Training Modules
Technique Fundamentals
This class is the foundation of our curriculum. Technique and body awareness fundamentals focusing on core stabilization, proper usage of feet and ankles, and shoulder mobility and stabilization are explored to allow each dancer to find proper alignment in their own bodies.
Ballet
This ballet class is jam packed with knowledge. The curriculum includes proper terminology, spelling, and definitions as well as lots of analogies and examples to help dancers achieve and remember how to execute ballet correctly, safely, and effectively within the parameters of each dancer’s unique facility, strengths, and limitations. The magic of this class is the way we involve the dancers in the learning process to build self esteem, confidence, and enjoyment facilitating a focused yet fun ballet class.
Pirouettes
This class will establish proper alignment for secure consistent balance, proper use, placement, and strength of releve’, as well as engagement of port de bras and expansion through the upper back for support and placement of the arms and shoulders. Students will receive information on spotting and drills to increase from 1/4 turns to multiple pirouettes. An emphasis will be placed on the timing of the initiation of the pirouette.
Flexibility training
Increasing flexibility involves a balance of relaxing and engaging muscle groups while maintaining proper alignment and expansive breathing. Another game changer in opening the body is myofascial release. This class will engage the students in the proper placement for each stretch as well as how to successfully go deeper into their range of motion through breath work, myofascial release, and PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation). Partners can be utilized for both myofascial release and PNF stretching. Students are guided through safely working with other dancers to find more range of motion in their bodies.
Sautés, Leaps, JumpsS
Successful leaps encompass fast muscle twitch, ballistic flexibility, a strong and stable core, and an awareness of the use of the plié and push against the floor that increases amplitude. Our leaps class will work all of the above with an emphasis on the timing and specific placement of each leap and sauté position. Focus will be placed on proper execution into and out of the leaps with lots of tricks and tips along the way to achieve these jumps most effectively.
Jazz Progressions
This class is a culmination of the elements discussed in our leaps and pirouette series combined into across the floor combos utilizing fundamental and unique transitions in and out of traditional and contemporary jazz techniques.
Tumbling
Our tumbling series reviews and establishes the basic building blocks leading to the skills dancers need such as side and front aerials, front and back walkovers, front handsprings and head springs, as well as backhand-springs, tucks, and layouts. We have a progression for all levels and can make even the older beginner tumbler successful at overcoming fear and mental blocks sometimes associated with tumbling.
Contemporary
Our contemporary work improves coordination as dancers explore intricate footwork and direction changes, utilize grounding and weight transfer in transitions, and add to their movement vocabulary with unique use of port de bras.
Jazz Combo Class
The Jazz Combo class includes a fun upbeat combo. Choreography includes elements of crisp clean lines, direction changes, and isolation work.
Lyrical
The Lyrical class can include lyrical progressions as well as a combo. Students will work on expressing their unique style through the movement vocabulary presented. An emphasis is placed on helping dancers develop strong musicality while refining their technique.
Yoga for Dancers
The benefits of yoga for dancers include reduced anxiety, improved focus, better body awareness, elongated lines, and improved stamina from coordinating breath with movement.
Improv Techniques
Improv can be daunting to dancers of all levels. This class will cover creative thinking to encourage each dancer’s natural movement patterns while growing their repertoire through expanding their thoughts about movement. Students will delve into imaginative scenarios, opposition work including high/low, fast/slow, light/heavy, as well as contact and negative space improv. An emphasis will be placed on musicality and how the music can be explored to affect movement.
Mentality Training
Team Building
Individual Confidence Building
Teacher Trainings
Classroom management
Positive Reinforcement Modalities
Lesson Plan Building
Cultivate Respect
Improv Techniques
Overcoming fear
Internal Dialogue Cues
Tools for thoughtful approach to Improv
Choreography
Ballet
Contemporary
Lyrical
Jazz
Musical Theater