Metamorphosis Dance

Students are required to take ballet in addition to these classes. These classes are mandatory for students interested in performing with the company as a student artist.

Maintaining proper alignment as the difficulty of the syllabus progresses is the key to success in ballet. With the addition of pointe shoes, this becomes crucial to safety and ease of movement.

During these levels of training students can expect longer classes, multiple classes per week, possible placement on pointe, and a demanding, rigorous pursuit of artistry.

Utilizes a modern dance syllabus including floor work and improvisation. The study of all of these styles creates versatile, strong, and expressive artists.

A style of dance that finds its roots in ballet, but was enhanced by musical trends, social dances, and the popularization of dance through movies and musicals.

Classical ballet, a style of dance strongly rooted in tradition and discipline and that places an emphasis on lines of the body, precise footwork, and artistically expressive positions of the arms.

Progression into the Pre-Professional Program depends on the skill of the dancer and their ability to consistently demonstrate the correct alignment and placement that strong technique demands to move efficiently and safely.

Students in Youth Ballet are encouraged to take multiple classes a week and to supplement their training with Youth Jazz. Jazz is a style of dance that finds its roots in ballet, but was enhanced by musical trends, social dances, and the popularization of dance through movies and musicals.

Our Youth Ballet classes are based on classical ballet, which is a style of dance strongly rooted in tradition and discipline. It places an emphasis on lines of the body, precise footwork, and artistically expressive positions of the arms.

As students begin their study of dance, the Pre-Ballet Study exposes them to both ballet and creative movement. This class places an emphasis on social discipline, fine and gross motor skills, musicality, and building the self-esteems of happy, healthy children.