Classes Offered

Center Stage Dance Academy strives to elevate its student’s level of determination and keeps them coming back for more.

Creative Movement - a joyful way for children to explore movement through music, develop physical skills, channel energy, stimulate imagination and promote creativity. Creative movement uses body actions to: communicate an image (the wind), communicate an idea (a journey) or communicate a feeling (strength). Creative Movement provides children with opportunities for noncompetitive, success-oriented and creative experiences.

Through movement, children learn about their bodies, the space around them, and each other. Creative movement activities should encourage all children to participate. Both boys and girls enjoy these classes. All children can benefit, including children with communication, sensory, developmental or physical challenges.

Mommy & Me Creative Movement: Ages 18 months – 2 ½ years

Creative Movement without a parent/caregiver: Ages 2 ½ - 4 years

Combination Classes-A follow up to creative movement with an introduction of basic, ballet, jazz and tap techniques. Emphasis is placed on classroom structure, musicality skills, learning right and left, following direction and developing social skills in a nurturing environment.

Combo I: Ages 3 ½ - 5 years
Combo II: Ages 4 ½ - 6 years

Level I – V classes for dancers 6 & older:

Ballet-a form of classical dance demanding highly developed technique, grace and precision, executed according to specific gestures and flowing patterns. Traditional ballets are usually performed with elaborate costumes and music written by classical composers like Tchaikovsky (Swan Lake, The Nutcracker), Delibes (Coppélia) or Prokofiev (Cinderella).

Pointe- a form of ballet presented on the tips of the toes, made possible by specialized shoes. There are different varieties of ballet en pointe, but for the most part they focus on grace and specific technique. Dancers must have sufficient strength and technique before beginning pointe work. (Pre-requisite: Approval from the Ballet Mistress)

Jazz-a variety of theatrical dance, usually but not necessarily danced to jazz music, originating in the United States under choreographers such as Bob Fosse

Tap-a dance form in which the performer taps out rhythms and patterns with his or her heels and toes while wearing special shoes with small metal plates called taps

Hip-Hop- styles primarily danced to hip-hop music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture. This includes a wide range of styles notably breaking, popping, locking, and krumping.

Lyrical- a very passionate and emotional dance style. It portrays certain emotions such as love, and tells a story through every movement made.

Contemporary-a genre of concert dance that employs systems and methods found in modern dance and postmodern dance. Contemporary dance draws on modern dance techniques as well as newer philosophies of movement that depart from classical dance techniques by altogether omitting structured form and movement.

Musical Theater- form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance

Irish Step- a type of performance dance originating in Ireland from traditional Irish dance. Irish stepdancing has been recently popularized by the world-famous show "Riverdance" and its followers.