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18 months (or walking) - 2.5 years

Dancers participate with an adult. This class is for dancers who have never been in a class setting before. Dancers will learn how to interact with an instructor, their peers and learn awareness of their own bodies and space. 

What Does My Dancer Learn?

Body Awareness

Spatial Awareness

How to prepare for class

Learning from an instructor

Interacting with Peers

Motor Development

Locomotive Movement

Improvisational Dance

Musicality

When Does this Class Meet?

Monday 4-4:30pm

Saturday 10:30-11am

2.5-4 years

Dancers participate on their own in this class. This class is for dancers who are within age range and just starting tumbling. Dancers will learn basic tumbling skills, coordination and strength through obstacle courses. 

What Does My Dancer Learn?

Body Awareness

Spatial Awareness

How to prepare for class

Learning from an instructor

Interacting with Peers

Balance

Somersaults

Donkey Kicks/Handstands

Rolling Backwards

Flexibility & Strength

Other basic tumbling skills

When Does this Class Meet?

Monday 3:30-4:00pm

2.5 years - 4 years

Dancers will be in class all on their own. We also begin dress code with a leotard and tights that must be purchased at MPA. Dress Code creates responsibility and discipline in the classroom.

What Does My Dancer Learn?

Ballet and Tap Vocabulary

Basic Ballet skills such as turn out, plie, releve, passe, saute and more.

Basic Tap skills such as brush, step, stamp, march and shuffle.

Parts of the body, foot and shoe.

Continuation of Body Awareness

Spatial Awareness

Motor Development

Locomotive Movement

Improvisational Dance

Musicality

When Does this Class Meet?

Monday 4-4:45pm (2.5-3.5yrs)

Tuesday 1:30-2:15pm (2.5-4yrs)

Thursday 5:45-6:30pm (3.5-4.5yrs)

Saturday 9:45-10:30am (2.5-3.5yrs)

4 years - 5 years

Dancers will be in class all on their own. This class does have a specific dress code with a leotard and tights that must be purchased at MPA. 

What Does My Dancer Learn?

Ballet and Tap Vocabulary Expanded

Ballet skills such as spotting, leaping, stretching, all ballet positions, port de bras and more.

Tap skills such as flap, paradiddles, paddles, shuffle variations and more.

Continuation of Body AwarenessSpatial AwarenessMotor DevelopmentLocomotive MovementImprovisational DanceMusicality

When Does this Class Meet?

Monday 4:45-5:30pm

Tuesday 1:30-2:15pm

Thursday 5:45-6:30pm

Saturday 11:00-11:45am

3 years - 5 years

Dancers will be in class all on their own. The dress code for this class is any comfortable clothing and clean sneakers.

What Does My Dancer Learn?

Basic Hip Hop Terminology

Weight shifting

Body halves

Isolations

Distinction in types of movement

How to make your movement look like your music

Improvisational movement

Sequences of movement that can be done in place and how to move that across the floor

Basic breaking skills on the floor

When Does the Class Meet?

Monday 5:30-6:00pm

Tuesday 2:15-3pm

3 years - 5 years

Dancers will be in class all on their own. The dress code for this class is any comfortable clothing and clean sneakers (dancers will go barefoot for the tumbling portion).

What Does My Dancer Learn?

Basic Hip Hop Terminology

Weight shifting

Body halves

Isolations

Distinction in types of movement

How to make your movement look like your music

Improvisational movement

Sequences of movement that can be done in place and how to move that across the floor

Basic breaking skills on the floor

Basic Tumbling skills

Somersaults, Handstands, Hips over head, Tuck and Arch, Bridge and more.

When Does the Class Meet?

Tuesdays 2:15-3:00pm