We offer beginner through advanced, children's pre-school to adult classes for men and women. Classes are 45 minutes - 1 hour depending upon age of student, type of dance and enrollment.
Creative Movement: Ages 2-4. This class is for young children to begin to learn basic dance and to express themselves through motion. Classes include stretching, singing and movement games.
Pre-Ballet/Tap: Ages 3 1/2 - 5. Basic ballet and tap steps plus singing and educational dance games.
Ballet: Ballet is the basis for all dance study. Classes begin with barre work and include center work and jumps, technical combinations across the floor, and variations danced to classical music.
Pointe: Ballet danced on pointe or "toe" shoes for ballet dancers with more advanced technique.
Jazz: Jazz is a fast-paced, dynamic style of dance to jazz and up-beat modern music. Classes begin with isolations and stretches, followed by progressions across the floor and combinations in the center.
Tap: Tap is a dance of sounds and rhythms. Classes include warm-up at the barre, basic steps, progressions across the floor and combinations to modern, Broadway, swing and blues music.
Lyrical: Lyrical is a flowing, inspirational style of jazz incorporating elements of ballet, modern and jazz dance. Class consists of stretching, progressions across the floor and combinations that express emotion or tell a story.
Hip Hop: Hip hop is a style of jazz incorporating basic dance steps with a high energy street style. Class includes a full warm-up and stretch, breakdown of stylized moves and a combination.
Private Classes: For individuals wanting to work on technique, at the availability of the director. Students interested in private lessons must obtain advance permission from the director.
ACTING/AUDITION CLASSES
Audition Class: The audition class is designed for individuals who have had some acting classes and would like to learn the proper way to audition. Classes are held on Saturday afternoons.
Acting Class: Acting classes will be offered starting in October.
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Dance Center of Waltham • 745 Moody Street • Waltham, MA 02453 • 781-647-3562