Toddler Toodaloo (12-36 months with care giver) Help your child learn to move his/her body purposefully through space. Gross motor movements such as rocking, marching, jumping and skipping will be introduced. Creative movement is encouraged through imaginative play and free dance. Children play with hoops, a parachute, scarves and beanbags to explore the dance space and their movement potential. Pre-requisite: None Dress Code: Comfortable play clothes, no dresses, skirts.

Dance Stories 1 (Ages 3-5) Children will learn basic dance vocabulary through teacher and student generated dance stories. Class will begin with a teacher directed warm-up that will start with smaller movements and progress to large locomotor movements across the floor. The teacher may read a story to the children or talk about a movement concept that will provide inspiration for that day's dance. This class is intended as an independent dance class although parents will occasionally be welcomed into the dance space at the end of class to watch the students perform. Pre-requisite: None Dress Code: Comfortable play clothes (no jeans, skirts or dresses) or leotard and footless tights, bare feet.

Dance Stories 2
(Ages 4-5)
The class is 45 min. and will focus on ballet terms and specific dance steps. Students will learn movement patterning and sequencing, and will experiment with spatial awareness and self-expression.

Pre-requisite: Dance Stories 1 or teacher approval.

Dress Code: Comfortable play clothes (no jeans, skirts or dresses) or leotard & footless tights, bare feet.

Dance and Art In Me (Ages 4-6) Children will explore the world of dance, art and literature and the ways in which these three arts are interconnected. Experimenting with movement concepts and concepts of visual arts, children will delve into the practice of self-expression, group participation and performance. Pre-requisite: None Dress Code: Comfortable play clothes (no jeans, skirts or dresses) or leotard and footless tights, bare feet. Smock

Beginning Dance 1 and 2 (Ages 6-8) Beginning dancers will take this class that covers the basics of all four fundamental dance styles: Ballet, Modern, Jazz and Tap. Learn what the differences are, and the similarities as well as some of the history behind these three movement practices. Answer the question: What is modern dance anyway?All this in a supportive and friendly environment. Beginning Dance 1 is for dancers new to the studio and Beginning Dance 2 is for continuing students not yet ready to focus on one dance style or for older dancers for whom this is their first dance class. Pre-requisite: Beginning Dance 1: Dance Stories 2 or for dancers age 6 that are new to the studio. Beginning Dance 2: Beginning Dance 1 or for dancers age 7 and up for whom this is their first dance class. Dress Code: Leotard, tights, leggings or jazz pants, tap shoes (check our swap box or order a new pair at the front desk). Boys: plain white or black T-shirt, shorts, sweat pants or jazz pants. Ballet 1 (all ballet classes are taught within the framework of the Vaganova method)