Dance Programs

Mommy & Me
DTAPA is now offering a Mommy & Me program. This class is provided for children 18 months to 2 1/2 years of age, at which point the parent participates in the class environment. Stretches, dance and creative movement.

Creative Dance I & I
This program is created for children ages 3 & 4. Children are instructed preschool Ballet and Tap as well as basic tumbling, balance beams, and song and dance routines fun for this age group. This program is great for improving children's motor skills, strength, and helps condition their discipline in a class environment.
Ballet / Tap Combination
This program is created for children ages 5 - 6. The combination of these two dance forms will give an introduction to children who have already stuied one year of movement. This class will be divided in half and requires both types of dance shoes.
Ballet/ Tap / Jazz Combination
This program is for children ages 5 - 6 and ages 7 - 9. This class is designed to continue introducing basic ballet technique and vocabulary through barre and floor exercises. Dancers studying jazz will learn isolations, lengthening, progressions and basic combination.
Ballet
This program is for ages 9 -adult. The foundation of all dance forms. Students will learn the discipline of the Ballet plus poise and grace. Based on learning turn-out as well as positions of the feet, students will also learn posture and musicality.
Tap
This program is for ages 9 -adult. This class is designed to teach musicality, syncopation, rhythm & timing. Focusing on fundamentals, technique, speed & clarity of taps, students will learn a variety of tap styles incorporating Broadway, street, and hoofing.
Jazz
This program is for ages 9-adult. Incorporating body movement from a ballet basis, this class will teach you isolation, stretching & free play of movement. This popular dance form will touch on a variety of styles from music video funk to Broadway.
Hip Hop/Funk
This program is for ages 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 amd 13 and up This class will focus on the newest dance style, funk/hip hop, usually seen on MTV and VH1. This class will incorporate contemporary dance skills and free form movement with hip hop and funk music. It is recommended that students studying hip hop take a jazz or ballet class in addition to hip hop class for proper body alignment and technique.
Lyrical
This program is for ages 7-adult. This type of dance combines the techniques of ballet, jazz and modern. The movement in many ways reflects the actual lyrics of the song while manifesting itself through the portrayal of a certain character or emotion. Dancers will gain fluidity of movement, grace, control, individual expression, and self-confidence. Students must take Ballet to study Lyrical dance.
Modern
This program is for ages 8-adult. This dance form enables students to express complex emotions and abstract ideas through various forms fo movement. Dancers respond freely to music, silence or creating their own language of movement.

Pointe(approval only) Age determined by level. This is an advanced class for ballet students with a special shoe that enables the students to raise their bodies on the tips of their toes. This class will focus on articulating the foot, placing the weight properly over the foot and shoe and lengthening through the legs and upper body. Two ballet classes are required in addition to this class.

Dance Company
Dance Company is a program geared towards the serious minded dancer. Students are given the opportunity to perform and compete at an advanced level. Dance Techniques has received hundreds of awards in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Modern and Hip-Hop. Any student who is interested in being involved in this program must be expreienced and dedicated. All students must be approved by the director for this program.