Class:  Pre-Dance
Duration:  0:45 hrs
Type:  Technique-Based
Ages:  3 - 5
Description:  This beginning class will work on coordination, flexibility, and basic movement to prepare the young body for future dance training. Some focus on beginning jazz and musical theatre dance technique.

Class:  Beginning Ballet
Duration:  0:45 hrs
Type:  Technique-Based
Ages:  6 - 8
Description:  In beginning ballet, the student will learn the basic and fundamental principles of ballet. Including technique, posture, alignment, feet and arm positions, terminology, barre work, basic jumps, leaps, turns and an introduction to center floor work. Barre excersises and short floor routines will be taught with traditional classical music along with French vocabulary. By the end of the course the student should be able to execute and have a better understanding of basic ballet and its terminology.

Class:  Intermediate Ballet
Duration:  1:00 hrs
Type:  Technique-Based
Ages:  8 - 18
Description:  In intermediate ballet, the student will continue learning the fundamentals of ballet with an emphasis on Adagio floor work. Their combinations will be longer and consist of more complicated foot work and technique. Students will also be introduced to petit allegro and challenged with more difficult jumps, leaps and turns. By the end of the course, the student should be able to execute and and have a greater understanding of ballet terminology and its principles.

Class:  Jazz I
Duration:  1:00 hrs
Type:  Technique-Based
Ages:  5 - Adult
Description:  No previous dance training necessary. This level will teach the principles of beginning Jazz Technique and multi-style performance, including the basic terminology associated with posture placement, isolations, integration, balance, flexibility, precision, fluidness, dexterity, strength, rhythm, syncopation, and the fundamentals of weight shifting.

Class:  Jazz II
Duration:  1:00 hrs
Type:  Technique-Based
Ages:  8 - Adult
Description:  (Prerequisite - Jazz I or audition with instructor) A mastery of Jazz Technique acquired in Jazz I, continuing the development of style, ability and execution. Concentration is placed on increasing dancer’s strength, flexibility and technique through warm-up, across-the-floor exercises and combinations.

Class:  Jazz III
Duration:  1:00 hrs
Type:  Technique-Based
Ages:  11 - Adult
Description:  (Prerequisite - Completion of Jazz I or II or audition with Instructor) A complete mastery of Jazz Technique and terminology acquired in Jazz II, continuing with the development of advance style, ability and execution. A technical warm up combining elements of ballet, jazz, yoga and pilates will be followed by center work, across-the-floor exercises and short combinations.

Class:  Tap I
Duration:  1:00 hrs
Type:  Technique-Based
Ages:  8 - Adult
Description:  The student will gain knowledge of the fundamentals of tap dance. The level of this class concentrates on the learning and drilling of basic steps and combining them to from a movement vocabulary that will result in short combinations.

Class:  Tap II
Duration:  1:00 hrs
Type:  Technique-Based
Ages:  11 - Adult
Description:  (Prerequisite - Completion of Broadway Tap I or audition with Instructor) This class builds on prior knowledge of tap. Students will cover time steps, pull backs, tap turns, draw backs, and riff work.

Class:  Musical Theatre Dance
Duration:  1:00 hrs
Type:  Performance-Based
Ages:  8 - Adult
Description:  A fun and energetic study of musical theatre dance styles beginning with a foundation in jazz and ballet technique with a focus on expression and performance. The warm up for the class will be structured like a jazz class with both floor and center warm up. Movement across the floor will reflect the style of the show being studied.

Class:  Hip Hop
Duration:  1:00 hrs
Type:  Technique-Based
Ages:  11 - 18
Description:  This class will teach the principles of beginning hip-hop technique with a strong emphasis on style and the foundation of basic terminology associated with posture placement, isolations, balance, flexibility, pop-locking, syncopation and weight shifting.

Class:  Dance Company
Duration:  2:00 hrs
Type:  Performance-Based
Ages:  8 - 18
Description:  The Dance Company is a group of elite dancers that will perform on a regular basis at NC Theatre Studios as well as other venues in the area. Members will be selected by auditions held in the fall.

For more information, visit our Pricing Guide and Class Descriptions page.