Rising Star Dance Academy

This class is intended for intermediate/advanced level students (level 2-4). This class will expose students to a new style of dance each week. This class will not have a recital piece.

In dance, improvisation (improv) is the a process of developing movement through a variety of explorations of the body. Improv is often considered impulsive, less technically strict, and unstructured. This class will help dancers find their voice through movement, as well as build self-confidence and free the body and mind. Students will create a dance together for our end of year show.

A dance style fusion evolving from ethnic and street dance, class includes warm-up, progressions, turns, and combinations drills. Age appropriate Hip-Hop, Rap, or Pop-Hop music is played during class.

Acrobatics teaches the fundementals of tumbling. Dancers will work towards: cartwheels, walkovers, hand stands, aerials, and many more acrobatic tricks. Students will learn self confidence as well as body and spatial awareness.

Jazz classes include warm-up, progressions, and combination drills. Jazz classes are taught in the style of classical jazz technique and at the teacher’s discretion may vary to the style of commercial, theater, or jazz funk. Music styles will vary to complement the style of jazz being taught.

Lyrical incorporates jazz and ballet techniques. This form of dance lets the student express their emotions while keeping the classical training, all while moving to the tone of the music. Students must be enrolled in ballet and jazz. Contemporary class allows the experienced dancer to improvise creative movement using the technical structure from ballet, but with more radical movements. Students taking this style must also be enrolled in ballet, jazz and lyrical.

Dancers will experience a variety of rhythm tap, hoofing, and Broadway techniques. During this class, students will focus on understanding musicality and coordination, while creating their own rhythms both with and without music. Students may use drum sticks and percussion instruments to help understand complex beats and rhythms. A variety of music styles such as Broadway show tunes, pop,or rock may be used during class. Each class includes warm-up, progressions, and combination drills.

Ballet class includes barre work, center floor to include Adagio & Allegro, leaps, turns and progressions across the floor. The class will enhance one’s self-discipline, posture, flexibility, balance, and gracefulness. The class concentrates on terminology and the placement of the body by working at the barre and in the center. The intermediate and advanced levels are highly recommended to take more than one class per week. Pre-Pointe and Pointe is designed for Intermediate/Advanced ballet students. Instructor’s recommendation required.

Hip hop is a more freestyle form of movement that is both fun and invigorating. This upbeat, high tempo class is aimed at developing rhythm, technique, self confidence and stage presence. Students learn coordination, isolations and a variety of routines to the most popular, age appropriate, hip hop, rap, techno and R&B songs. The tumbling portion of class is a fun introduction to the basics acrobatics. Students will learn self confidence as well as body and spatial awareness.

Future Stars Tap/Jazz Combination class is one-hour long and sets the foundation for the All-Star level. In tap, students will focus on understanding musicality and coordination to a variety of music. The jazz portion consists of warm-up, stretching, isolations, center work, jumps and turns. All exercises aim to develop muscle strength, balance, flexibility and discipline.

Future Stars Ballet is a 45 minute introduction to ballet, which includes barre work, center work, Adagio & Allegro, leaps, turns and progressions across the floor. This class will enhance one’s self-discipline, posture, flexibility, balance, and gracefulness, while maintaining a creative and nurturing environment for your dancer.

Mini Stars combination class focuses on gross and fine motor skill development in students ages 3-5. This class is an hour long and consists of tap, ballet, tumbling and creative movement. This is a fun and creative environment to introduce your child to music and movement.