PRESCHOOL & YOUNG START DANCE

CREATIVE MOVEMENT & BALLET

Creative Movement & Ballet is a joyful way for children to explore movement through music, develop physical skills, channel energy, stimulate imagination and promote creativity. Creative movement uses body actions to: communicate an image (the wind), communicate an idea (a journey) or communicate a feeling (strength). Ballet enhances a child's posture, grace, poise, coordination, balance, flexibility, and musicality. TAPTAP is a child's first introduction to how fun dance can be. Tap class, students will learn simple tap steps and use their feet to create rhythmic patterns and timely beats.

ELEMENTARY DANCE

This program is grouped into age-specific levels for ages 5-7 years. These classes meet once a week and last one hour. Each class begins with a brief sharing time. Class continues with Ballet and Tap.
BALLET is a joyful way for children to explore movement through music, develop physical skills, channel energy, stimulate imagination and promote creativity. Ballet enhances a child's posture, grace, poise, coordination, balance, flexibility, and musicality.
TAP is a child's first introduction to how fun dance can be. Tap class, students will learn simple tap steps and use their feet to create rhythmic patterns and timely beats.

Hippity Hop is for ages 4 years to 7 year olds and is mini hip hop! Hippity Hop is a high energy street style of dance. This class is for energetic little ones who love to move! Dancers will learn basic jazz technique and hip hop moves while developing rhythm and confidence. Music is age appropriate and will encourage an engaging, high energy class.

A graded program from beginner through advanced. In this class emphasis is placed on proper technique and style. Ballet enhances a child’s posture, grace poise, coordination, balance, flexibility, and musicality.

TAP

One of the most enjoyable and typical American dance forms, invaluable for its development of rhythm. Tap class, students will learn tap steps and use their feet to create rhythmic patterns and timely beats.

JAZZ

A contemporary form of dance incorporating musical theatre styles and based on movement using contemporary, Broadway and pop music.

HIP HOP

An enjoyable form of street-like dancing with fun pop music incorporated with the development of proper technique. Hip Hop is a high energy street style of dance. This class is for energetic students who love to move! Music is age appropriate and will encourage an engaging, high-energy class.

LYRIC/CONTEMPORARY

Open to students 8 and older who want to explore dance through creativity and an individualistic approach. Dancer must be enrolled in Ballet class to enroll in this program.

Acro classes are designed for children. DGAD’s Acro classes teach children the basic fundamentals of acrobatics. Children attending acrobatics classes learn how to work together, consisting of acrobatic tricks, dance and tumbling and set to music. DGAD’s acro classes not only teach kids the fundamentals of acro, but also help children build Flexibility, Strength, Balancing, Limbering, and Tumbling.

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