Dance Classes

This is a hybrid of our family fun sessions and our Dance/Gymnastics combo class. This is a great first class experience to get students acclimated to both the dance and gymnastics space. For half the session, a dance instructor will lead students through a dance class that combines elements of ballet, creative movement, and Jazz. For the other half of the session, children will be guided through one or two structured skills followed by guardian led freeplay. Active parent/caregiver participation is required throughout the class. Due to space, there can only be one adult per child. Cell phone use is not permitted during class to keep attention on the little ones. Sibling infants are permitted for these sessions and must be enrolled in advance to ensure the session remains at a safe capacity for all. 

This class introduces students to both Ballet and Tap disciplines. Half of each class will be dedicated to ballet positions, shapes, and progressions. The other half of class will be focused on tap sounds and motions. All combo classes are introductory and help children develop fine motor skills, listening and focusing skills, and classroom etiquette.​

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In our Jazz/ Musical Theatre combo class, Children will study old school Jazz alongside musical theatre. Students will also learn to incorporate elements of singing and acting into jazz and musical theatre movement. All combo classes are introductory and help children develop fine motor skills, listening and focusing skills, and classroom etiquette. 

With a merger of Old School and Commercial Jazz dance, students will learn basic to intermediate Jazz technique. Jazz classes will hold an emphasis on alignment, safe movement practices, and jazz combinations. 

This class introduces students to imaginative thinking in dance and movement as well as choreographic time and space tools. Students will learn to apply conceptual thinking to dance and movement creation while also studying dance choreography throughout history and in the current dance world. 

This guardian-assisted class will introduce little movers to dance and gymnastics basics all in one session! Children will spend half of the class studying various movement techniques (ballet, creative movement, and Jazz) in our dance studio, and half of the class completing a gymnastics event (bars, beam, or floor) and a bit of free play in our gym! Active parent/caregiver participation is required throughout the class. Due to space, there can only be one adult per child. Cell phone use is not permitted during class to keep attention on the little ones. Sibling infants are permitted for these sessions and must be enrolled in advance to ensure the session remains at a safe capacity for all.

Ballet/ Creative Movement 

This class introduces children to ballet basics ,such as positions of the feet and arms, and creative movement concepts such as time, space, and movement qualities. All combo classes are introductory and help children develop fine motor skills, listening and focusing skills, and classroom etiquette.

Students will learn basic to intermediate ballet foundations and alignment, ballet progressions, and ballet combinations at barre, in center, and across the floor. 

Contemporary dance is technique driven Creative Movement derived from the Modern dance umbrella. Contemporary classes will include beginning to intermediate elements of somatic based western dance, teaching students to move through floor work, across the floor, and through movement combinations. 

This independent class will introduce movers to dance and gymnastics basics all in one session! Children will spend half of the class studying various movement techniques (ballet, creative movement, and Jazz) in our dance studio, and half of the class completing a gymnastics event (bars, beam, or floor) and a bit of free play in our gym!

In our Jazz/ Tap combo class, children will learn the basics of old school and new age Jazz dancing as well as the sounds and motions of basic tap dance. All combo classes are introductory and help children develop fine motor skills, listening and focusing skills, and classroom etiquette.

Students will learn basic to intermediate Tap skills in center and across the floor with a focus on clarity of Tap sounds, Tap combinations, and the history of Tap dance. 

Acro is a merger of dance and gymnastics more similar to rhythmic gymnastics than olympic style gymnastics. With an emphasis on flexibility and fluidity, students will work on conditioning, strength, and floor progressions/skills. Acro classes will complement any gymnastics training that students receive at MsJs, while adding a presentational technique to their schoolhouse.