Hip Hop

Hip Hop is a popular form of dance that includes many sub genres such as: locking, popping, house, breakdancing, party dancing, old school, tutting, animation etc. The technique for different styles of Hip Hop will be taught and emphasis will be placed on musicality and groove. Steps will be put together in combinations that the dancers add on to each week. Style will develop as the dancers feel free to express themselves. The steps are set to popular music (clean versions) that they listen to everyday!

Girls & Boys Attire: T-shirt or tank top and loose fitting pants or shorts. No jeans or denim of any kind. Required shoes are the Nike Revolution 5 or Revolution 6, in a black shoe with a white checkmark and white around the sole. Please double check our male attire page or female attire page if you’re unsure about the colour you need.

Ballet

This art form is the foundation to all styles of dance and is a very beneficial class for all dancers. Ballet will teach your child coordination, precision, and grace in a respectful and traditional class environment. Our ballet instructors work to develop proper and safe technique and body alignment while encouraging each student to find the creativity and story telling in their movements.

Girls Attire: Black sleeveless bodysuit, Mondor Ballerina Pink tights, Bloch Performa Canvas slippers in peach, hair in a ballet bun.

Boys Attire: White or Black fitted dance t-shirt, boys dance tights or jazz pants, Capezio Hanami canvas slippers in black.

Jazz

Our jazz classes combine technique and style. An emphasis will be placed on proper alignment during steps; body conditioning, flexibility, and quick thinking are all thrown into the mix. Steps are combined in traveling combinations across the room and centre floor.

Girls Attire: Black sleeveless bodysuit, Mondor light tan tights, Bloch tan slip on jazz shoes, hair in a ponytail or bun.

Boys Attire: White or Black fitted dance t-shirt, shorts or jazz pants, Bloch black slip on jazz shoes.

Tap

This fun dance style focuses on elements of rhythm and musicality. It’s the only dance style where your feet can make their own music! Younger dancers love to discover the many sounds they can make, while our older dancers become masters of complicated rhythms and techniques.

Girls Attire: Black sleeveless bodysuit, Mondor light tan tights, Junior Foundation students wear Capezio Mary Jane tap shoes in Caramel, hair in a ponytail or bun.

Boys Attire: White or Black fitted dance t-shirt, shorts or jazz pants, black tie up tap shoes.

AcroDance

Acro Dance is a genre of dance which incorporates elements of gymnastics, jazz, tumbling and basic contortion. Students learn acrobatic tricks such as handstands, cartwheels, chest rolls, elbow stands, walkovers and aerials. Trick movements are executed slowly to emphasize body lines, a graceful motion and picturesque extension.

Acro Dance offers more depth and variety to choreography and creates a much more versatile dancer. To master an acro trick students must develop a good foundation of strength and flexibility, thus emphasis is placed on extensive conditioning involving stretch and strength training.

Our Acro Dance classes are for training and skill building; recital routines are not included in the class. Extra opportunities may be offered for competitive or non-competitive performing opportunities based on interest. Please let us know if this is something you would like to take on as an extra!

Acro placement is based off of skill level, not age. Dancers wishing to join acro may have their skill level assessed by an instructor, if need be.

Contemporary

Contemporary is a very current style of dance utilizing ballet and jazz techniques combined with modern movements. Developed in the mid-twentieth century, it has since become one of the world’s most popular and enjoyable performance styles. Dancers must have a strong background in technical dance such as ballet and jazz as contemporary borrows movements from these formal genres. Modern elements are added to contemporary choreography such as torso contractions, floor work, and improvisation.

Contemporary is an excellent addition to a dancer’s repertoire once they’ve developed good strong technical dance aspects.