Our Classes
We are looking forward to meeting all of our new students and learning their ability. We are committed to each student's growth in the coming year.
Combo Classes (Age 3-5)
Our Combo program is specifically designed to provide our youngest students with a strong foundation in dance and movement. Our program introduces students to musicality, rhythm, expands creativity, imagination, and improves memorization skills.
Through the use of creative technique this one-hour class will consist of 1/2 hr. tap and 1/2 hr. ballet. Combo classes participate in our end of year showcase.
Combo I is for ages 3-4
Combo II is for ages 4-5
Combo Ballet/Hip Hop age 5+ with two years combo experience
Combo Tap/Hip Hop age 5+ with two years combo experience
Ballet
Ballet is the foundation of ALL dance forms. Learning one’s center is key in learning to dance. Ballet is highly emphasized at Palmyra Academy of Dance. Students are introduced to ballet concepts, technique, and vocabulary.
Ballet is a beautiful balance of strength, control, and grace. Classes are traditionally organized, including stretching, barre work, porte de bras, adagio, pirouettes, petite, and grand allegro. The techniques and skills taught in the fall are built on throughout the course of the year.
Requirements: age 6 and up, age 5 with Combo experience
Classes offered: Beginner, Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4, Level 5, Level 6, Intermediate, Advanced and Pointe
Tap
Tap is the creation of percussive sounds made by the dancer's feet with the help of tap shoes. Our tap education incorporates rhythm, syncopation, and Broadway styles. Tap dance provides a fun and engaging experience for the dancer and audience alike.
Requirements: age 6 and up
Classes Offered: Beginner, Level 1, Level, 2, Level 3, Level 4, Level 5, Level 6, Intermediate, and Advanced
Jazz
Our Jazz curriculum incorporates foundational ballet technique with a dynamic flair. Warm-up exercises are designed to teach dancers to isolate specific muscle groups, increase flexibility, strength, and expand control. This up-beat class teaches classical Broadway styles and cutting edge jazz choreography while introducing students to pioneers in the art. Center combinations consist of turns, leaps, and floor work.
Requirements: Must be enrolled in a ballet class and be 6 or older, 5 with Combo experience
Classes offered: Beginner, Level 1, Level, 2, Level 3, Level 4, Level 5, Level 6, Intermediate, and Advanced
Hip Hop
Hip-hop is an exciting style of street dance. Commonly performed to hip-hop music, Hip-hop dance combines a variety of freestyle movements and has evolved into one of the most popular and influential styles of dance! The class is designed to encourage students to express themselves through their movement and their music.
Requirements: age 6 and up
Classes Offered: Beginner, Level 1, Level, 2, Level 3, Level 4, Level 5, Level 6, Intermediate, and Advanced. Combo Hip Hop/Tap and Hip Hop/Ballet are offered to students 5+ with two years combo experience
Modern Dance
Created in 19th century as a response to the formal attributes of ballet, modern dance allows dancers to be and move more freely in their movements. Dancers are barefoot allowing them to be more grounded as they grasp the floor in their movement.
Modern maintains some of the techniques taught in ballet but can look at times like jazz, contemporary, lyrical, or something different altogether. The entire body can be expressive from facial expressions to the tip of a dancer's toes. The music and mood of the piece is expressed and represented using the dancer's physical, intellectual and creative abilities.
Requirements: Students must be enrolled in ballet and must be age 11 or older
Classes Offered: Intermediate and Advanced
Contemporary
Contemporary dance is intricate and physical, where the dancers change levels and directions quickly and seamlessly. Contemporary dance may deal with abstract concepts, images, or emotional extremes. It has a rawness that sets it apart from plot-driven ballets or Broadway jazz.
Requirements: Students must be 8 or older and enrolled in ballet
Classes Offered: Level 2 through Intermediate and Advanced
Musical Theatre
Musical Theatre is a fun class that incorporates singing, acting, and Broadway style dancing! Emphasizing skills such as connecting with the audience and facial expressions students learn the importance of performance quality.
Requirements: age 7 and up
Adaptive Dance
With great understanding of the magic of dance and what dance education affords developing children physically, socially, and cognitively, we are honored to provide a dance program for students with special needs. Our Adaptive Dance Program was developed alongside specialized professionals and is designed to focus on each dancer’s abilities, rather than disability, with the cornerstone of the program being love.
Our goal is for each student to experience the joy of dance, to learn and expand abilities within themselves, to creatively express themselves, and to encourage exercise and promote healthy living.
TuTu Two's
Our TuTu Two’s class is an introductory movement class for toddlers 12 months to 3 years old. Toddlers accompanied by their caregiver explore dance concepts with the help of our instructor's guided prompts, music, and props. Students expand their innate creativity and imagination while exploring movement!
Classes Offered: This class is offered in 4 week sessions with rolling admission throughout the season, September through June.