CLASSES
Next Level Dance offers classes for dancers ages 2-adult. From Mommy and Me to a variety of challenging techniques, we share our passion for dance in a fun, safe learning environment. Our classes are led by highly-educated instructors who not only care about dance, but about the growth and development of each individual.
Placement is highly individual and the factors that go into the decision are complex. Please see the school’s director if you have questions or concerns about your child’s placement.
Mommy and Me
Mommy and Me classes are a fun and interactive class for a child and parent/caretaker. Including fun dance moves, games and instruments. A wonderful introduction to dance and music.
Ages: 2-4
Ballet/Tap Combo
Dancers learn basic tap steps, ballet positions, and short, fun dance combinations. This class will begin to train the younger dancer to recognize dance terminology and the beginning of proper technique through various creative and imaginative dance.
Ages: 3-4, 5-6
Jazz/Hip Hop Combo
Dancers learn an energetic form of expression, as well as fun combinations to challenge their creativity. This class will introduce the technique of jazz and beginner hip hop moves.
Ages 3-4, 5-6
Jazz/Tumble Combo
Dancers learn an energetic form of expression, as well as fun combinations to challenge their creativity. This class will introduce the technique of jazz and beginner skills in tumbling such as cartwheels and forward rolls.
Ages: 3-4, 5-6
Ballet is the most fundamental form of all dance styles. Our ballet program is designed to enhance technique by working at the barre, in the center, and down the floor. Ballet terminology is taught throughout all levels, as well as proper body placement and technique. Dancers will develop poise, coordination, discipline, and grace, while improving their progress in all other dance styles. Ballet helps build endurance, strength and flexibility. It is strongly recommended that all dancers incorporate ballet into their dance training especially more serious dancers.
Jazz classes focus on developing strength, flexibility, and body control by using center warm-ups and across the floor exercises. Skills such as isolations, extensions, leaps and turns are incorporated in order to create an energetic form of expression and fun combinations to challenge our dancers.
Contemporary dance classes are a creative and expressive form of dance that combine elements of various dance styles such as ballet, jazz, modern, and improvisation. Contemporary classes provide a supportive and creative environment for dancers to explore movement, and individuality while developing their own artistic voice.
Hip Hop classes are dynamic in movement, incorporating elements of popping, locking and break dancing. Hip Hop combines elements of various styles of dance such as jazz funk, and urban dance. Dancers are encouraged to step outside of the box by bringing their own individual style and personality to the movements.
Acro classes will teach students how to blend the grace and fluidity of dance with the strength and flexibility of acrobatics. Students will learn such skills as handstands, cartwheels, backbends and aerials. Students will then learn how to incorporate these skills seamlessly into dance choreography creating dynamic and visually stunning routines.
Tap classes enable our dancers to develop both musicality and coordination while focusing on rhythm and sound quality. Dancers learn how to use their ears to carefully listen while producing musical rhythms with their feet. In class students will learn various tap steps such as shuffles, flaps and time steps. They will then put them into combinations and routines.
Musical Theatre is a jazz-based class filled with Broadway style dancing and music. Classes incorporate the style of dance one would typically see on a Broadway stage. This form of dancing emphasizes learning performance skills such as connecting with the audience and facial expressions.