The program:

Creative Movement 3, 4 years old
Intro To Dance 5, 6 years old may be paired with Tap & Ballet Combination Class
Tap & Ballet Combination
step 3 for students who began at 3,4 years of age
step two for students who have taken Intro to Dance
step one for new students ages 6, 7

Level I: beginning level classes offered to students older than 7 who have taken pre-dance classes.
Level II: Beginning/Intermediate classes are offered to students who have been approved by our faculty usually after completing 2 or more years of a level I class
Level III classes are Intermediate Level Classes for dancers with many years of training
Level IV classes are Intermediate/Advanced Level Classes with many years of training and more refined technical skill

Students should expect to stay in each level for a minimum of 2 years. Classes contain the appropriate material for the level of the class, and are NOT based on age. We reserve the right to place a student in the correct level at any time.

Intensive Dancers: Any student who trains a minimum of 8 hours per week.

Recreational Dancers: Any student who trains under 8 hours a week and does not wish to pursue dance as a profession.

Citadel Dance Company: Repertoire company made up of intensive dancers who train passionately in all styles of dance. Dancers further their education by learning choreography in various genre’s of dance which they perform year round for the surrounding community. Membership is by audition only.

Class Descriptions:

Ballet: Classical training essential to all dancers provides correct alignment, fluid use of the body, strength and flexibility, and a general understanding of the body’s functions as it pertains to dance and the specific vocabulary used in all forms of dance.

Ballroom: Taught in 6 week sessions and include a wide variety of styles.  Mostly adults, drop in rate $10 per week.

Contemporary: Emphasis is placed on versatility of movement as it moves between Classical Ballet and Modern Dance forms.

Creative Movement: Dance for pre-schoolers that explores movement of all kinds and encourages the use of the imagination. Dancers learn how movement relates to music.

Floor Barre Body alignment and strengthening through ballet barre exercises performed while on the floor

Hip Hop genre of dance originating as a social dance form directly correlating to hip hop music. Includes popping, locking, breaking and krump.

Horton Technique: Modern dance technique created by Lester Horton emphasizes a whole body, anatomical approach to dance that includes flexibility, strength, coordination and spacial awareness to enable unrestricted, dramatic freedom of expression.

Intro to Dance: The second level of dance exploration for young dancers builds upon ideas learned in creative movement that focus on space, time, and communication through movement.

Jazz: Focus on rhythmical patterns of the body as it relates to jazz music while training the body to stretch, isolate, and apply ballet technique to different styles of movement.

Mens Dance: Focuses on strength of movement and the body as well as flexibility and quality of movement.

Modern: Focus on movements that are deeply rooted/ grounded and stem from human emotion/thought versus the technical structure of ballet. Modern dance has an extended vocabulary that was created in rebellion to the typical ballet structure.

Musical Theatre: A comprehensive look at dancing for actors from a technical and performance related point of view. Also focuses on building endurance needed to sing and dance at the same time.

Pointe: Advanced form of ballet performed on the toes with the use of specific type of shoe. STUDENTS MUST HAVE PRIOR CONSENT FROM THE TEACHER TO REGISTER FOR THIS CLASS

Tap Rhythmical use of the feet that explores the partnership of music and dance.