Youth Dance Series

Intermediate Tap for Kids Ages 10-18
with Irina Semenova
Wednesdays, 4:30–5:30pm
Winter/Spring Series
January 11 - May 24, 2023
20 Sessions for $240
10 Sessions for $130
No Drop Ins

This class is for advanced beginner/intermediate level students with prior experience and knowledge of tap basic vocabulary. We will refine tap technique, work on developing speed and improving musicality as we learn more complex rhythmic combinations and routines in the center and across the floor. Tap shoes and two years of tap dance experience is required.

PLEASE NOTE: This series requires a minimum of five students to proceed. Full refund available should the minimum number of students not enroll one week prior to the beginning of the series. Partial refunds (80%) available up to one week prior to the beginning of the series.

Intro to Tap for Teens Ages 12-18
with Irina Semenova
on hiatus

This intro to tap class is designed specifically for students ages 12 and up with no previous tap experience. Students are taught the correct technique for the fundamental tap steps. While working on basic tap terminology students will learn easy and short tap dance phrases. The class also covers the most basic music concepts every tap dancer needs to know.

PLEASE NOTE: This series requires a minimum of five students to proceed. Full refund available should the minimum number of students not enroll one week prior to the beginning of the series. Partial refunds (80%) available up to one week prior to the beginning of the series.

Swing for Teens (Beginners) Ages 12-16
with Irina & Nick
Fridays, 6:00-7:00pm

This is an intro to swing dancing. Swing dance is in fact a big family of dances developed in the 1920s–1940s during the swing era of jazz music. Nowadays, this style is reviving in US and Europe.

Each 4-class session begins on the first Friday of the month. We teach all the fundamentals of swing dance that enables you to dance socially.

The class is suitable for total beginners. It is not required to bring a partner (would be cool though). Come and have fun with us anyway!

Beginning Tap for Kids Ages 8-12
with Irina Semenova
Wednesdays, 3:45–4:30pm
Winter/Spring Series
January 11 - May 24, 2023
20 Sessions for $240
10 Sessions for $130
No Drop Ins

This class is designed for students with little or no previous tap experience. Students are taught basic tap terminology, rhythm, coordination, and learn movement phrases and work on basic choreography. We will begin the class with warm up exercises in which students are learn basic rhythms, timing and coordination. Then we continue with traveling exercises across the floor and conclude with learning rhythmic combinations and routines in the center. Tap shoes are required.

PLEASE NOTE: This series requires a minimum of five students to proceed. Full refund available should the minimum number of students not enroll one week prior to the beginning of the series. Partial refunds (80%) available up to one week prior to the beginning of the series.

Youth Contemporary Ages 9-13
with Beth Ellis-Dickson
NEW DAY & TIME!
Tuesdays, 5:00–6:00pm

We will focus on all the proper techniques of jazz dance (jazz walks, pirouettes, jumps, etc.) in combination with modern style dancing. This is a great class for youth who want a bit less structure than ballet but more technique than hip-hop. Most students are barefoot, but jazz or ballet shoes can be worn. This is a beginning level class.

Mixed Technique & World Dance Ages 9-14
with Aisha Gorson
On Hiatus

In this class students will work on building a strong technique base while exploring a range of world dance forms. Focus will be on creating a fluency with Modern and Jazz dance technique, as well as introducing movements used in African dance styles, Latin dance, and Hip Hop. Students will have the opportunity to create dances as well as learn and develop choreography. Each class will consist of a warm-up, learning dance vocabulary, movement across the floor, developing choreography, and fun dance games.