FootNotesDanceAcademy

FOOTNOTES PROGRAMS

PreDance
PreDance is an introduction to movement concept offered to students 3-4 years of age. Through movment activites students work on developing coordination, rhythm, balance and musicality. This class is a basic introduction to dance technique and terminology.

KinderDance
KinderDance is an introductory dance class offered for students 4-6 years of age. This class teaches coordination, body awareness, and musicality in a creative and fun environment. Students are introduced to a ballet and jazz syllabus. Furthermore they get to participate in structured activities that promote creativity and movement.

Ballet
Ballet is the foundation of many other dance forms. This class is designed to improve strength, balance, technique and grace. Students learn ballet terminology and technique. Ballet, the classical form of dancing, teaches poise, body awareness, flexibility, muscle tone and alignment.

Jazz
Jazz is a form of modern dance. This high energy class improves cardiovascular and muscular endurance, flexibility, control and coordination. Students learn techniques which will help aid them in their performance to popular music. In addition, styles covered in class may be contemporary lyrical, Broadway, or street jazz (hip hop).

Hip Hop
Hip Hop is a stylized version of jazz dancing, whereby free style is combined with street jazz. Dancers are required to take skills learnt in ballet or jazz class and apply a "street" style to it. This is a high energy class with an emphasis on performance and personality. Offered to students 10 years of age and older.

Lyrical

Lyrical is the form of modern dance in which the dancer's movement is a reflection or expression of the lyrical content of a piece of music. Lyrical dance has a high emphasis on expressing of complex emotion using ballet and jazz technique.

Musical Theatre
Musical theatre is a modern dance class based on musical performance. This class combines acting, singing and dancing. This class encourages the dancer to develop stage presence and a character while dancing.

Afro-Caribbean
Afro-Caribbean is a cultural dance form derived from a fusion of African and caribbean movements to rhythmical and uptempo music such as soca and chutney and reggae. This class contains traditional and contemporary movements with a focus on dance alignment, coordination, conditioning and musicality.