Class Descriptions

4K & Kindergarten

Creative Movement

Creative Movement focuses on a child’s quick sense of success using games, music, and physical tasks. Dancers, typically ages 4-6 years old, work to stretch, balance, and control their bodies. Creative Movement prepares students for all genres of dance. The class is fun, fast-paced, and full of energy! Perfect for the first time dancer. Ballet shoes are required.

Elementary: Combo Classes

Our Combo classes allow dancers to learn a variety of styles and explore outside their comfort zones in a single class (which also means less driving to the studio for grown-ups!). Our Combo classes perform one dance per style in our show. This means Combo classes perform two pieces! Combo classes are divided based on grade level:

Kindergarten & 1st Grade
2nd & 3rd Grade
4th & 5th Grade

Jazz

Our goal in Jazz is to learn technique and fundamentals that easily translate to other genres of dance, such as hip hop and tap. Dancers work on flexibility, body awareness, and self-discipline. Jazz is offered as part of a combo class at BRAVO, as it compliments both tap and ballet technique at a beginning level. Black jazz shoes are required.

Tap

Beginning Tap is learning basic steps and combinations, focusing on foot isolations and tap terminology. Rhythms are simple and fun as we explore the different sounds that can be made with each part of the footwear. Black tap shoes are required for this class.

Ballet

This class is for the dancer who can’t stop twirling in the kitchen while you’re making dinner! Ballet is a gentle introduction to the world of ballet, including technique, barre work, and across the floor. Never boring, Ballet is sets a fun, firm foundation for every dancer. Pink ballet shoes are required.

4th & 5th Grade

Musical Theatre

Musical Theater class explores dramatized movements with character exploration to better enhance a story. These dancers learn to portray a character, and tell their story with their bodies. Dancers learn about musicals, theater performance and musical theatre history in addition to dance technique! Students are encouraged to take risks and push their imaginations to create larger than life characters! Black jazz shoes are required for this class.

Ballet

Our goal for this level is to build on the basic understanding of ballet technique and vocabulary. This class is ideal for those dancers who want to strengthen their technique as it offers a more focused environment. Students get an emphasis on barre work and positions of the body. Focus is placed on correct alignment, strengthening, toning, and flexibility of the muscles. Pink ballet shoes are required.

Middle School: Grades 6th-8th

Lyrical

Lyrical movement is a cousin to ballet. With more forgiving technique, lyrical is often performed in parallel and has a more emotive style. Students experiment with fluid motions, sustained balance, flexibility, and grace. Lyrical class is a wonderful way to gain experience in the genre. Pink ballet shoes are required.

Hip Hop

At BRAVO, we strike the perfect balance between pop culture and the foundations that the art of dance was based upon. Students get the movements they like with the structure they need, and our parents are happy to see their students perform fresh, cool movements that are age appropriate. Our Hip Hop reflects classic movements seen from dance teams to Broadway and brings a street flavor to the art of dance. Solid black sneakers are required.

Jazz

Our goal for our jazz level is to improve and expand upon the fundamentals of basic technique, and have dancers start to explore their own personal stage presence. We stress age-appropriate body isolation, the emotions behind movements, and more complex combinations. Black jazz shoes are required.

Middle School & High School Combined

Musical Theatre

Middle & High School Combined

Formerly called Dance Theater, our Musical Theater class explores dramatized movements with character exploration to better enhance a story. Similar to “Glee” performances, our Musical Theater students take a song and turn it into a production! In addition to learning principal dance movements, this class also delves into character study, scene analysis, and stage presence. Students are encouraged to take risks and push their imaginations to create larger than life characters! Black jazz shoes are required for this class.

Beginning/Intermediate Contemporary

Middle & High School Combined

Contemporary dance is much more than just a combination of ballet, lyrical, and jazz styles. This form of dance defies traditional technique by integrating body and mind into fluid motions that project a dancer's emotion. Through breath and torso supported movements, contemporary elements include floor work, fall and recovery, contractions, and releases. This class allows dancers to safely explore these elements and reach outside of their comfort zone. Nude contemporary or half-soled shoes are required.

Advanced Contemporary

Middle & High School Combined*

*Recommended: 2+ Years of Beg/Int Contemporary

In this Contemporary class, student's will continue to hone their ability to project an emotional narrative through the foundation of breath and core support. Contemporary dance stresses transferal motions including floor work, contractions, and releases giving a dancer better control of their abilities. Our goal is to work beyond dancer 'tricks' and strengthen the foundation and creativity that shapes unique movements. Nude contemporary or half-soled shoes are required.

Intermediate Tap

Middle & High School Combined

Intermediate Tap builds upon the basic steps and combinations learned in our Beginning Tap class. Syncopated rhythms, more complicated turns, and tougher combinations will be explored. Black tap shoes are required for this class.

Ballet Technique

Middle & High School Combined

Our combined Ballet class emphasizes proper dance technique, and helps build a foundation to continue individual dancer progress. This class is designed to be for both the beginner ballet dancer, and the seasoned dancer (or even en pointe dancer) looking to continue to develop their technique and strength. Students get an emphasis on vocabulary, barre work, positions of the body and musicality. Pink ballet shoes are required for this class.

Intermediate Ballet with Introduction to Pointe

Middle & High School Combined

Our goal for this level is to build on the basic understanding of ballet technique and vocabulary. Students get an emphasis on barre work and positions of the body. Focus is placed on correct alignment, strengthening, toning, and flexibility of the muscles. Students learn classical repertoire for the winter show, and contemporary rep for the spring show. Pink ballet shoes and pink satin pointe shoes are required for this class.

High School Non-Audition

High School CO-Ed Combo

This is our non-auditioned/non-instructor placement high school class which focuses on strength, body isolations and the technique needed for each dance style. Ladies and gentlemen dancers in this class will learn and perform a hip-hop and jazz routine. This class offers a “y’all come” policy and can also be started mid-year for those of you with a busy schedule! Dancers will perform one routine for the December show, and two routines for the June show. For the spring session, and a Guest Choreographer will teach one of their two dances. Dancers must have occasional weekend availability for Guest Choreographer master class(es). TBD- Black or nude jazz shoes are required for the fall and spring, and black sneakers are required for the spring.

High School Boys Combo

Our top male dancers have always been a crowd favorite. With the unique opportunity to work with professional guest choreographers, our high school All Boys Hip Hop/Modern Combo class requires athleticism, stamina, and a sense of ADVENTURE. Weight training, agility, and circuit exercises help dancers create powerful, masculine movements with the control and flexibility needed to perform in any sport, especially dance. Dancers will perform one routine for the December show, and two routines for the June show. For the spring session, and a Guest Choreographer will teach one of their two dances. Dancers must have occasional weekend availability for Guest Choreographer master class(es). Black jazz shoes are required for the fall and spring, and black sneakers are required for the spring.

Senior Ballroom

*Spring Session Only*

12th Grade

This class is to celebrate the graduating seniors who have danced at BRAVO for their high school careers! Miss Amy leads this class of dancers (with a partner of their choosing) in various styles such as traditional ballroom, salsa, cha-cha and more! This class does not meet for the entire session, and begins in March. This class cumulates with a vivacious performance during our June Show! Miss Amy and the BRAVO Office will reach out to those qualifying Senior students with more information regarding signing up during the spring session.

High School Audition