CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

BALLET

Ballet is a widespread form of artistic dance performed to music using precise and highly formalized vocabulary and technical steps characterized by light, graceful, fluid movements and pointe shoes.

Neo-Classical (Contemporary) Ballet

Neo-classical ballet focuses on incorporating the minimalistic and abstract movement of ballet. There is no detailed narrative and a heavy theatrical setting of traditional classical ballet. The steps themselves become the more modern narrative story.

Contemporary

Contemporary is a style of expressive dance that blends elements of modern, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, and classical ballet. This dance genre often incorporates floor work and allows dancers to express themselves through movement and breath.

Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT)

PBT is a body-conditioning and strengthening program designed to improve students’ technique. Using an exercise ball, the student gains an understanding of posture and transference of weight while feeling each correct muscle group working.

Pre-Pointe

Pre-Pointe is a pointe preparation class for serious ballet students interested in dancing en pointe. We focus exercises on strengthening the feet and ankles and reviewing skills crucial for safe and successful future pointe work.

Pointe

Pointe dancing is traditionally a technique for women, where the dancer will stand on the tips of their toes in specially designed shoes called ‘pointe shoes.’ This class is offered only to students who are technically and physically capable of dancing on pointe.

MODERN/JAZZ

Modern/Jazz dance class will build on classical ballet by focusing on precision through movement. This style of dance includes strength, flexibility, conditioning technique and progressions including turns, battements, and jumps to fast paced music. Modern/Jazz is Rhythmic with unique moves and is exciting, and energetic to watch.

LYRICAL

Lyrical dance builds on the fundamentals of ballet and jazz to express fluidity, grace, and musicality through softer movement. This class will focus on emotional expression through dance.

JESUS BEES BOP Hip-Hop CLASS

Jesus Bees Bop Hip Hop will be a hybrid praise and worship hip hop dance class. This class will be high energy and fast paced. Using hip hop fundamentals this class helps students to develop rhythm, musicality, coordination, and precision while worshiping God.

WORSHIP DANCE CLASS

Worship dance class will blend different styles of dance together to bring glory to God. This class will include a 15 min devotional, 15 min of contemporary technique, and 30 min of choreography and improv.

Heavenly Rhythms

Heavenly Rhythms introduces the students to the joys of combining imagination and movement with music and introducing the fundamentals of Ballet. This class will teach improvisation, ballet technique, and how to use the gift of dance to worship God.