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Jazz Dance

 

Jazz dance combines techniques of classical ballet and modern dance with the current forms of popular dance. Jazz also has its own movement vocabulary ranging from the isolation of certain body parts to the movement of the entire body with the accents of musical rhythms.   Jazz Dance and Commerical Jazz Dance are forms often seen in popular music video clips.

 

Tap Dance

 

Tap dance is a type of dance characterised by using the sounds of metal taps affixed to the heel and toe of shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion, coupled with both characteristic and interpretative body movements. Often seen in the old Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly and Shirley Temple movies. 

 

 

Classical Ballet

 

Classical ballet is the traditional, formal style of ballet that exclusively employ classical ballet technique. It is known for its aesthetics and rigorous technique, its flowing, precise movements, and its ethereal qualities.   Classical Ballet technique is the foundation of all dance styles.  Our classes use the Borovansky method taught under the TAAD syllabus.

 

 

Neo Classical Ballet

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Neoclassical ballet is a 20th-century style of ballet grounded on classical ballet. It retains classical technique but is less rigid. It builds upon the traditions of the classical ballet vocabulary by extending lines and positions, playing with speed and freedom of movement. 

 

 

Lyrical Dance

 

Lyrical dance is a dance style that embodies various aspects of ballet, jazz, acrobatics, and modern dance.  It uses music with lyrics to inspire the movements of the dancer.  Choreographers use the lyrics from the song to inspire the dance movements and tell the story and emotion of the song.  The style is usually danced at a faster pace than ballet but not as fast as jazz.

 

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Contemporary Dance

 

Contemporary dance is a style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including modern, jazz, lyrical and classical ballet. Contemporary dance tends to combine the strong but controlled legwork of ballet with modern that stresses on torso. It also employs contract-release, floor work, fall and recovery, and improvisation characteristics of modern dance.

 

 

Musical Theatre

 

A combination of singing, dancing and acting. This is the perfect class for the triple threat students.   A typical session of musical theatre for kids involves vocal warmups using Broadway numbers, choosing a favourite character and acting out scenes, and learning the choreography to a Big Chorus Number!

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