CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Jazz & Tumble (2-4 yr)
This 45-minute class is perfect for those wishing to explore both jazz and basic gymnastic skills.
Tap/Ballet Combo (4-6 yr)
A great introductory class for the beginning dancer. It consists of 30 minutes of tap plus 30 minutes of jazz/ballet.
Tap
Offered to ages 4 & up in various levels. Classes incorporate the classic steps of tap dancing while adding a fresh approach to choreography. Dancers learn to coordinate rhythm, agility, and musicality to execute clear tap sounds and movement.
Jazz
Offered to ages 4 & up in various levels. Classes focus on both classic and current styles of jazz, while keeping emphasis on technique, center, and placement. Dancers learn proper stretching, jazz technique, terminology, turns, leaps, across-the-floor progressions and combinations.
Hip Hop
Offered to ages 4 & up in various levels. Classes focus on the latest street styles of hip hop, including break-dancing, pop, & funk. Dancers are encouraged to push themselves to explore new movements and to understand the elements of choreography, music, and performance.
Jazz/Hip Hop
Offered to ages 4-6, 6-7, and 8-12. Classes include a fun combination of both jazz and hip hop dance styles.
Ballet
Offered to all ages in various levels. Ballet is the foundation of dance. Classes will focus on the classical elements of ballet, teaching students proper technique, balance, strength, body alignment, and vocabulary.
Pre-Pointe & Pointe
Pointe is an advanced extension of ballet. Dancers begin at the barre and progress to center work, turns and across the floor. Promotion to Pre-Pointe and Pointe shoes will be at the discretion of the instructor.
Progressing Ballet Technique
Offered to dancers ages 9 and up, Levels 1 and 2. PBT is a revolutionary new program designed to enhance ballet technique by specializing in muscle memory, enhancing flexibility, and using exercises to prevent injury. This class will benefit ALL types of dance.
Lyrical
Offered to ages 4 & up in various levels. Lyrical is fusion between Jazz and Ballet technique, complementing the style and rhythm of the song choice. Lyrical focuses on the “lyrics” of music to interpret a story.
Contemporary
Offered to ages 7 & up in various levels. Contemporary dance is interpretive, improvisational, and story-telling with abstract movement and choreography. This class is designed for students with previous training in ballet.
Musical Theater
Offered to ages 7 & up in various levels. Classes incorporate dance movement, musicality, singing, and acting. Emphasis is stressed in character, expression, and storytelling set to show tunes from long-time and current running Broadway Shows.
Limitless Dance
Offered to all ages and levels. This class is an accessible dance class, geared towards dancers with special needs, that focuses on the principles of dance technique while allowing students to learn at their own pace within their own bodies. Movements can be modified for students as needed on an individual basis, allowing students to learn that all bodies are capable and that dance is for everyone. The emphasis of the class is on growth in dance while learning that opportunities are limitless.
Technique
Offered to ages 7 & up. This class is a specialized class designed for Int/Adv dancers who want to improve and broaden their skills in both leaping and turning.
Adult Classes
Offered to ages 18 & up. We are proud to offer dance opportunities in Tap, Jazz, and Ballet to those over the age of 18. Our Adult dancers perform in our annual June Recital, and sometimes they even perform at local competitions. Many dancers in our Adult Classes have been dancing together for almost 20 years, proving that dance friendships are indeed long-lasting.
MOTHER-DAUGHTER AND DANCING DUDES
PDC is truly a family-oriented studio. Every year at our June Recital, we offer a fun performing opportunity to our dance parents. We have both a Mother-Daughter dance and a Dancing Dudes performance! We offer these opportunities for our dance families, and it is an exciting way for everyone to share in the art form that we all love so much – dance!
