Breakdance
A freestyle dance medium, utilizing a combination of style and power movements involving drops and spins. Individuality is shown in intricate footwork and freezes.

Classical Ballet
Body alignment, technique, musicality, aesthetic purity of line, and grace coalesce to produce a wonderful fluidity of movement. Dance Co. offers ballet classes and examinations in the Cecchetti training method.

Contemporary
A constantly evolving style of movement that is initiated from an emotional standpoint. Based on the Graham, Limon and Cunningham techniques with an athletic approach.

Hip Hop
Dance at its rawest form, Hip Hop dance combines ultra funky movements like ‘locking', ‘popping' and ‘breaking' to produce a high energy, rhythmic dance style. The body moves out of control then back into control snapping into position, collapsing, then snapping back.

Jazz
Fast moving, action-packed style of dance using dynamic, high-energy movement. Jazz technique develops flexibility and co-ordination of total body.

Lyrical
Continuous gentle flowing technical jazz movements which blend smoothly from one to the next to interpret slower-paced music tempos. Emphasis is on expressive, fluid movements.

Stage
Combines the elements of voice, theatre and different dance mediums to produce entertaining, Broadway-type routines.

Street Jazz
A commercialized form of jazz dance based on “street”/African rhythms infusing any combination of trends such as Hip Hop, Funk, Rap and Breakdancing.

Tap
A very high-energy style of dance, where rhythm, style and technique are intertwined to let your feet play the music. Dance Co. also offers CDTA tap examination classes.

Acro
Acrobatics teaches flexibility, balance, strength, muscle control, and above all, discipline & concentration. Acro class builds upon each year using the CDTA graded syllabus.

Body Conditioning
Strengthening muscles in isolation for specific movements in dance.

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