Recital FAQ's

13+ Year Olds:

This class is a continuation of knowledge and skill building for the ballet student. Generally, students at this level have had 2-3 years of ballet (not including Pre-Ballet) and are 9 years old or older. The class is structured like all classical ballet classes are; starting with light warm up, then barre work, stretching, centre, across the floor and combinations. It focuses on terminology, correct technique and body placement and execution of steps. More challenging and lengthy combinations are presented to students as well as barre work only being demonstrated on one side. A wonderful class for any dancer!

This class will be challenging for the advance student, while also developing your technique, strength and skills. For the serious dancer who wants to push herself and improve overall.

The ultimate goal of every ballerina is to dance on Pointe! This class is a great introduction for the beginner Pointe student as well as perfect for the experienced ballerina. Miss Ximena brings a world of experience and knowledge to help you become the the ballerina you wish to be! Generally, this class is not large guaranteeing personal, one on one attention to each dancer.

This class is a fabulous extension of the beginner level. It continues to teach the students the foundation of jazz while building on the skills they have. It teaches more challenging and lengthy combinations and progressions and requires students to recall and perform sets of steps on their own.

For the advanced serious dancer, this class challenges and expands skills and technique using popular music. Class is taught by a former collegiate dance team dancer. Perfect for the middle or high school dancer!

Contemporary/Lyrical Jazz is the integration of Ballet and Modern Dance. This dance style displays elegant motions and focuses on the free expression of body movements. It often combines slow, or melodic music with ballet and smooth movements to tell a story or express an emotion. It is available for students ages 10 and up.

This is a fabulous continuation of skills, terminology, and technique for students who have already had 2-3 years of hip hop or are in middle school. This class offers more challenging progression of skills, steps, and movements. Students will be asked to perform without as much teacher lead help. It’s a great class for dancers who are ready to express themselves and take their hip hop to the next level.

This year we are combining our most advanced levels of Jazz and Hip Hop. This will give our most advanced students more dance for their dollars! It will allow students more time to work on technique and really have the chance to dance. Students in this class are generally high school age and will LOVE this new combination of classes! Enrollment needs approval by instructor.

This is an amazing continuation of the basics for tap. In this class, students who have had 2-3 years of tap already (not including pretap or kinderdance). It is a challenging and fast paced class that works on speed, memory and correct execution of steps for the proper sound. Students in this class are generally but not limited to ages 10 and up. This class is taught by Miss Kim who is excellent at bringing out the amazing tapper in every student no matter what they start at!

If you love Tap, you'll LOVE Clogging. If you just want to dance, you will also LOVE Clogging! It is a fun, fast paced, combination of Tap, Irish Step, Hip Hop, and Jazz. It recently has been more infused with Hip Hop, Jazz, speed and quality of sounds. It used to be associated with Square dancing but is VERY different now.

A fabulous opportunity for any dancer who loves to perform. The dance team performs 4 to 5 times throughout the year are various community events and benefits. Dancers must be enrolled in the dance team class and one other dance class. Ages 7-middle school. We will potentially participate in the Dance Masters of America competitions and convention this year.

Learn more about our Dance Teams here!

Give your child the gifts & skills that last a lifetime! Enroll your teen or child in a ballet, hip hop dance or jazz class in Leavenworth/Lansing, KS today! Contact us with any questions!