Helmer Dance Studio

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2/3 year old Predance (30 minutes) Children ages 2 to 3 learn basic movement skills and how to coordinate movement with music through play. They are introduced to dance concepts including tendu, plie, chasse, releve, arabesque, saute and passé. They also begin to learn basic ballet positions. Activities include playing with bean bags, scarves, pom poms, bubbles, sticks and ponies. Pre-dance students also learn tumbling skills. Parents are allowed to stay in the room with nervous 2/3 year olds but we encourage them to watch from the viewing windows if their little dancer is comfortable in the dance room without them. Pre-dance students perform two routines in the recital matinee, a recital piece by themselves and the finale piece with all the classes. 3/4 year old Tap/Ballet/Tumbling (45 minutes) Children ages 3 to 4 continue learning basic movement skills and how to coordinate movement with music through play. In addition, they are taught basic tap and ballet skills including shuffle, tap steps, heel steps, toe backs, popcorn, ballet positions, tendu, passé, chasse, releve, and plie. These steps are incorporated into the 2 recital pieces that they perform in the recital matinee. They also perform in the finale piece with all the classes. The last 10-15 minutes of class is devoted to tumbling skills. 4/5 year old and 5/6 Tap/Ballet (1 hour) Children ages 4 to 6 begin to learn more advanced tap steps and combinations as well as begin to work on more structured ballet skills. They also continue with Tumbling skills. They learn one tap routine and one ballet routine which they perform in the recital matinee along with the finale piece. Although the play activities including the sticks, pom poms and ponies are continued to keep it fun for them, they also learn how to participate in a more structured dance class that includes drill and repetition to ensure that technical skills are learned correctly and consistently reinforced. Students in the 5/6 tap ballet class who are eagerly awaiting jazz class are given basic “pre-jazz” experiences during the 2nd half of the year. They will learn how to perform a basic jazz warm up as well as some basic jazz moves. All 6 year olds must have a firm ballet foundation before attempting jazz class. They will get this foundation in the tap/ballet class. 6/7 Tap/Jazz (1 hour) Students ages 6 to 7 begin to learn basic jazz movements including the Lindy, Jazz Square, Chasse, Grande Jete, Chaine turns, and head, shoulder and hip isolations. They learn the importance of the jazz warm up and proper stretching techniques. Tap skills are continued and are getting more and more advanced. Depending on the level of the class, they begin to learn Irishes, Maxi Ford, Buffalos, Shuffle Ball Change and Time Steps. 6/7 Tap Jazz students perform one tap routine and one jazz routine to age appropriate music with age appropriate costumes in one evening recital. They also perform in a finale piece. Tap/Jazz 7 and up (1 hour) We have several levels of tap jazz classes ranging from beginning to advanced. The skills taught in each class vary depending on the level of the students in the class.

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