Miss Lisa's Dance Express Dance Classes

What We Offer
Dance Classes
Recreational and Competitive Classes

Ages 2 ½ to 5	Our weekly dance classes focus on ballet and tap, but a gradual introduction to jazz is made as the dancers get older and progress. The younger students get introduced to a social environment and get the opportunity to learn not only dance and all that goes along with it (motor skills, coordination, rhythm), but also learn valuable social skills needed for later life, such as respect, discipline and appropriate manners for the classroom. These age groups perform a tap and ballet dance in the annual recital.

Ages 5 & Up We have weekly combination classes that work in the disciplines of jazz, tap and ballet for all ages and levels. We also have a separate technique class in ballet for those students wishing to dance more than once a week. Our students get a complete dance education through the teaching of steps and focusing on proper terminology. The dancers also learn about themselves and their bodies through the discussion of muscle groups, the skeletal system, body posture and nutrition. These dancers perform three or more numbers, depending on number of classes taken, in the annual recital.
*Pointe classes* *Pre-Pointewill be offered for students 11 and up. All students must take this class before being in Pointe. It is a foundations & strengthening course preparing for Pointe. Pointe* will be offered for students 12 and up, as an additional 20-minute class to those who have had a full year of pointe or completed the pre-pointe class and adequate amount of ballet training. ***All pre-pointe and pointe students must take the Monday ballet technique class as well.

Competition Groups

Dance Express offers 2 types of Competitive groups- the Company which is audition based and the Twinkles which is for our recreational dancers who desires to start competing and get a feel for this competitive atmosphere. Dance Express also participates in 3-4 local competitions per year as well as a number of community performances. In order to be a competition dancer, all dancers must either go through the audition process or receive an invitation. There are combinations taught in jazz, tap, lyrical/ballet and hip-hop.

All competition dancers are required to purchase all necessary costumes and accessories for each routine. Dancers are required to take ballet technique class as well as their weekly combination class.

Dance Express is now offering a Competitive Acro Team as well!

For more info, check out our competition links.

TAP OUT?-

Tap is a wonderful art form and we are going to continue teaching
it at our Preschool and Beginner levels. At this level, we feel we have
given the students the basics to tap but as they advance into the next level
in their dancing we will let them choose if they want to continue with this
or not. For the dancers that have advanced past the beginner levels in
regular class time we are now going to focus solely on Ballet/Jazz. For
those students we consider as Intermediate-Advanced Tap level.we are going
to structure the classes differently. If this student wants to take Tap
still.we are going to have a separate Tap class from the regular class. It
will be $10 a month and 20 mins long. IF TAP OUT is highlighted on this
paper, please let us know if you would like to be added into the Tap Out
Class. If it is not highlighted, then your class will still include tap
this year.

NEW ADDITION!!! HIP HOP

For ages 6 and up! If taken in addition to your
regular dance class is it $15 a month. If you are not taking a dance class
at Dance Express, then it is $25 a month. We will stretch, strengthen, work
on hip hop progressions across floor, posing and learn a routine which will
be performed in the recital. Mondays!

All competition dancers are required to purchase all necessary costumes and accessories for each routine. Dancers are required to take ballet technique class as well as their weekly combination class.