Our Dance Program
Your First Steps at Just Dance
We Offer a Wide Array of Dance Classes for Kids! Please See Our Options Below.
*WPHS (West Potomac High School)
Acrobatics ("Acro")
Acrobatics (“Acro”) is the artistic use of flexibility, mobility, and tumbling components often to music. The classes focus on strength, body control, conditioning and flexibility. It is “gymnastics for dancers”.
Cecchetti Exam and Ballet
Our ballet classes focus on the classical techniques and terminology, forming the foundation for dance. All ballet classes will include barre, center floor work, flexibility exercises, and across the floor combinations. Our Cecchetti Grades 1-6 Exam classes follow the work of Maestro Enrico Cecchetti to prepare dancers for examinations and artistry at an elite level.
Lyrical
A genre of dance with technical elements from classical ballet, modern and jazz styles. Lyrical dance uses strength and control of legwork from ballet combined with the torso/port de bras use of ballet and jazz technique. The focus of lyrical dance is developing artistry and story telling through movement based on interpretive visions from the abstract or narrative of music.
Hip Hop
A combination of street dancing, breakdancing and freesytle dance. Our high-energy classes work on isolations, groove, bounce and footwork and are designed to increase strength, style, body control and coordination.
Jazz
A high energy technical training through isolation and rhythm. Jazz classes incorporate various styles of jazz from Broadway/classical, street jazz, jazz funk, contemporary jazz and precision jazz.
Jazz Technique, Leaps & Turns
A specialized class that focuses on the technique needed for perfecting leaps and turns in ballet and jazz dance styles.
Pointe
A specialized part of classical ballet technique in which a ballet dancer supports all body weight on the tips of fully extended feet. Teacher placement for all pointe classes is required after dancers pass Grade 1 Cecchetti Exam. The program is designed for dancers with strong ballet training and dedication. Dancers enrolled in pointe will take at least 2 Cecchetti classes and their age level ballet alongside.
Combo Classes
For ages 3&4 through 7-9 years old, the ballet/tap or jazz/acro combo classes are designed to give dancers introduction and development of various genres and techniques for them to explore and grow in the foundations of dance.
Stretch
A technique class to work on lengthening and strengthening the muscles to increase a dancer’s flexibility.
Tap
A form of dance where rhythm, style and clear sounds are created by the feet through proper tap technique. We have both Broadway and Rhythm tap techniques to provide well-rounded instruction.
