Classes for ages 5-10yrs
Continue the exciting journey into dance! At this next level, we will add more structured combinations and increased levels of skills. Dancers will be introduced to ballet, jazz, theater dance, lyrical, and tap. Arts with Heart is dedicated to utilizing the whole-child approach and creating a positive, encouraging classroom with a challenging dance curriculum utilizing age-appropriate skills, music, and approach. We believe nurturing and supporting our students' social emotional growth fosters healthy self esteem and an environment where students thrive!
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Ballet
Ballet class introduces a classical ballet foundation. Class incorporates building ballet vocabulary, technique, and rhythm while fostering a love of the craft. Ballet builds body awareness, grace, poise, and technique that are the building blocks of most forms of dance. Ballet classes will help a student with posture, flexibility, balance, grace, strength, timing, spatial awareness, and body awareness. In teaching ballet, we foster self confidence and self esteem.
Jazz and Hip Hop
Classic jazz technique is taught to build a solid skill foundation and to provide history of where jazz dance originates and the basis of many newer jazz mediums. We will " pop and lock" and learn energetic, funky dance moves in ( age appropriate) hip hop. (Ballet class registration is recommended.)
Theater Dance
Theater dance uses classical jazz technique to build a solid skill foundation and infuses expression, music and influences from Broadway choreography and production numbers. Theatrical dance numbers tell a story through song, acting and dance. (Ballet class registration is recommended.)
Lyrical
Lyrical combines ballet and jazz technique to emphasize interpretation of music lyrics while telling a story with movement that can be fluid or abstract. Students will also explore partnering and weight sharing exercises. (Ballet class registration is required.)
Tap
Tap dance classes at Arts With Heart introduce skills and techniques from rhythm tap (hoofing) and Broadway tap. All tap classes focus on rhythm, musicality and timing. Class begins with energetic warm up exercises that increase control, coordination, and rhythm. Rhythmic center and across the floor combinations introduce/reinforce tap fundamentals, teach dynamics and musicality, work on clarity, and emphasize maintaining correct body placement while keeping the tappers having so much fun they do not realize how much they are taking in and learning!
