Providence Summer Technique Classes

Acrobatics teaches flexibility, balance, strength, muscle control, discipline & concentration. This class will focus on fundamental acrobatic technique. Students will learn handstands, chin stands, elbow stands, cartwheels, back bends, walkovers, balance, contortion stretching, and tumbling. This class is great for students looking to enhance their agility, flexibility, and strength.

This class will work on tricks including but not limited to: chin stands, chest stands, elbow stands, head stands, shoulder stands, hand stands, partner balances, standing splits, arrows, perches, etc.

To take this class, dancers must have a standing back bend with no spotter, as well as standing up from back bends with no spotter.

In addition to the description above, dancers must have both their front and back walkovers on the left and right side with no spotter.

This class is designed for students who are already close to completing an aerial and/or backhandspring, or for students who want to continue to master these tricks. To take this class, students must have a cartwheel from the knee on their dominant side, and they must have their right and left side front and back walkovers with no spotter.

Students will work with an acting instructor in a group setting. Students will work on creating characters using monologues and skits and learn about theater, stage direction and blocking. This is perfect for the aspiring actor or actress!

*Please note that this class is intended for females* This class will incorporate character shoes to help young ladies dance in the musical theater jazz style with high heels. Students should already own character shoes or be willing to purchase a pair for the class. We will not provide character shoes to dancers that come to this class without them. It is not recommended that students new to dancing in character shoes go out and buy a pair without the intention of using them again. This specialized style of dance is a great skill to add to a musical theater resumé!

Exploration and freedom of movement, spacial awareness and structured creativity with choreography. Encompasses several styles of dance and experimenting with props. All levels welcome to age appropriate class.

Includes but not limited to core strengthening, cardio vascular exercises to strengthen the different parts of the body and increase stamina. Take this class to supplement extreme stretch and stretch and strengthen classes. All levels welcome to age appropriate class.

A class designed for those working on fouettes for competition dances. Male and female fouettes and all variations will be practiced, as well as basic principles needing to be achieved. Student must have five consistent fouettes to take this class.

This class is designed for a dancer who looking to become more flexible. The instructor will give exercises for the student to be able to practice at home. Each class may focus on a different area/body part. All levels and ages welcome.

Musical Theater is a combination of Jazz and acting. With this style of dance, you are working through Jazz technique while portraying a character. Using songs from Broadway, we focus on bringing out our inner actor/actress!

This summer class is designed for those looking to improve audition skills, either for competition team, Miss/Mr. Dance, or general dance auditions. Mock auditions may be enacted. Several audition techniques and forms will be covered. All levels welcome where age appropriate.

Structured improvisation and contemporary combinations and choreography combined to become a routine. Dancers explore their own movement and choreography as well as levels, space, partnering and relation to each other.

This is a beautiful dance form implementing ballet, modern & jazz techniques to express lyrics of songs; flowing, graceful, emotional and inspirational. Develop strength & flexibility while acquiring solid dance technique.

This jazz dance style will cover funk, poppin’, lockin’ and a variety of body isolations which reflect street- type movement. Seen primarily on TV in R&B music videos, Hip Hop is a form of dance that evolved out of street and break dancing moves. Hip Hop classes are taught primarily to Hip Hop, Pop and R&B music.

Tap focuses on musical phrasing and the complexity of rhythms with emphasis on the challenge of “making melodies” with the feet. Most often, tap is danced to jazz-based music such as Swing, Big Band, Bebop, Funk and Latin styles. Good examples of famous tap dancers are Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, Gregory Hines and Savion Glover.

FUN and high energy choreography is taught in this class, using current and/or upbeat music. Jazz class will focus on learning proper dance technique such as isolations of the body, improving performance quality and developing complex rhythms and patterns. Students will be exposed to various styles of jazz such as Broadway, Street and Contemporary to help develop a well rounded dancer. Class curriculum is based on ballet technique layered with traditional jazz movement and includes a proper warm-up, stretches, isolations, across-the-floor progressions, and combinations. As students progress through each level, curriculum will become increasingly more complex and intricate.

Modern dance incorporates movement from the techniques of Ballet, Cunningham, Graham, Horton and Limon to engage and strengthen your core muscles. Modern class is meant to increase flexibility and bring a sense of connection between your mind and body.