NEW! Core Yoga -- Gain flexibility and strengthen your core
through breath and body consciousness with Anita Eshleman's blend of yoga and Pilates.
Sun salutations and standing poses will be used to build heat through fluid
movement, while deeper stretches focus on flexibility and control.
Great supplemental training for dancers and anyone who would like a vigorous,
full-bodied workout. Fit beginners through advanced students
welcome.
Creative Dance for Children -- (Two 6-week sessions, beginning Sept 9th and Oct 21st) Taught by Flora Leptak-Moreau, Creative Dance provides children ages 4 to 8 an opportunity to
explore a range of dance styles and experiences, thus giving them a rounded educational dance experience. The
conceptual styles include Ballet Concepts, Modern, Jazz, Afro-Caribbean, Rhythm Tap
among other contemporary forms. As
students explore movement vocabulary from different genres, they
develop a sense of self, develop poise, grace and correct body
alignment as well as musicality, rhythm, creativity and of course dance
technique.
Hip Hop Level I/II -- Steve Irwin teaches
this fun, fast paced beginner and intermediate level hip hop class with lots of
new creative choreography set to the latest hip-hop/R&B music. This class repeats each week on Wednesday and
Saturday, so you can come to one or both classes each week.
NEW! Hip Hop for Kids (ages 5-10) and Teens (ages 11-16) -- Kasib Hasan will teach beginning to advanced hip hop technique starting with basic movements to choreographed sequences.
NEW! Hip Hop Freestyle and Breaking Workshop (September only) -- Join
international b-boy teacher Jaron Joiner for a high-energy Hip-Hop, Freestyle
& Breaking 4-week workshop. Learn
how to put it together and create your own style using personality, character
& self-expression.
Modern Dance I and II --
Modern Dance is as different in style as the teachers, Rachel’s classes
are energetic and eclectic, emphasizing physical strength, momentum,
musicality, and the fun of it all. Her classes usually begin with
stretching and strengthening exercises, transitioning into basic
technique (footwork, swings), and then escalates into longer,
full-bodied phrases that incorporate technique, strength, agility, and
theatrical flair. The music ranges from techno, to rock, to jazz, to
world musics. Modern Dance III -- This
class taught by Dolores Lagdameo begins with a simple full body warm up
using breath and concentrating on releasing tension and gaining
mobility. The following series of exercises focus on strong placement
and classical technique that support a contemporary style balancing
lyricism, fluidity, and athleticism. The class culminates in longer
across the floor phrases and combinations that utilize the strength,
body awareness, and the stylistic sensibility built up throughout the
class. The vocabulary taught also carries influences ranging from West
African dance, dance theater, a touch of kung fu and a fair share of
jazz and ballet. Modern Dance Advanced -- Judith Mikita teaches a a modern dance class for advanced and
professional level dancers with an intention toward performance. The class begins with a
full-bodied warm-up, which includes release exercises and floor work combined
with more technically based standing work. The class culminates with an
athletically challenging phrase that includes both highly technical elements and
dramatic content. Each class will focus on teaching the mind and body to work
smarter, not harder by emphasizing relaxation in proper alignment, core support,
technical soundness, and spatial exploration. Dancers will be given advanced
movement phrases and asked to not only physically execute them, but also
approach them with an intention toward performance. Material for this class is
drawn from various techniques and movement styles including Cunningham/Limon/
Nikolais, musical theater and middle - American culture.
Musical Theatre Dance I/II -- taught
by Steve Irwin, this class expands on basics from ballet and jazz and features a
wide variety of choreography set to songs from Broadway musicals. Steve says, "We will cover from Fosse to
Hairspray from A Chorus Line to Oklahoma. Come and get your Broadway
on!" Meditteranean Fusion Dance -- taught by Christina Bolden, this class will explore both Middle Eastern dancing and Spanish flamenco as
a means of expression and culture. This will be accomplished through technique
instruction, practice of routines and improvisational exercises. Students will
learn dance styles independent of each other, and later learn how styles of
dancing can be fused together to form an eclectic genre. Each class will begin
with stretching, followed by technique instruction. As the class progresses,
students will learn routines which strengthen choreographic phrasing skills.
Some routines learned include cabaret style belly dancing, flamenco alegrias and
veil dancing. Come to get a fun and sensuous workout in a relaxed
atmosphere. Jazz I/II - Emily
Kettula's class begins with a
center warm up, followed by across the floor work and culminating in a short
piece of choreography. Jazz is a very broad genre, and Emily's class
will incorporate a mixture of styles. The class will approach both movements that are
sharp and syncopated and movements that are long and fill the music. There will be opportunities to improve flexibility, strength, and balance while
experiencing the joy and empowerment of moving to music.
"Just Dance" -- Taught by Diana L. Ford, Just Dance entails a variety of different types of
movements and forms of dances, such as hip-hop, African, modern and
jazz. The class starts with a short warm-up, then it goes straight into
the first routine, and continues going through each song until the
class ends. Diana demonstrates everything step by step until a dance
routine is created. That routine is what the class then practices until
they can do the dance. In addition, these routines are repeated every
week, and will occasionally change throughout the term. As the class
comes to an end, we do some more stretching exercises as a "cool down".
"Just Dance" is a slightly high impact cardio workout, and is suitable
for most levels of dancers.
Zumba -- Dancing
is Adriana’s passion! Her class is full of joy and rhythms like, salsa,
merengue, flamenco, samba and belly dance.
Zumba fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy to follow moves to create a
dynamic workout system that will blow you away.
Zumba fanatics achieve long term benefits while experiencing an absolute
blast in one exhilarating hour of caloric-burning, heart-racing,
muscle-pumping, body-energizing, awe-inspiring movements meant to engage and
captivate for life! FIRST CLASS FREE – try it out!
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