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| Intro to Dance | Ballet | Hip Hop | Breaking | Modern | Jazz | Capoeira | Contemporary |
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Mommy & Me |
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This class is a perfect introduction to movement and dance for your tot. Parents interact and play with your child in a structured class emphasizing tumbling, stretch, dramatic play and music.
Clothing requirements: Girls:leotard(tights and ballet slippers optional) Boys: sweat pants or shorts and a t-shirt.
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Instructors:Kerstin Stuart
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Intro to Dance |
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Dance Exploration |
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A class for young dancers ages 5-7 exploring the different dynamics that
come together to create dance and movement. Playing with vocabulary from
different dance styles, exploring different ways the body can move and
providing structure for dancers to express their own unique physical style.
Fun, innovative and open to all! Clothing requirements: Loose athletic clothing
ie:t-shirts and loose pants without zippers or buttons. Bare feet
Instructors:Kerstin Stuart
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Ballet |
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RoCo
offers kids of all ages classical ballet training. Younger children will
explore joyful movements like hops, skips, and gallops and simple ballet
vocabulary both at the barre and center. Middle school and high school students
are placed in levels 1-4. Each level builds and develops a ballet vocabulary emphasizing
placement, musicality and coordination. Ballet is the foundation of modern and
jazz and will aid any class a dancer chooses to pursue. Clothing requirements:
Girls:Black leotard, pink tights and ballet slipper. Boys: Long shorts, white
t-shirt, black ballet shoe.
Instructors: Gabby Thompson | Bridget Bartholome | Erica Jeffrey | Yannis Adoniou | Kristin Damrow | Natasha Johnson| Peta Barrett| Kalika Ansel| Bella Qureshi
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Hip Hop |
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Hip Hop is an ever-popular street dance offering kids a non-intimidating
approach to rhythm and choreography. At RoCo, Hip Hop is expertly broken down
in a way that kids of all ages and all backgrounds can understand. Classes
include a wide range of styles notably locking, and popping, funk and house
styles which were developed in the 70’s. Expect great music – Old-school and
new Hip Hop, R&B rhythms and Funk. Formal dance wear not required loose
athletic clothes recommended. Wear tennis shoes.
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Instructors: Micaya | Nicole Klaymoon | Joe Gray | Becca Rozell | Jacquie Leigh
Eric Fenn | Jacquie Leigh
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Breaking |
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Breaking is a street dance that started in the 70’s. What separates breaking from
hip-hop dance is that it is often freestyle
(improvisational) in nature and breakers frequently engage in battles— Informal freestyle dance
competitions. Sessions and battles are usually performed in a cipher, a circular dance space. Our
program teaches fundamental through advanced skills so that each dancer can
perform at their own level. Breaking builds strength, rhythm, flexibility and
balance. Wear loose athletic clothes, tennis shoes. Knee pads recommended.
Instructors: Miles Kenedi | Joe Gray
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Modern |
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Modern's expressive and athletic form is a healthy and enriching medium for
dancers to find themselves and express who they are through their bodies. Modern
dance is famous for breaking and tweaking the traditions of formal dance. It is
a more relaxed, free style of dance in which choreographers use emotions and
moods to design their own steps, in contrast to ballet's structured code of
steps. It has a deliberate use of gravity, whereas ballet strives to be light
and airy. Middle school and high school students are placed in levels 1-4. To
excel in modern, dancers need a strong background in ballet, as it encourages
core strength and placement. Clothing requirements Girls: leotard and footless
tights- any color. Boys: sweat pant and t-shirt. Barefeet.
Instructors: Annie
R Parr | Jennifer Meek | Lisa Townsend | Christine Cali | Miranda Mallard
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Jazz |
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Jazz is popular due to its exposure on television shows, movies, music videos and
commercials. Jazz takes the ballet vocabulary, brings it lower to the ground
and emphasizes line and isolation of the body. Middle school and high school
students are placed in levels 1-4. To excel in jazz, dancers need a strong
background in ballet, as it encourages core strength and placement. Clothing
requirements Girls: Black bootleg pant, legging or tights and fitted black top
or leotard. Boys: sweat pant and t-shirt. Black jazz slipper or dance paw
Instructors: Gabrielle Thompson | Alison DeOliviera
| Bella Qureshi
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Contemporary |
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Contemporary (Modern/Jazz) is a traditional dance class combining modern, jazz and ballet. The mix of
vocabulary and techniques build a strong foundation for modern and jazz. Class
includes exercises to develop strength, flexibility, coordination and rhythm
set to contemporary music. Beginning and Intermediate levels for ages. 1st-12th
grade. Clothing requirements Girls: leotard and footless tights- any color.
Boys: sweat pant and t-shirt. Barefeet.
Instructors: Kristin Damrow
| Natasha Johnson | Miranda Mallard | Becca Rozell | Kerstin Stuart | Jennifer Meek
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Capoeira |
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Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines a subtle blend of dance, gymnastics, and acrobatics.
Capoeira's roots originate from the Bantu tradition in Angola and was used by the enslaved Africans in Brazil as a form of revolution. The African slaves masked their self-defense tactics in to a dance so that the slaves masters and plantation overseers were not able to recognize their self-defense training. Capoeira is a game that is "played," not fought.
Instructors: Samuka
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Choreography Lab |
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Choreograph, dance, collaborate, learn, play and invent under the guidence of choreography teacher Nicole Klaymoon. Students create movement and phases to be manipulated and taught to one another to assemble their own piece for RoCo show! This class is designed for all types of experieced dancers between 7-12 grade.
Instructors: Nicole Klaymoon
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