All dance attire available through the MAC.

Ballet Technique: Class deals with basic principles of ballet technique including vocabulary, placement and alignment; including barre, center adagio and allegro. Emphasis is placed on strength, balance and line. Vocational ballet students age 9 and up will take several lessons per week to prepare them for the great technical and physical demands needed to excel as a ballet professional. Students will begin pointe work ONLY when the instructor feels student is ready. Pointe students must take 2 or more ballet classes per week; have been taking full length ballet technique class 2x per week for at least 3 years, and are past their 12th birthday.

Baton: Students will develop basic to advanced baton handling. Special emphasis is placed on technique, coordination, movement and body alignment.

Colorguard; Flag, Sabre and Rifle technique: Students develop proper skills needed to handle all 3 pieces of equipment.

Dance Composition: Study of how to make dances. This beginning course focuses on basic principles of choreography such as time, space, form and structure. Improvisation and how it relates to choreography is also a key component in this class. Students will make a solo dance, create duets and ensemble works.

Hip Hop: Seen primarily on TV during rap and R &B music videos, hip hop is a form that evolved out of street and brake dancing moves, and is characterized by its vigorous athletics and bouncy style. Hip Hop is danced primarily to Rap and R &B music, and knee pads are needed for all levels above basic.

Hungarian Ethnic Dance: Learn some of the basic dance idioms from dances across Hungary. These dances are highly stylized with intricate rhythmic patterns.

Jazz Technique: Jazz dance technique and its origin. Opposition, syncopation, isolations, physicality as well as musicality and rhythm-structure make up the elements of this technique. Class includes warm-up, center floor and across the floor combinations.

Modern Technique: Learning successful execution of the components of modern dance. Class includes a warm-up, center floor sequences, as well as traveling phrases. Based on the principles of space, time, energy and alignment. Work also includes clarity of intent, strength and stamina and weight and momentum.

Pilates: “The Pilates method of body conditioning is a unique system of stretching and strengthening exercises developed over ninety years ago by Joseph H. Pilates. It strengthens and tones muscles, improves posture, provides flexibility and balance, unites body and mind, and creates a more streamlined shape.” The Pilates Body, by Brooke Siler Pilates. Mat exercise is a conditioning program based on the work of Joseph H. Pilates. This method improves muscle control, flexibility, coordination, strength, and tone. Participants become more aware of their bodies, improve alignment and breathing, and increase efficiency of movement. In a sequence of carefully performed movements, each exercise is designed to stretch and strengthen the muscles involved, opening the joints and releasing tension. Dress requirements: Men: shorts or sweatpants, t-shirt, NO SHOES Women: dancewear, leggings, bike pants, t-shirt, NO SHOES Bring an exercise mat Contraindications: people with spine injuries (slipped disc), or recent hernia operation, and pregnant women should refrain from this exercise or proceed only by the advice of a physician.

Tap: The dancers will learn to build on simple tap basics as they develop rhythm and precision. Terminology, rhythm and timing development are the basic lesson for all levels.

Yoga: Hatha Yoga is a system of exercises and breathing practices designed to create and maintain a healthy balance between the thoughts/emotions of the mind and the tension/energy of the body. Hatha Yoga combines the physical practice of poses (asana) and breathing exercises (pranayama) to keep the body and mind working harmoniously. Appropriate Attire for class: loose, comfortable clothing, NO SHOES or SOCKS bring a yoga or exercise mat and a small blanket or towel.