Any color leotard (all classes/all levels) OR dance crop top & biker shorts/leggings.
Tights (any color) - please use footless or transitional tights for modern, lyrical and acro classes.
Jazz pants, leggings, biker shorts and fitted camisole tanks are permitted. Skirts may be worn for Ballet only.
Baggy sweatpants/dance pants and loose tops may be worn for Hip Hop only. No jeans or pajama pants.
No necklaces or dangly earrings - Stud earrings only.
Hair must be pulled back securely. Please avoid hair accessories that continuously fall off. No gum in class.
Pre-Ballet - Ballet 6: Pink Leather Ballet Shoes Ballet 7 - 10: Split-Sole, Leather Ballet Shoes Pointe: Please see instructor.
Tap 1 - Tap 5: Black Patent Leather 'Mary Jane' style Tap Shoes with tap ties Tap 6 - 8: Black Leather Oxford Tap Shoes
Jazz: Slip On, Split-Sole Jazz Shoes *Shoe color - caramel or black. Please see instructor.
Lyrical: Leather Pirouette Turning Shoes
Hip Hop: Black Sneakers. Hip Hop shoes may be ordered as part of your recital costume.
Modern & Acro: No Shoes
Tights (any color) - please use footless or transitional tights for modern, lyrical and acro classes.
Jazz pants, leggings, biker shorts and fitted camisole tanks are permitted. Skirts may be worn for Ballet only.
Baggy sweatpants/dance pants and loose tops may be worn for Hip Hop only. No jeans or pajama pants.
No necklaces or dangly earrings - Stud earrings only.
Hair must be pulled back securely. Please avoid hair accessories that continuously fall off. No gum in class.
Pre-Ballet - Ballet 6: Pink Leather Ballet Shoes Ballet 7 - 10: Split-Sole, Leather Ballet Shoes Pointe: Please see instructor.
Tap 1 - Tap 5: Black Patent Leather 'Mary Jane' style Tap Shoes with tap ties Tap 6 - 8: Black Leather Oxford Tap Shoes
Jazz: Slip On, Split-Sole Jazz Shoes *Shoe color - caramel or black. Please see instructor.
Lyrical: Leather Pirouette Turning Shoes
Hip Hop: Black Sneakers. Hip Hop shoes may be ordered as part of your recital costume.
Modern & Acro: No Shoes
BALLET serves as a backbone for many other styles of dance, stressing the importance of technique and core strengthening. Students will become familiar with ballet terminology as they work though a class of barre, center, turns & leaps and classical ballet combinations.
*Ballet is required for all competition team members.
POINTE classes are by recommendation only and the dancer will be placed in a class according to their skill level. This advanced training in ballet must be accompanied by a regular level ballet class.
PRE BALLET is a popular class for 2-3 year olds who can't wait to start dancing! The class utilizes songs and games to introduce the fundamentals of ballet. Students also exercise coordination skills, learn classroom etiquette and practice rhythm and musicality.
JAZZ is stylized theatrical dancing based on many other forms of dance focusing on flexibility, strength training and technique. As an ever changing dance genre, Jazz dance is always open to new movement ideas and the latest cultural styles.
*Jazz is required for all competition team members
TAP is a form of dance where rhythmic sounds are created by the feet. From beginner to advanced this class is ideal for developing coordination, increased motor skills, and musicality. This class will incorporate a warm up, center technique, and dance combinations using various styles of upbeat music.
LYRICAL serves as contemporary style, drawing on ballet, modern and jazz dance techniques as well as newer philosophies of movement that depart from classical dance. Lyrical is a type of dance that relies on a direct relationship between the lyrics of various songs and specific dance movements.
MODERN is a form of contemporary theatrical and concert dance employing a special technique for developing the use of the entire body in movements expressive of abstract ideas. Students will learn floor work, improvisation and technique using shapes and levels as well as bound and release.
HIP HOP focuses on body isolation technique as well as free-style improvisation with the benefits of increased agility and core-strength. This high energy form of dance has become increasingly popular with the influence of Hip Hop music. Clean and age appropriate music is used for all class levels.
ACRO students will learn to incorporate gymnastic skills with rhythm and dance. Classes focus on strength, flexibility, and coordination. Students will work on the skills needed to execute steps from forward rolls all the way up to back hand springs and more.
TECHNIQUE classes focus on proper execution of turns, jumps and leaps. This class will include stretching, core strengthening and an introduction to new skills.
*Technique is required for all competition team members.
DADDY & DAUGHTER DANCE this class meets once a month from January - May to learn a very special dance to be performed in the Spring Recital. Sign-up at the studio!
*Ballet is required for all competition team members.
POINTE classes are by recommendation only and the dancer will be placed in a class according to their skill level. This advanced training in ballet must be accompanied by a regular level ballet class.
PRE BALLET is a popular class for 2-3 year olds who can't wait to start dancing! The class utilizes songs and games to introduce the fundamentals of ballet. Students also exercise coordination skills, learn classroom etiquette and practice rhythm and musicality.
JAZZ is stylized theatrical dancing based on many other forms of dance focusing on flexibility, strength training and technique. As an ever changing dance genre, Jazz dance is always open to new movement ideas and the latest cultural styles.
*Jazz is required for all competition team members
TAP is a form of dance where rhythmic sounds are created by the feet. From beginner to advanced this class is ideal for developing coordination, increased motor skills, and musicality. This class will incorporate a warm up, center technique, and dance combinations using various styles of upbeat music.
LYRICAL serves as contemporary style, drawing on ballet, modern and jazz dance techniques as well as newer philosophies of movement that depart from classical dance. Lyrical is a type of dance that relies on a direct relationship between the lyrics of various songs and specific dance movements.
MODERN is a form of contemporary theatrical and concert dance employing a special technique for developing the use of the entire body in movements expressive of abstract ideas. Students will learn floor work, improvisation and technique using shapes and levels as well as bound and release.
HIP HOP focuses on body isolation technique as well as free-style improvisation with the benefits of increased agility and core-strength. This high energy form of dance has become increasingly popular with the influence of Hip Hop music. Clean and age appropriate music is used for all class levels.
ACRO students will learn to incorporate gymnastic skills with rhythm and dance. Classes focus on strength, flexibility, and coordination. Students will work on the skills needed to execute steps from forward rolls all the way up to back hand springs and more.
TECHNIQUE classes focus on proper execution of turns, jumps and leaps. This class will include stretching, core strengthening and an introduction to new skills.
*Technique is required for all competition team members.
DADDY & DAUGHTER DANCE this class meets once a month from January - May to learn a very special dance to be performed in the Spring Recital. Sign-up at the studio!