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The Cheer and Dance classes focus primarily on teaching the popular skills that are largely required for school cheer teams, dance teams and competitive teams.  The classes concentrate on teaching correct body positions and proper technique for skills and movement.  Flexibility and strength will be an integral part of the classes as they are imperative to learn and maintain proper form and execution.  Choreography will be taught so students can be familiarized with rhythm and timing in movement. Student-to-teacher ratios do not exceed 8 to 1.

 

 

MINI CHEERLEADING (Ages 3-5) This class is designed to perfect motions, jumps and dance movements.  Participants learn motion drills and jumps while conditioning and strengthening the arms, legs, and abs.  Side hurdlers, front hurdlers, pikes and toe touches are taught.  This class is great for school, recreation and All-Star Cheer and Dance students.

 

YOUTH CHEERLEADING(Ages 6-11) This class is designed to perfect motions, jumps and dance movements.  Participants learn motion drills and jumps while conditioning and strengthening the arms, legs, and abs.  Side hurdlers, front hurdlers, pikes and toe touches are taught.  This class is great for school, recreation and All-Star Cheer and Dance students.

 

HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING (Ages 12 and up) This class is designed to perfect motions, jumps and dance movements.  Participants learn motion drills and jumps while conditioning and strengthening the arms, legs, and abs.  Side hurdlers, front hurdlers, pikes and toe touches are taught.  This class is great for school, recreation and All-Star Cheer and Dance students.

 

BEGINNER DANCE (Ages 5 and up) This class is designed to introduce basic technique and movement in dance.  Students need no prior background or training.  Participants will learn proper body placement, kicks, pirhouettes, leaps, and various other combinations.  Students will learn choreography that utilizes the newly learned skills, and to improve the dancer’s understanding of rhythm, timing and tempo.

 

INTERMEDIATE DANCE(Ages 8 and up)  This class is designed for students with some basic knowledge of dance technique, skills and movement.  Participants will combine dance technique and conditioning to strengthen the arms, abs, legs and feet.  Skills include single and double pirhouettes, kicks, leaps, and various turning jumps and leaps.  Students will learn choreography to illustrate the developed skills and to better her/his understanding of rhythm, strength in movement and the necessary control of movements.

 

ADVANCED DANCE(Ages 10 and up) This class is designed for students with experience and knowledge of skills in all areas of dance.  Participants will continue to strengthen single and double pirhouettes, kicks and leaps, but will additionally advance to learn fuete turns, switch leaps, triple pirhouettes and other advanced jumps and combinations.  The choreography taught in class will be advanced movement illustrating skills learned in class, and contemporary style of dance used today in entertainment and competitive teams.  

 

HIP HOP DANCE(Ages 5-11, 12-18, Adult) This class is designed for students of all ages who want to learn popular hip hop dance moves, improve rhythm and timing, and have fun.  Students will learn hip hop routines in the class, with some emphasis on correct body placement and execution of hip hop dance moves.  There is no prerequisite to enter into this class.

 

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