Grace in Motion Dance Studio

Tumbling is a general dance term that incorporates basic floor movement, jazz dance, and acrobatics. Students will increase their flexibility and stretch their limits by practicing splits, cart wheels, backbends, round-offs, and much more!

Tap dance is defined as a style of dance where the metal sole of the dance shoe strikes the floor, creating sounds of percussion and rhythm. Students will learn coordination and rhythmic awareness.

Jazz combines a stylized movement with technique and appeals to many due to it’s high energy and variety. Jazz, while based in Ballet principles, draws inspiration from an array of music. Dancers will focus on technique, flexibility, and strength. Lyrical- A stylistically expressive form of dance that merges ballet, jazz, and contemporary dance techniques. Dancers will use different exercises that will teach the dancers to emote and “storytelling” through fluid movement.

Jazz dance incorporates traditional dance moves such as turns, leaps, chaines, and pirouettes. Students will learn about floor movement, partner and group dances, facial expressions, and mood. Ballet focuses on more of the form and lines of the dancer as both an individual dancer and as a group. Students will learn about traditional ballet positions and transitions.