Creative Movement: 3-4 yr. and 4-5 yr.
Teacher: Lauren E. Harrison
Coordination, musicality and strength are learned and practiced through creative imagery, storytelling, games, basic dance steps and positions. This is a great class for young dancers who love to move, dance and express themselves.

Creative Movement 6-8 yr.
Teacher: Lauren E. Harrison
A stepping stone to modern dance, this class explores personal expression through dance using imagination and modern and ballet techniques. The students will learn musicality, strength, coordination and most importantly the ability to personally express themselves through the art of dance!

Rising Stars and Jr. Rising Stars Musical Theater Jazz
Teacher: Kristina Carberry
Offered on Sundays to correlate with the Rising Stars’ rehearsal schedules, the class will focus on dance for actors and performers. Come and work on your dance technique in a fun and supportive environment alongside your peers. All Rising Stars classes are invited to participate in the Recital.

Little Rising Stars Musical Theater: 5-7 yr.
Teacher: Pam Lenker
This class will take musical theatre one step further by combining jazz technique with traditional musical theatre song and dance. Students will learn choreography and numbers from the world of Broadway. A warmup and technique will be combined with their musical theatre repertory. Kids will be singing and dancing to their favorite show tunes!

Modern Dance 8-12 yr.
Teacher: Lauren E. Harrison
Modern dance is a highly expressive dance form, which fuses different movement styles to create innovative and fresh ways of moving the body. Dancers will explore new movement styles through guided improvisation and choreography. This class is suitable for beginning and experienced dancers and suggested for those students looking for a new and exciting challenge. Please visit the provided link to learn more about Lauren’s Contemporary movement:

Intermediate Modern/Jazz Dance (Ages 13+)
Teacher: Lauren E. Harrison
*This class is invitation only.
Dancers will learn to express deep thoughts, ideas and emotions through innovative ways of moving the body. Through fusing movement forms and ideas in Physics and Anatomy, this class teaches dancers to move with the body’s natural rhythm and alignment. Contemporary dance is suitable for all levels of dancers and recommended for teens who are interested in expressing themselves from the inside out. Please visit the provided link to learn more about Lauren’s Contemporary movement

Pre Ballet: 3-4 yr. and 4-5 yr.
Teacher: Jennifer Lameo
Dancers will begin to learn the basic principles and technique of ballet. They will learn positions and steps and execute basic ballet choreography to classical music. This will build the student’s ear for musicality and rhythm teaching strength and coordination. Dancers are encouraged to express themselves and explore the joy of dance through foundation-building ballet technique.

Ballet: 6-8 yr.
Teacher: Jennifer Lameo
Young dancers practice their strength and coordination through basic ballet movement. They will start at the barre and move into the center learning a brief ballet combination in each class. They will begin to learn turns and jumps as well as basic ballet steps and choreography.

Ballet Level 1: 8-10 yr.
Teacher: Lauren E. Harrison
For students who are practicing basic level technique in ballet. Technique and musicality are stressed in this class as the student learns how to express him or herself through dance. Grace, coordination, strength and musicality are the focus as they practice barre and ballet choreography.

Ballet Level 2: 8-10 yr.
Teacher: Lauren E. Harrison
(by invitation- students must have previous jazz experience and be admitted by director and teacher):
For students who are continuing their studies in ballet. Ballet technique and musicality are stressed in this class as the student learns how to express him or herself through dance. Grace, coordination, strength and musicality are the focus as they practice barre and ballet choreography.

Ballet: 10-14 yr.
Teacher: Lauren E. Harrison
For students who are beginneradvanced beginner in ballet. Dancers build upon their ballet vocabulary as they build strength and skill. At this age and in this level, if students have previous ballet technique and experience, they may be moved up to a more advanced class. The dancers will continue to learn more advanced choreography and technique as they build upon their ballet foundation.

Ballet: Intermediate: 10 and up
Teacher: Lauren E. Harrison
(by invitation- students must have previous jazz experience and beadmitted by director and teacher):
For students who are continuing their ballet studies. Technique, strength, dynamics, self-expression and musicality are the focus of this class as dancers will learn combinations and perfect their technique. Choreography and self-expression are stressed along with building strength and technique.

Jazz / Musical Theater Little Rising Stars Musical
Theater: 5-7 yr.
Teacher: Pam Lenker
This class will take musical theatre one step further by combining jazz technique with traditional musical theatre song and dance. Students will learn choreography and numbers from the world of Broadway. A warmup and technique will be combined with their musical theatre repertory. Kids will be singing and dancing to their favorite show tunes!

Jazz/ Musical Theatre: 8-11 yr.
Teacher: Pam Lenker
Technique and performance elements will be the focus of this class. Students learn Jazz I basics like turns, jumps and isolations while learning choreography for jazz and musical theatre repertory.

Jazz/ Musical Theatre: 12 and up:
Teacher: Pam Lenker
Dancers will continue working on technique and performance skills with traditional rep. from original Broadway choreography combined with morebadvanced jazz movement.

Intermediate Jazz/ Modern
Teacher: Lauren E. Harrison
(by invitation- students must have previous jazz experience and be admitted by director and teacher):
A combination of traditional and Broadway jazz technique and modern technique, dancers will learn to express ideas and emotions through innovative ways of moving the body. Through fusing movement forms and ideas, this class teaches dancers to move with the body’s natural rhythm and alignment.  Students will learn combinations, practice warm-up, across the floor exercises and work on choreography from both a modern and jazz perspective.

Hip Hop 4-5 yr.
Teacher: Pam Lenker
This class gives young dancers a chance to express themselves to ageappropriate, contemporary music through dance, aerobic and pedestrian movement. They will feel like they are dancing in a Disney Channel music video by the end of this class while practicing basic coordination and rhythm technique.

Hip Hop/Jazz 5-7 yr.
Teacher: Pam Lenker
Dancers will work on jazz dance
technique while working on Hip Hop moves. A fun filled and energy induced class set to contemporary pop music that kids who just love to dance will love!

Tap: 5-7 yr.
Teacher: Pam Lenker
This class teaches the basics and fundamentals of tap technique. Students will learn basic tap vocabulary and rhythm while learning across the floor technique and combinations.

Tap: 8-11 yr.
Teacher: Pam Lenker
Students will learn rhythm and tap vocabulary while practicing a tap warm up, across the floor exercises and combinations. Coordination, rhythm, strength and musicality are stressed in this class.

Tap: 12 yr+
Teacher: Pam Lenker
Tap fundamentals are expanded with more complex rhythmic exercises, while practicing basic tap through across the floor exercises, warm-ups and combinations.

Adult Classes
We are offering a number of adult classes this year. We are adding musical theater jazz, tap and modern to our repertoire! Come dance with us- we have amazing teachers that will lead you in a fantastic and joyful workout!
*All classes are OPEN level- beginnersadvanced dancers are welcome!

Adult Ballet
Teacher: Lauren E. Harrison
This class is for all types of dancers from professional to dancers practicing for the joy of dancing. All levels are welcome as this is an open class. Dynamics and selfexpression as well as technique are stressed in this class.

Adult Musical Theater Jazz
Teacher: Jennifer Lameo
Come dance to your favorite show tunes. Learn original Broadway choreography as well as original combinations in class. Class will focus on the joy of dance teaching jazz technique with a warm-up, across the floor and ending with a dance combination.

Adult Modern
Teacher: Lauren E. Harrison
For lovers of modern and contemporary dance, you will love this class. With the emphasis on personal expression, you will learn modern dance combinations with a warm-up and exercises. This class will challenge and inspire you!

Adult Tap
Teacher: Pam Lenker
Come tap with one of the leading tap teachers in New York City. Pam is a teacher at Steps on Broadway in NYC where she teaches adult tap. She dances with the leading tap companies in the city and will teach you a fun filled, rhythmic tap class where you will learn basic tap technique and fun tap combinations to contemporary music. If you like tap at all, you will love this class!!!

Dress Code:
Ballet
Girls: age 3-12 pink tights
age 13-18 pink or black tights
all ages: must wear a leotard of any color and pink ballet shoes, pointe shoe study by invitation
Boys: age 3-18: tight fiitting white t-shirt, black tights or black dance pants, black ballet shoes

Jazz/Musical Theater/Hip Hop Students:
Girls: age 3-18: black tights or black dance pants with any colored leotard and black jazz shoes, character shoes by invitation
Boys: age 3-18: any colored tight fitting t-shirt with black dance pants or black sweat pants and black jazz shoes