LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT EACH CLASS IS BELOW!
CLASSES OFFERED
▫ XCEL (Technique, conditioning, & stretch)
▫ Ballet
▫ Jazz
▫ Tap
▫ Modern
▫ Contemporary/Lyrical
▫ Acro
▫ Hip Hop/Commercial
▫ Musical Theatre & Voice
Ballet | Pointe
Ballet is the keystone of technical dance. Power, grace, discipline, posture, balance, coordination, and so much more! While we are committed to getting our older dancers through their RAD exam Syllabus, we are excited to send our younger dancers through the Canadian Dance Teachers Association’s beautiful new Ballet Syllabus.
This, is what sets us apart from the rest.
This is our stretch, conditioning, & technique classes. These classes elevate our athletes to their tip-top shape.
Required for our Xcelerate dancers.
XCEL
Jazz
We teach the CDTA Jazz syllabus. Exams, while encouraged are optional, all students will learn the syllabus & technique.
Jazz dance incorporates classical ballet & modern technique with contemporary styles. Isolations, grounded movements, contractions, & explosive jumps & kicks performed to pop, rock, & jazz music!
Create percussion by rhythmically striking the floor with heel & toe taps. Tap dancing is an exciting and fun way to create music with our feet!
We train the CDTA Tap Syllabus.
Tap
Acro
Acrobatic Dance incorporates classical dance technique with precision acrobatic elements. Athletes increase strength, flexibility while tumbling, balancing, bridging, and more. This class is available as a competitive or recreational class. Acro pairs beautifully with Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Modern, & more! Acrobatic Arts Trained & Certified.
Think cartwheels, bridges, walkovers, handstands (walking on hands), headstands, chest-stands, aerials, contortion, front tuck, back tuck & so much more!
Modern Dance- Free, highly expressive style of dance that challenges the structured dance technique of ballet.
Lyrical Dance- Telling the story & emotion from the lyrics of the piece of music, blending ballet & jazz technique.
Contemporary Dance- a style of interpretive dance that lets dancers express emotionality through movement & breath. Blending, techniques from various genres including classical ballet, modern, jazz & lyrical.
Modern
Lyrical
Contemporary
Hip Hop & Commercial
Hip Hop: A fast, fun, exciting style of dance characterized by bounces & rocks to Hip Hop Music! Hip Hop has deep historical & social roots in African American culture, having emerged from Black communities in the 1970’s in New York.
Hip Hop dance is part of an entire culture, including: Hip Hop music, Deejaying, Graffiti, Emceeing, & Breaking!
Commercial: Commercial dance is what most local dancers think of as ‘hip hop’. However, the majority of the dance being performed/taught/costumes is in fact either street jazz, jazz pop or some form of commercial dance.
In an attempt to reduce cultural appropriation, Xcelerate Dance will not offer classes named Hip Hop unless we have an instructor who can teach the culture, history and nuances of Hip Hop. What the dancers learn in class & perform will remain largely the same.
Musical Theatre
Voice
Become a Triple Threat!
Here you will add your dance skills to acting and singing
(optional) voice lessons.
Most Broadway shows require the dancers to dance, sing, & act. THIS could be your ticket to the Broadway stage!
Music & Movement
Dance 101 for 3, 4, & 5 years old!
Children will learn musicality, rhythm, basic dance positions, skipping, galloping, expressing themselves to music, free dance, & so much more!
A few examples of the fun ways we will teach your little one include: instruments, obstacle courses, copycat songs, follow the leader, free dance, props, ribbon sticks, colouring sheets…
Everything your young child needs to grow their love of movement, music, increase coordination, concentration, respect of self & others, and a lifelong love of dance!
Our 2nd option pre-school dancers!
This is our ‘Acro 101.’
Skips, gallops, somersaults, rolling, tumbling, counting, monkey stands, & balancing! Here we will use the mats, props, music, coloring sheets, obstacle courses & more to learn the basics of Acro! Balancing, Tumbling, & Limbering!
Skips & Flips
