EMpowered Dance
& Wellness Center

Ballet levels 3 and 4 

Ballet is a classical dance form that originated in the 1500’s.  Students begin at the barre, progress to the center, and culminate with traveling exercises across the floor.  Terminology, alignment, balance, artistry, sequencing, and pushing through space are emphasized at each level.  

Students enrolled in Pre-pointe and Pointe are required to take 3 Ballet classes per week.  

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Jazz levels 3 and 4

Born out of African dance, American tap dance, ballet, and theatre, Jazz dance is inherently related to popular music and has evolved alongside it. Our classes draw from a variety of jazz styles both historical and contemporary ranging from Broadway, commercial, funk, and classical techniques. Students begin with a high-energy warm-up, progress to across-the-floor exercises, and use skills and concepts to master choreography to various music styles. All levels emphasize strength, isolations, syncopated rhythms, and precision.
 

Modern levels 3 and 4

Modern dance is a concert dance form that arose out of ballet in the early 20th century.  Students begin with a warm-up that combines floorwork and standing center exercises, focusing on skill building with proper technique, musicality, and, spinal articulation; followed by sequencing steps in the center and across the floor, as well as the development of improvisation and composition skills.  Techniques offered at EDWC: Horton, Limon, Graham, and Post-Modern 
 

Tap levels 3 and 4

Tap Dance is a percussive style that originated in the United States in the 1700’s. Students develop coordination, precision, rhythmic skills, and musicality using shoes with metal plates to create sound. Our classes draw from both the Broadway and the contemporary Rhythm-Tap styles and begin with a foot-isolating warm-up, followed by rhythm and step-based skill building in both the center of the room and moving across the floor.  Classes culminate in learning choreography.

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Lyrical levels 3 and 4

Lyrical Dance is a culmination of ballet, jazz, and modern techniques and allows students to connect with the music.  EMotional development, as well as musicality, are stressed to heighten a dancer's connection with the audience. Linking with audience members makes the dancer not only vulnerable but supports their rise to a new performance level that is sure to captivate.  Students must be enrolled in both ballet and, modern and/or jazz to participate in lyrical class.  The requirement of dual enrollment is for both skill level and the dancer's safety.  

 

 

Contemporary Dance levels 3 and 4

Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that has grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world. Although originally informed by and borrowed from classical, modern, and jazz styles, it has come to incorporate elements from many dance styles. Due to its technical similarities, it is often perceived to be closely related to modern dance, ballet, and other classical concert dance styles.

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​Progressive Ballet Technique 

Developed by Marie Walton-Mahon in the 1990s to increase students' awareness of posture, alignment, and weight placement that translates from the barre to center, and ultimately locomotive activities in dance class.  PBT decreases the risk of injury and enhances self-assessment promoting healthy longevity that is appreciated by athletes and Physical Therapists. 

Instructors must be certified.  Equipment is required for this class.

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Contemporary Fusion

Contemporary Jazz Fusion the class is structured to allow dancers to seamlessly integrate modern, lyrical, and jazz styles. You’ll develop a versatile technique that balances the strength and precision of jazz with the fluidity and emotional depth of lyrical and modern dance. The invigorating blend that will challenge and inspire you through powerful movement and abstract expression!

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Improvisation

Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using a framework created by the instructor. Improvisation in the performing arts is spontaneous, but the skill developed in this class is the ability to think quickly in an audition or at a performance that doesn't go as planned.     

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