Hip Hop

Hip Hop is non-partner dancing to contemporary music, the kind often seen on today’s popular music video. Hip Hop emphasizes body movement and rhythm. There are classes for all ages and levels.

Latin Ballroom Dance

Learn the basics of Meringue, Salsa, Cha Cha & Swing. You can come as a couple or as a single. This class is sure to “spice” up everyone’s lives!

Social Ballroom Dance

Learn the basics steps of the Waltz, Tango, Rumba. It is preferred that you come as a couple. These dances are very popular with our wedding couples as their first dance.

Mother/Daughter Dance

Moms & Daughters night out. Here is an opportunity to spend some quality time with each other. Have fun dancing over 6 weeks with a different dance style every week! Cardio Salsa, Hip Hop, Jazz, Belly dancing and more.

Cardio Salsa

Cardio Salsa is an exercise class using Salsa and Meringue. It is fun, “hot” and teaches rhythm while you get in shape and stay active! You can also use the moves on the dance floor!

Zumba

Zumba workout mixes body sculpting movements with dance steps derived from cumbia, merengue, salsa, reggaeton, hip hop, mambo, rumba, flamenco, and calypso and Salsaton. The routines feature aerobic interval training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms

Belly Dancing

Belly Dancing is a great class to take at any age. This Middle Eastern dance, in which the dancer makes aesthetic movements of the hips and abdomen, will teach you control and movement. It is a fun way to learn rhythm and get lots of exercise.

Mommy's Little Secret

This class is geared for adults 19+. The program includes a variety of exotic dance moves combined with focus on working every muscle group your body has. It is an intense program and will bring you to a fitness level you thought you could never accomplish. An open mind is required.

Ballet Steps (ages 2.5-4)

First Steps promotes education, motor skills, coordination, balance, social interaction and the introduction to dance movement. The class emphasizes rhythm, imagination and following directions.

Kinder Ballet (ages 4.5-6)

KinderBallet introduces students to several dance disciplines in short combination classes that are just the right length for tiny dancers.

This Class emphasizes rhythm, musicality & imagination, large motor skills, exercises for strength & flexibility, following directions, and enjoying interaction with peers.

Full Year Dance Programs

Primary Classes (ages 6-8)

Three 30 minute class for ages 6 to 8 year olds. Students will have an opportunity to learn Tap, Jazz and Ballet and will only have to come one evening per week.

Primary Hip Hop is a 45 minute class. Students are taught several hip hop movement as seen on today's popular music videos.

Ballet

Ballet is essential for every dancer. Ballet class includes traditional barre and center floor work. With proper technique a dancer may advance to Pointe work.

Pointe & Pre-Pointe

This class is offered to students who have reached an advanced level the classical ballet program. Our Pre-Pointe class will focus of strengthening and exercising for the proper form to achieve En Pointe. Students already En Pointe must be evaluated for correct level placement.

Jazz

Jazz is a dance technique that borrows from all other forms and has a wide variety of musical accompaniment – from classical to modern sounds of today. Lyrical jazz will be incorporated into intermediate and advanced jazz classes.

Tap

Tap dancing is an excellent way to increase coordination of the mind and body and to develop a sense of rhythm, timing and expression.

Modern & Contemporary

Using the body in creative ways. Movement may be based on creating shapes, energy flow, rhythmic patterns, personal interpretation, improvisation and breath. Based on modern dance techniques.

Hip Hop

Hip Hop is non-partner dancing to contemporary music, the kind often seen on today’s popular music video. Hip Hop emphasizes body movement and rhythm. Competitive Hip Hop

students are required to take another dance class offered by the studio.

Celtic Step Dancing

Kick up your heels for some traditional Cape Breton step dancing with a twist. This is a high energy, fast paced, style of step dancing where you will learn jigs, reels and so much more. Students should have a basic understanding of tap before taking this class.

Irish

Irish dance is a group of traditional dance forms originating in Ireland Irish performance dancing is traditionally referred to as stepdance. Irish stepdance, popularized in 1994 by the world-famous show "Riverdance," is notable for its rapid leg movements, body and arms being kept largely stationary.

Lyrical

Lyrical dancing is a combination of ballet, jazz and modern. Dancers focus on technique, expression of emotion through music, floor-work, lifts, partnering and spatial progressions.

Competitive students are required to take another dance class offered by the studio.

Musical Theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole. This class will be competing in three Ontario Competitions. The student will be required to attend 1.25 hour class per week as well they are required to take another dance class offered by the studio.

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