FIRST STEPS
PRIMARY
YOUTH
TEEN / PRETEEN
ADVANCED
& INTERMEDIATE
"C" LEVELS
18m - 5y
5-7y
7y+
9y+
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
FIRST STEPS
PreDance Age (3-4)
Pre-dance introduces first steps of both ballet and tap. Students learn primary classroom etiquette and develop rhythm, balance, coordination, flexibility and basic fundamentals. This class is 40 minutes of ballet technique, jazz, and 20 minutes of tap.
ComboROCK (Age 4-5)
Combodance provides the same structure as Pre-dance, for ages 4-5. This busy class will build a solid foundation in dance technique fundamentals and classroom skills.
Hip Hop ROCK (Age 4-5)
This class is designed as an introduction to Hip Hop. It’s a fun class where kids will learn coordination, rhythm, and how to GROOVE!
TumbleROCK
Students learn basic tumbling and acro basic skills. The structured class also builds agility and strength.
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Hip Hop TumbleROCK (Age 4-6)
Introducing the FUNdamentals of Hip Hop and acro in one 1-hr class! Great for active boys and girls!
Primary Ballet (Age 5-7) One-hour lessons in ballet technique. An essential class for all aspiring young dancers.
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Primary Jazz (Age 5-7) Students are introduced to the fundamentals of technique and vocabulary in Jazz foundation and important technique elements. New moves, coordination, flexibility, style, isolations, energy!!
Primary Hip Hop (Age 5-7)
This class is designed for students to let loose and dance while learning class etiquette and hiphop basics.! HipHop focused warm up, progressions, choreography and freestyle dance promote coordination, rhythm and confidence. There is one requirement for this class – FUN!
Primary TAP
Making sounds with your feet teaches musicality and coordination! Focus is on tap technique, foundation steps, music and rhythm!
Primary ACRO (Age 5-7)
Students will learn tumbling and acrobatic skills and technique. The instructor will challenge each student individually, through progressions involving basic skills, strength and flexibility.
Primary/Youth Elements (Age 5+)
Important supplemental class focusing on technique, alignment, active flexibility, and foundation training. The Rocks renowned elements syllabus was designed and written by our founder Quinn Callahan.
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Breaking (Age 5+)
Introducing the FUNdamentals of breakdancing. Made up of variations of “standard” moves or steps, including freezes, powermoves, downrock, and toprock.
Ballet
Ballet is a highly technical dance foundation and essential for all students. Classes focus on technique and vocabulary, along with the discipline of regularly focused exercises. Barre and center work is designed to build a strong, beautiful, graceful, and healthy body with fine posture and poise. For a student to make appropriate progress in other dance forms, the study of ballet is necessary.
With sufficient progress in the study of ballet, along with proper technique, a strong body, and faculty approval, a student may advance to pointe work.
Jazz “Jazz Elements”
Jazz dance encompasses many styles and techniques that have evolved over the years. Jazz class includes full body conditioning, progressions, center work, style and choreography.
Contemporary
Contemporary combines techniques developed from a collection of methods, including ballet and jazz, with a strong emphasis in modern technique. Strength, technique, body awareness, control, coordination and flexibility are utilized within contemporary class choreography.
Elements
Important supplemental class focusing on technique, alignment, active flexibility, and foundation training. The Rocks renowned elements syllabus was designed and written by our founder Quinn Callahan.
Stretch & Conditioning / Lab Rats / Pilates Supplemental classes created to give ideal and targeted conditioning and flexibility training customized for serious dancers.
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Tap
Tap is rhythm and sound, and an excellent way to increase coordination of the mind and body and to develop a sense of rhythm, timing and expression! In tap class, students will learn and explore rhythm, sound, technique, terminology, style and history.
Hip Hop
Hip hop is evolved and diverse and has captured and transformed the dance world. Influenced by the choreographers who mold it, hip hop can be funky, smooth, hard-hitting, crazy, and just about anything. Students will have fun letting loose! learn and explore choreography, including new and old styles and techniques. We welcome students to just come in and DANCE!
Acro
Students will learn tumbling and acrobatic skills and technique. The instructor will challenge each student individually, through progressions involving basic skills, strength and flexibility.
Breaking Calling all b-boys/b-girls! Introducing the FUNdamentals of breakdancing. Learn the variations of “standard” moves including freezes, powermoves, downrock, and toprock.