Dance
Classes at SABA
Creative
Dance II (ages 4-5)
Designed to develop your child's movement and classroom skills through creative play, music and dance. This
class will focus on ballet technique and will prepare students to move into a classical beginning ballet class.
Pre-School Ballet and Tap Combo (Ages
4-5)
This fun
and energetic class if perfect for those students wanting a variety of dance at a young ages. Students will focus on basic
ballet and tap technique in this 45 minute class. Students will also be able to perform a ballet dance piece and a tap dance
piece at the recital in May.
Beginning Ballet (ages 6 and up)
This class emphasizes the development of classical ballet skills with a focus
on proper placement, alignment and coordination of port de bras with leg and footwork. Students will learn ballet vocabulary
through barre and center work while building strength and flexibility. This class is appropriate for students who have had
Creative Movement II and older students with little to no ballet experience.
Ballet 1 (ages 8-up)
This hour long class is a continuation
of Pre Ballet and continues to build students repertoire of ballet skills and terminology through warm-up, barre work, and
center. Students will refine their motor skills and learn control of their own bodies while discovering the joy of classical
ballet. This class is appropriate for students who have had at least two years of ballet training.
Beginning Tap (ages 6 and up)
An introduction to the
rhythm and coordination of tap dance. Students will learn the proper tap technique to create clean distinct sounds and later
be introduced to rhythmic layering.
Intermediate Tap (ages 8-13)
This course is for dancers with previous tap experience or who have successfully
mastered a majority of elements taught in our Beginner Tap course. Students will learn full length tap combinations
that will focus on precise steps and foot articulation, rhythmic awareness and layering, movement through space and will incorporate
the use of arm and full body dynamics used in performing tap
Beginning Jazz (ages 6 and up)
An
introduction to the energy and dynamic of jazz technique. Students will be introduced to parallel positions and begin to explore
the direct, decisive, and sharp facet of jazz technique and its various rhythms. Students will work on the fundamentals including
flexibility, jumps and turns. This is high energy class is sure to keep your little one dancing to the latest kids pop music!
Intermediate Jazz (ages 8-13)
A continuation of beginner Jazz. This class
is for students with a sound dance background. Dynamic, energy, placement, improvisation, and intermediate level jumps and
turns will be worked on. Classes will alternate between classical jazz, pop jazz and musical theatre jazz
Advanced Jazz
A continuation of Intermediate Jazz for advanced students.
Jr. Hip Hop (ages 8-12)
This class
teaches rhythm, musicality, coordination, and age-appropriate hip hop choreography with no suggestive music/movement.
This is an excellent class for high-energy kids who want to take a fast and fun dance class
Open Hip Hop (ages 13 -up)
Hip hop class is a very stylized form of
street dance using isolations, popping, and free styled movement. These upbeat high tempo classes aim to develop not only
technique but self confidence and stage performance as well.
