LeeAnne Ashley Studio of Dance

Are you a Theatre Kid?? Would you like to explore the world of acting and perform in musicals? This class is for you! It is a well-rounded class offering Tap, Ballet, Jazz, & Modern with a little acting mixed in. It will prepare you to audition for local productions as well as college and professional opportunities. The best part is that this class is taught by Shayna Crews , so you are sure to have fun! No previous dance training needed for this class!

This class is for intermediate and advanced dancers wishing to strengthen the muscles that rotate the legs. By using a flexistretcher and a TheraBand, you will help your turnout and your hip external rotator muscles. Safely, this method gains strength and flexibility when practicing leg extensions, pirouettes and leaps. Admission to this class is by teacher approval only.

A classical style of dance that was developed as a reaction to the restrictions of ballet. Unlike ballet, modern dance does not focus on turnout and extension. Dancers enrolled in modern will enhance their movement quality, range of dynamics, style, and spacial awareness through improvisation and exposure to different styles of elements.

Tap is music with your feet. Students learn to articulate and create intricate rhythm and sounds using the balls of the feet. Tap class will help develop musicality and timing for the dancer. Tap dancing also incorporates arm movement for coordination. Must take ballet to enroll in tap.

Ballet, Tap, and Jazz! A different discipline each week. Fun and great exercise.

Jazz is a more free-form style of dance. Jazz incorporates technique with energetic turns, leaps, and jumps. Dancers enrolled in jazz will develop flexibility and strength through warm-ups consisting of body isolations. Lyrical jazz combines ballet & jazz and allows the dancers to connect with the lyrics of the music, Must take ballet to enroll in jazz.

A classical style of dance promoting discipline, technique, and tradition. Ballet is the basis for all other forms of dance. Ballet is highly recommended for students wishing to pursue other forms of dance as well as gymnastics and ice skating. Ballet class is necessary for dancers who eventually want to get on Pointe Shoes.

A dance class that incorporates elementary levels of progressions for ballet and tap combinations along with the use of arm and body movements. Students will learn rhythm, coordination, and concentration using their tap shoes, as well as the elegance and grace that comes with ballet. As the combo age gets higher so does the difficulty of the class.

Acrobatics builds strength, flexibility, balance and coordination through the use of dance, conditioning, and floor tumbling combined. Bridges, back bends, cartwheels, headstands, handstands, walkovers, and partnering tricks are among the skills learned in this class. Admission to acrobatics requires enrollment in a ballet technique class.