LEVELED SYLLABUS OF SKILLS AND TERMINOLOGY

Preschool through Advanced

YOUTH DIVISION	INTERMEDIATE	ADVANCED	ELECTIVES
Tiny Toes      Toddler:  A fun first dance class for ages 2 and 3!  Little dancers will wiggle, jiggle, and jump to the music and have a blast!  This class is timed and designed perfectly for our littlest dancers with fun toddler music.	Ballet/Lyrical, Level 3      Beginner Intermediate: A combination of Ballet and Lyrical dance for the dancer working towards higher level skills and combinations.  May also be a beginner teen class. Developing skill base.	Ballet/Lyrical Levels 6 - 8      Beginner - Upper Advanced:  A combination of Ballet and Lyrical dance for the serious dancer developing and increasing higher level skills and combinations.  Strong skill base.	Tap Skill Drill I & II      A skill builder where students learn and reinforce tap skills as well and increase tap progressions each week.  Quality tap shoes a must! Levels vary with age and experiences.
Les Petites      Pre-School:  A Primary Ballet, Primary Jazz, and Creative Dance class for ages 4 through pre-K 5.  Innovative techniques are used to teach dance in fun ways little people love!	Ballet/Lyrical Levels 4 - 5      Middle/Upper Intermediate:  A combination of Ballet and Lyrical dance for the dancer developing higher level skills and combinations.  Dancer is developing a stronger skill base.	Pointe      Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced:  Pointe class is for female dancers age 12 and older with extensive training, proper placement and alignment.  Optional field trips.	Modern/Lyrical I & II      A class for students who are willing to stretch their emotional and physical connection to music, poetry, and art as a part of interpreting the music into expressive moves. Must be open to having fun with exciting and unusual moves!
Primary Ballet with Tap & Jazz combo      Beginner:  A combination of Ballet, Tap, and Jazz for age K5 and up.  The first half hour of class is always ballet.  A first formal dance class using innovative techniques to teach classical and creative dance styles.	Pre-Pointe      Pre-Pointe class is for female dancers age 11 and older with extensive training, proper placement, turn out, and alignment.  Most dancers are not ready until at least age 12.  Preparation for Beginner Pointe level.  Optional field trips.	Senior Hip Hop Jazz/Break Dance      Middle & Upper Advanced:  Modern/Jazz/Hip Hop/Street dance.  Increasing skill base, speed, and height.  Already has a strong skill level and ability to quickly learn higher level combinations.  Ultimate attitude!	Adult Dancercise      Beginner & Intermediate:  Ballet Stretch and Jazz starts each class with a slow, gentle stretching warm up and moves into a lively, fun combination of hot new Dance Workouts and Jazz Dance.  No pressure here!  It's all fun!
Ballet, Levels 1 - 3      Beginner Levels:  Focus on strong basics at the barre and center. Increasing skills and flexibility, strength, musicality, and fun with dance expression.  Intermediate level skills are explored as dancers increase their ability level.	Beginner Pointe      Beginner Pointe class is for female dancers age 11 and older with extensive training, proper placement, turn out, alignment, and strength, and physical development. Ballet class level does not determine readiness for pointe.	Pas de Deux (Partnering)      Advanced:  Partnering is for female and male dancers with extensive training as well as maturity.  Beginner classes or workshops may be occasionally offered.	Dance Storytelling/Ballet Mime Dramatics      A class focused on the interpretation of fairy tales and dance stories through the use of ballet mime, facial expression, and interpretive dance to tell the story. A dramatic and fun class that helps to increase expressiveness in dance.
Jump & Jazz      Beginner Levels:  Fun jazz & tumbling geared towards our youth to intermediate dancers focusing on kids pop music styles and great new jazz and street moves.  Get funky!	Junior Hip-Hop Jazz      Beginner, Middle and Upper Intermediate:  Modern and Jazz dance.  Moderate skill levels at leaps and turns required for placement.  Developing skill base, speed, height, and flexibility.  You've gotta have attitude for this class!	Ethnic Dance Styles      Intermediate.Advanced:  Classes in Latin, Middle Eastern, Celtic or other cultural dancing may be offered as a workshop, in advanced classes or in dance company.	Workshops & Dance Camp      Workshops and out-of-claass dance study may be offered to students when available. This includes studying cultural/ethnic dance styles and viewing or participating in the work of other artists. Summer Dance Camp is offered in July.
Boys Dance      Beginner/Middle Levels:  Stretch, jump and pop with our mutli-style boys dance class!  No tights for these guys!  Boys are welcome in any of our classes.	Technique Skill Improvement      A technique class for increasing skills that lead to upper level specialized dance moves.  Recommended for Levels 3+ (Level 2 by recommendation only).	Private Classes      Private classes may be arranged by appointment or on a regular schedule for students trying to increase their skill level, highly motivated students, or those working on a solo, duet, or small group dance.	Field Trips      Progressive students may be offered optional field trips to dance, musical or theatrical performances.  See the Dance News page for dates and times.

Note: Boys are welcome in all of our classes.