Curriculum

Ballet • Lyrical • Broadway • Hip Hop • Modern • Mom & Me Dance • Tap & Jazz

*Combination Classes, *Private Coaching, *Graded levels for serious students

**Toddlers start age 12months**

• Youth Programs

Music & Move ages 12months+
This classes will help parent and child adjust to new group activities and will introduce your child to natural rhythms and first step motor skills. Suitable games, music and props will motivate self-discovery. In a stimulated environment, your child can benefit both physically and emotionally while interacting with you.

Tip Toe & Tap ages 3 - 4
Dance Combo ages 4 - 5
These combination ballet and tap lessons are suitable for a young student starting their first dance class. Join our fantasy world full of children’s songs, counting and ABC’s. Imaginative dance exercises will further the development of your toddler’s concentration using movements that are based on appropriate developmental skills.

Kids Bop Combo ages 3 – 4
Dance is a wonderful way to develop confidence and coordination. This hip hop, tap & tumble combination class boosts the idea of moving your body to improve balance and rhythm. Use of fun props and tumbling mats! Parents can be sure the music, steps and skills are age appropriate.

Tap & Jazz Fusion ages 4 – 7
This is high energy! Our combination tap and jazz class is set to popular music and entertains kids using rhythm and music exercises while at the same time introducing them to the fundamentals of dance.

Hip Hop Boppers ages 4 – 7
A new bop and tumble combination class! Each class is full of energetic rhythm and dance moves. Kids also work on cartwheels, tumbles, splits, jumps and turns. This class uses traditional clean hip hop music and tumbling mats.

Pre-Ballet ages 4 - 5
Our pre-ballet program is age-specific and based on appropriate developmental skills to introduce your young child to classical music, basic ballet positions and spatial awareness. In addition to this traditional curriculum, teachers will focus on classroom etiquette, mime, imagination, taking turns and working with others.

Primary ages 6 -7
Learning classical ballet is fun and the Primary level provides a sound foundation for the transition from pre-ballet to a formal ballet class. Guiding students towards more use of posture and technique, teachers incorporate the R.A.D. syllabus into each class. Children will also enjoy interpretive and free dance, as this is still an important part of classical training at this level.

• Junior Performing Arts Programs

Broadway Dance
ages 7 and up
Raise the curtain, it’s show time! Theater students will be learning production numbers from popular stage and screen musicals. Children enjoy clever staging and Broadway style choreography. Acting techniques, mime and voice projection are also exercised.

Lyrical
ages 7 and up
A mixture of modern ballet and jazz, this dance form expresses the inner emotion. Lyrical inter prates music or words, showing the audience the emotion of a particular piece. The lines are traditional in nature with the a technique base that determines the correct placement of body angles.

Tap & Jazz
ages 7 and up
Make music with your feet and learn the latest jazz moves in our junior level combination class. Warm ups, center work and choreographed dances are crafted together to pop music and improve timing, strength and agility.

• Teens & Adults/Seniors

Adult Elementary Ballet
For beginners and beyond, this is ideal for the once a week teen student, the adult with little or no dance experience or for the former dancer who is eager to get back in shape. This class includes stretching, barre work, center practice and allegro steps.

Jazz & Tap
Students will be studying universal dance forms that combine social dance moves with classic theater arts. This connection makes for a fun and provocative class when instructors include dynamic music from popular culture to choreograph dances and exercises week to week.

Lyrical
A mixture of modern ballet and jazz, this dance form expresses the inner emotion. Lyrical inter prates music or words, showing the audience the emotion of a particular piece. The lines are traditional in nature with the a technique base that determines the correct placement of body angles.

Yoga & Stretch
Our Yoga & Stretch class teaches a combination of yoga, Pilates and light stretch. Dancers & non-dancers welcome!

• Ballet Classes

Pre-Ballet
ages 4 - 5
Our pre-ballet program is age-specific and based on appropriate developmental skills to introduce your young child to classical music, basic ballet positions and spatial awareness. In addition to this traditional curriculum, teachers will focus on classroom etiquette, mime, imagination, taking turns and working with others.

Primary
ages 6 -7
Learning classical ballet is fun and the Primary level provides a sound foundation for the transition from pre-ballet to a formal ballet class. Guiding students towards more use of posture and technique, teachers incorporate the R.A.D. syllabus into each class. Children will also enjoy interpretive and free dance, as this is still an important part of classical training at this level.

Ballet Grades 1 - 8
ages 8 and up
Designed carefully for the aspiring dancer, all eight levels are based on the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus. Classes emphasize the joy of dance along with good posture, poise, musicality and strong classical technique. Free movement and character dance is incorporated into the syllabus as well, to further develop rhythm and style.

Character Dancing
Incorporated into all ballet grades 1-8; character dance is the theatrical presentation of national and folk dance. The basic ideas, movements, costumes and music of ethnic dances are adapted and refined. During the Romantic era, historically, is when character dancing became very popular in both ballet and opera.

Ballet Technique
ages 8 and up
These lessons are for dedicated students learning the art of classical ballet. Instructors will focus on the technical aspects of classical dance training. This class is strongly recommended for children pursuing ballet and is mandatory for all R.A.D. examination candidates.

Pre-Pointe/Pointe
ages 10 and up
This class is strongly recommended for children pursuing ballet seriously and is offered to all eligible pre-pointe and pointe students. *Must be attending Ballet Technique Class to qualify.

Classical Ballet & Pointe
Intermediate & Advanced classes include the theory and practice of barre, adage, pirouettes, allegro and strenuous pointe work. Dancers will enjoy learning classical variations and working on corps dances from historic ballets. Students may study to take R.A.D. Higher Grades or Vocational Examinations.

Private Coaching
Coaching can be beneficial to serious students and is available for children starting from age eight. Older students please inquire if you are planning to attend auditions. We also coach students for Professional Competitions and Examinations.

Ballet Enrollment Recommendations

*Ages 8+: Two classes per week are recommended to maintain a firm technical standard. Students in two or more ballet classes enjoy learning at a quicker pace.

Students entering Classical Ballet/Advanced & Pre-Professional levels: Three or more classes per week are mandatory at this level to maintain a strong technical standard. Students are encouraged to take additional classes to strengthen technique and pointe work.

Pointe Work: Restricted to qualified students 11 years of age or older who have reached a strong technical standard. Technique/Pre-Pointe & Pointe classes include an introduction to pointe work. Classical Ballet & Pointe levels incorporate strenuous pointe work.

*Royal Academy of Dance Presentations and Examinations: Only students taking the recommended amount of classes will be eligible. Technique classes do not include graded syllabus work, but are mandatory classes for R.A.D. Candidates.

Age Recommendations: Child should be turning the recommended ages as of February 1^st

NOT SURE WHAT CLASS??
Please call the school for assistance (732) 270-1110
If your class is on a day or time that is impossible for you, please let us know there may be other options available. An interview to determine proper class placement will be arranged for new students ages 10 and older, which have had previous training.