CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Test Dance School Company is a dance school with an emphasis on traditional/classic dance technique training. We believe dance teaches many valuable life lessons and we hope your child will benefit from all that dance has to offer.
The amount of dance training a student has had is used as a guideline, but not as a rule. Some children are born with a gift and some have to work harder to achieve it. You will have the opportunity to personally meet with Kelly Peterson to discuss class placement for your child.
All classes are taught according to the level outlined in the class descriptions below. More advanced dancers will be allowed the opportunity to move up a level, or possibly form an alternate class with other students of the same ability but not necessarily the same age. Advance placement and alternate scheduling will be at the discretion of TDS.
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Fall Class Descriptions
Creative Movement/Tap A 45-minute Combo class designed for our youngest dancers. Dancers will have fun learning pre-Ballet movement to popular children's music through singing and movement games. The Tap portion of the class introduces basic skills through rhythm and coordination activities.
Beginner Ballet/Tap 45-minutes
A Combo class for children who are not yet attending Kindergarten. Imagination and creative play still plays an important role at this age. Very much like our Creative Movement classes, the dancers will continue Pre-Ballet movement with initial exposure to basic technique. The Tap portion of the class introduces basic Tap skills through rhythm and coordination activities.
Kinder/1st Grade Ballet/TapCombo Class 45-minutes
A fun and interactive Combo class that allows students to continue to enjoy expressing themselves through the art of dance. This class is built on basic Ballet and Tap movements, but is still appropriate for the first-time dancer. Dancers will enjoy learning basic Ballet and Tap terminology and technique.
2nd/3rd Grade Ballet and Jazz Classes 45 mintues
This class for second/third graders is an interactive class that builds on basic movements, but is still appropriate for the first-time dancer. This class includes technique enrichment through Ballet barre exercises, as well as, a technique-driven progression and center floor portion to class. This class includes an introduction to proper warm-ups and stretches for the body, combined with across-the-floor progressions and mini Jazz combinations. This class offers students a complete class including extensive technique using proper warm up, progressions, center floor work, and choreography.
4th/5th Grade Ballet and Jazz Classes 1 hour each
Offers students an interactive class that builds on basic movements, yet is still appropriate for the first-time dancer. This class includes technique enrichment through Ballet barre exercises, as well as a technique-driven progression and center floor portion to Ballet class. This class introduces students to proper warm-ups and stretches for the body combined with across-the-floor progressions and mini Jazz combinations. This class offers students a complete class including extensive technique using proper warm-up, progressions, center floor work, and choreography.
Elementary Tap 45 minute class- This class is meant for students in grades 2nd-5th, who have taken at least one year of tap previously. The class will focus on basic rhythms while pushing skill knowledge into more intricate combinations.
MS/HS Jazz/Contemporary/Lyrical - 1 hour class This class focuses on a style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres, including modern, jazz, lyrical & classical ballet. This style strives to connect the mind & body through fluid dance movemnt. This class is good for beginner to advanced dancers.
MS/HS Ballet-1 hour This class offers a traditional, classic ballet class with an emphasis on technique. This class includes extensive barre work, followed by progressions with an emphasis on leaps and jumps, and ending with center floor work focusing on turns and choreography.
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