Contemporary 1- Stylized dance form that contains movements derived by
choreographer's style with strong technique. Moves and music can vary a
lot with this style. Ages 7-11 and dancer must have atleast one
year of formal training.
Contemporary 2- Stylized dance form that contains movements derived by choreographer's style with strong technique. Moves and music can vary a lot with this style. Ages 12 and up and dancer must have atleast one year of formal training.
Tap 1- tap basics for ages 6-10
Tap 2- beginning/intermediate tap steps and patterns ages 11 and up
Studio Hip-Hop 1- beginning Hip-Hop for ages 6-9
Studio Hip-Hop 2- intermediate Hip-Hop class for ages 10-12 and up
Street Hip-Hop 1-Pop'n'Lock / Street Hip-Hop for ages 5-8
Street Hip-Hop 2- intermediate Pop'n'Lock / Street Hip-Hop class for ages 9-11
Street Hip-Hop 3- Advance Pop'n'Lock / Street Hip-Hop class for ages 12 and up
Beginning Ballet- Ballet technique ages 6-10
Intermediate Ballet- Ballet technique ages 10 and up
Advanced Ballet- Ballet technique ages 12 and up
Ballet
is a formalized form of dance with its origins in the French court, further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. It is a highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary. It is primarily performed with the accompaniment of classical music. It has been influential as a form of dance globally and is taught in ballet schools around the world which use their own culture and society to modernize the art. It is best known in the form of classical ballet, notable for its techniques, such as pointe work and turn-out of the legs, its graceful, flowing, precise movements, and its ethereal qualities. Later developments include neoclassical ballet and contemporary ballet.
Jazz dance
is an umbrella term that can refer to several related dance styles. All of them are connected, namely lyrical and classic jazz..Technique is the foundation for all dance movement. A strong technical foundation enables a dancer to focus on the stylistic and performance aspects of dance. Technique is essential for leaps and turns, where correct posture is essential to properly execute such moves. Also, jazz dancers' strong and sharp movements are greatly aided by a good background in ballet technique. However, while ballet movement emphasizes the upbeat of music, jazz dance emphasizes the downbeat.Jazz classes require some form of moderate intensity stretching in order to warm up the muscles and help prevent injuries. Some techniques used in the warm up consist of elongating leg muscles and strengthening the core.
Tap dance
was developed in the United States during the nineteenth century, and is popular nowadays in many parts of the world. The name comes from the tapping sound made when the small metal plates on the dancer's shoes touch a hard surface. This lively, rhythmic tapping makes the performer not just a dancer, but also a percussive musician.
Lyrical dance
is a dance style that blends ballet and jazz dance and is generally smoother than ballet and a bit faster but not as fast as jazz. techniques with choreography that strives to interpret the story and emotions of the music. It is a passionate, expressive dance style in which the dancer attempts to convey strong emotions such as love, joy, despair and anger, through movement and facial expressions. Lyrical dance is so named for the meaning of the word lyrical: having a poetic, expressive quality; expressing deep personal emotions; highly rhapsodic or enthusiastic.
Hip-Hop dance
refers to dance styles, mainly street dance styles, primarily danced to hip hop music, or that have evolved as a part of the hip hop culture.By its widest definition, it can include a wide range of styles such as breaking, popping, locking and krumping, and even house dance. It can also include the many styles simply labelled as hip hop, old school hip hop (or hype), hip hop new style and freestyle. At Elite we offer two kinds of hip-hop...Street and Studio. Street Hip-Hop is more of the liquid, pop'n'lock, and gliding. Our Studio Hip-Hop is the hip-hop you would see in music videos and has bigger, more aerobic moves.