ballet and tap are introduced from their preschool through 1st grade years- all in an encouraging and loving atmosphere. Students gain grace and coordination from ballet, along with rhythm and coordination from tap, and in their final year, begin jazz! Our main goal in these beginning years is to teach them to LOVE to dance! Our Combo classes are each 45 minutes in length.

The Lititz Academy of Dance offers beginner thru advanced levels of many dance genres, including: Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Modern, Hip Hop, Pointe, Childrens’ Combo Classes, Dance for Musical Theater. We also offer technique classes and private lessons.

Join us for summer dance! Summer Classes, Camp, and Intensives.