FMDC is offering a 6 week session for your dancer to continue dancing through the summer! Dancers will have the choice to enroll in one or multiple classes. This is a perfect time to try a new style.
Enjoy a little summer savings as you can dance for 6 weeks for the price of 5 weeks!
Ballet/Tap: This is a 45 minute class for young dancers, incorporating ballet and tap vocabulary. Students begin learning the foundations of ballet and tap in an upbeat, educational environment.
Jazz- Creative Club: This class is for young dancers, introducing them to basic jazz movement. They begin by learning isolations, jumps, turns, and cross lateral movements. Each dancer’s artistic voice and creativity will be expanded upon.
Ballet I: Ballet is the foundation of all dance. In this class we begin learning the foundations of ballet, learning to use proper feet muscles, position the arms correctly and create effective muscle memory. Strength and flexibility are incorporated throughout class. *All levels welcome*
Ballet II: Ballet is the foundation of all dance. In this class we begin building on the foundations of ballet, while learning more complex positions of the arms and feet. Strength and flexibility are incorporated throughout class. *Previous ballet training is required*
Jazz I & II: This class will focus on learning isolations of the body, turns, leaps, and improving performance quality. Class will consist of a proper warm-up, stretches, isolations, across-the-floor progressions, and combinations. *Jazz II previous dance training required*
Hip Hop: This is a high energy class, jam packed with ways to gain self-confidence, rhythm, and coordination. Hip Hop lets the dancers use their rhythm to find their way of moving. *Hip Hop III previous dance training required*
Contemporary Jr: Contemporary joins ballet, jazz, and modern all together to create a dance form that allows for self expression. Dancers will explore news ways of moving in combinations and this class also incorporates various methods of improvisation. *All levels welcome*
Acro: Acro is the beautiful fusion of the artistic motion of dance and the athleticism of acrobatics. AcroDance is not the same as gymnastics. An AcroDancer must complete all of the skills on the hard stage without the advantage of a sprung floor, while seamlessly integrating musicality, emotional expression, extension, and lines. Class will incorporate different aspects of cardio, handstands, balances, limbering, bridges, and tumbling. *MUST BE ENROLLED IN A BALLET OR JAZZ CLASS*
Ballet III: Ballet is the foundation of all dance. In this class we begin learning the foundations of ballet, learning to use proper feet muscles, position the arms correctly and create effective muscle memory. Strength and flexibility are incorporated throughout class. *Invite Only*
Pre-Pointe & Pointe: Pre-pointe is required for anyone wanting to do pointe in the future. This is in addition to their regular ballet classes and will likely be taken for 2-3 years. Pointe evaluations are conducted throughout the season. Pre-pointe focuses on preparing dancers for pointe work: ankle and foot strength, correct posture, placement, and alignment.*Invite Only*
Contemporary Sr.: Contemporary joins ballet, jazz, and modern all together to create a dance form that allows for self expression. Dancers will explore news ways of moving in combinations and this class also incorporates various methods of improvisation. *All levels welcome*
Stretch: This class is designed to improve a dancer’s range of motion and enhance flexibility. Through a variety of stretch exercises, dancers will also increase awareness of their own body’s potential, and how to safely stretch the body. *All levels welcome*
Turns & Leaps: The class focuses specifically on the dancers knowledge and execution on how to effectively produce a leap or turn. Across-the-floor progressions and turn combinations, will be utilized in the class to produce strong leaps, and skillful turners. *Invite Only*
