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Call 631-587-6860 or email danceodyssey@gmail.com for schedules
Class Descriptions
Creative
Ages: 2-3 years
Description: This class is designed for our youngest students. It is intended to foster the ability to translate music to movement, with lessons that keep students engaged. This class will include movements to introduce and develop balance, rhythm and coordination in imaginative ways, and prepare students for future dance classes.
Tap
Ages: 3+ years / Advanced classes are available for students 14+ upon teacher approval
Description: A unique form of dance where sound is created through metal taps on the heel and toe of tap shoes; tap dance is both a form of dance and music. Students will learn rhythm tap vocabulary, with basic exercises and complex combinations that emphasize beat, control and coordination.
Ballet
Ages: 3-12 years
Description: Ballet is a classical dance form that emphasizes grace, and is considered the foundation for all other dance forms. Students will learn ballet vocabulary, barre work, leaps and turns, stretching and strengthening. Focus will be placed on musicality and technique, while emphasizing proper placement and coordination or arms, legs and feet.
Pre-Pointe
Ages: 13+ years
Description: This class is dedicated to teaching pointe fundamentals. Movement is aimed to develop balance and coordination, while focusing on proper body alignment, transitions and musicality.
Pointe
Ages: 14+ Upon teacher approval
Description: Pointe involves ballet movement, performed on the tips of the toes. This class is for students who have completed at least one year of pre-pointe and requires teacher approval. Hard-toe pointe shoes are required to be worn during class.
Jazz
Ages: 13+ years
Description: Jazz combines ballet technique with modern movement. Students will learn a variety of stylized choreography and combinations, with a focus on leaps and turns. This class will emphasize strengthening technique with energy, rhythmical accuracy and style.
Broadway Jazz
Ages: 8-14 years
Description: This class will introduce students to a theatrical style of dance. Students will learn the importance of stage presence while reinforcing jazz technique.
Hip-Hop
Ages: 3+ years / Advanced classes are available for students 14+ upon teacher approval
Description: Hip-Hop is a modern, energetic, and expressive street-style form of dance. Students will be exposed to both hip-hop and jazz technique, with focus on attitude, funk and high-energy movements.
Lyrical
Ages: 12+ years / Advanced classes are available for students 14+ upon teacher approval
Description: Lyrical dance combines fundamentals of jazz and ballet with expressive movements that tell a story. Students will learn lyrical technique, with an emphasis on emotion and expression.
Ages: 2-3 years
Description: This class is designed for our youngest students. It is intended to foster the ability to translate music to movement, with lessons that keep students engaged. This class will include movements to introduce and develop balance, rhythm and coordination in imaginative ways, and prepare students for future dance classes.
Tap
Ages: 3+ years / Advanced classes are available for students 14+ upon teacher approval
Description: A unique form of dance where sound is created through metal taps on the heel and toe of tap shoes; tap dance is both a form of dance and music. Students will learn rhythm tap vocabulary, with basic exercises and complex combinations that emphasize beat, control and coordination.
Ballet
Ages: 3-12 years
Description: Ballet is a classical dance form that emphasizes grace, and is considered the foundation for all other dance forms. Students will learn ballet vocabulary, barre work, leaps and turns, stretching and strengthening. Focus will be placed on musicality and technique, while emphasizing proper placement and coordination or arms, legs and feet.
Pre-Pointe
Ages: 13+ years
Description: This class is dedicated to teaching pointe fundamentals. Movement is aimed to develop balance and coordination, while focusing on proper body alignment, transitions and musicality.
Pointe
Ages: 14+ Upon teacher approval
Description: Pointe involves ballet movement, performed on the tips of the toes. This class is for students who have completed at least one year of pre-pointe and requires teacher approval. Hard-toe pointe shoes are required to be worn during class.
Jazz
Ages: 13+ years
Description: Jazz combines ballet technique with modern movement. Students will learn a variety of stylized choreography and combinations, with a focus on leaps and turns. This class will emphasize strengthening technique with energy, rhythmical accuracy and style.
Broadway Jazz
Ages: 8-14 years
Description: This class will introduce students to a theatrical style of dance. Students will learn the importance of stage presence while reinforcing jazz technique.
Hip-Hop
Ages: 3+ years / Advanced classes are available for students 14+ upon teacher approval
Description: Hip-Hop is a modern, energetic, and expressive street-style form of dance. Students will be exposed to both hip-hop and jazz technique, with focus on attitude, funk and high-energy movements.
Lyrical
Ages: 12+ years / Advanced classes are available for students 14+ upon teacher approval
Description: Lyrical dance combines fundamentals of jazz and ballet with expressive movements that tell a story. Students will learn lyrical technique, with an emphasis on emotion and expression.