DANCE PATHWAYS
BUILDING CONFIDENCE, CHARACTER, AND COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ART OF DANCE FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS!
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While promoting teamwork and community, we expect and encourage accountability and a strong work ethic of our dancers. This contributes to the growth of confident, creative individuals who are sure to succeed in their life endeavors. Working together with their classmates, regular attendance, and practicing at home will ensure success in their classes.
Every child's dance journey is personal, and our instructors are adept at pushing and challenging the students who are ready to take on more responsibility within the class. Our teachers assess the dancers in their class throughout the year, and make recommendations for the classes that they feel will be the best fit for the dancer as they continue their dance journey with us.
Please take a moment to look over our "Dance Pathways" information on the following pages. We offer classes for every age and ability and love having our dancers with us for growth, life lessons, learning and fun for many, many years. This guide should help you in making a decision to start or continue their dance journey at Backstage Dance Studio.
Take ACROBATIC ARTS if you like to flip and tumble
Acro focuses on stretching, strength, flexibility, balance and agility, and you are quite often upside down!
Take BALLET if you like feeling elegant and poised
Ballet develops discipline and technique that is essential to ALL forms of dance, as well as proper posture, placement, and alignment.
Take CONTEMPORARY if you like to dance from your soul
Contemporary combines the technical elements of ballet and jazz with feelings and emotions. It tells a story through smooth movement.
Take HIP HOP if you like current music and dances
Hip Hop is a freestyle form of dance that stems from the roots of jazz, but incorporates modern urban movements and is performed to current music.
Take JAZZ if you like to move and groove
Jazz is stylized dancing that is energetic and fun. It focuses on developing proper technique, flexibility, and often incorporates Broadway style choreography.
Take TAP if you like music, rhythms and sounds
Tap develops a strong sense of musicality, coordination and agility by creating sounds with the feet.
QUICK REFERENCE DANCE GENRES
Primarily geared toward developmental and social expectations, our Foundations program classes are for children, ages 2 through 8.
Creative Movement, Ages
Pre-Ballet, Ages 4-5
Pre-Hip Hop, Ages 4-5
Ballet Basics, Ages 5-6
Ballet Basics 2, Ages 6-7
Ballet/Tap, Ages 5-6
Ballet/Jazz, Ages 5-6
Hip Hop/Flip Flop, Ages 5-6
Hip Hop Basics, Ages 5-6
Hip Hop Basics 2, Ages 6-7
Broadway Bound, Ages 6-8
FOUNDATIONS PROGRAM GRADED PROGRAM
Geared toward skill development and social/emotional growth. Most of our students can expect to stay in a level for a minimum of 2-3 years. It is helpful to understand that even professionals do the SAME exercises and drills that our dancers are doing, but the level of execution is at a greater proficiency. Our Graded Program encompasses Acrobatic Arts, Ballet, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Jazz and Tap, for ages 7 and up.
Ballet Levels 1-4, Ages 7-18
Tap Levels 1-5, Ages 7-18
Jazz Levels 1-5, Ages 7-18
Hip Hop Levels 1-6, Ages 7-18
Contemporary Levels 1-4, Ages 7-18
Acrobatic Arts-Levels 1-8, Ages 7-18
INTENSIVE PROGRAM
Designed specifically for students that have chosen to take their dance training to a higher level. While still promoting teamwork and community, we expect a proficiency in skill growth and development, specific to the extended hours our dancers are committing to their practice. Focus, determination and a strong drive to excel will assure success in these classes. Most of our students can expect to stay in a level for a minimum of 2 years. It is helpful to understand that even professionals do the SAME exercises and drills that our dancers are doing, but the level of execution is at a greater proficiency. Our Intensive Program encompasses Ballet, Tap, Jazz, and Hip Hop for ages 5 and up.
Ballet Levels 101-104, 202-208, Ages 5-18
Tap Levels 101-103, 202-208, Ages 5-18
Jazz Levels 101-104, 202-208, Ages 5-18
Hip Hop Levels 101-103, 202-208, Ages 5-18
GRADED PROGRAM
Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Acro, Contemporary Levels 1-5
Ages 7-18
INTENSIVE PROGRAM
Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Pointe
Levels 101-208
Ages 5-18
