We offer classes for kids and adults in Jazz. For kid batches, we teach the basics of Jazz technique through fun combinations and games. We teach movements that can be easily done by their age group, while ensuring a good technical foundation. As students grow, they benefit from having gained structure, discipline and a body that’s well-grounded in technique. We focus on rhythm, musicality, coordination and confidence building. We also take special care to play child-appropriate music in these classes and ensure zero tolerance for bullying.
For all students over the age of 12 years, we offer Beginner and Advanced levels of classes in Jazz.
If you love to dance and don’t know where to start, you’ve reached the right place. Our Beginner jazz classes are exactly what you need. This class is a mix of warm-up, learning technique and dancing choreography to the latest songs. You learn jazz basics in this class.
For students wanting to progress further in this class, we offer Advanced level classes. These are for those students who have perfected the basics of Jazz. The class has several components – warmup, flooring, technique and choreography.
For dancers with more than a few years of training experience, we offer another level. This class that focuses on artistry, athleticism, flow and building their unique strengths and repertoire.
Background
What are the images that pop up in your mind when you think about Jazz dance? Broadway musicals? Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire? Dancers in stylish costumes strutting, kicking, leaping across the stage? Pointed feet and perfect turns?
All those images are right, but let’s understand it’s history to learn about it authentically.
Jazz dance is a social dance style that emerged in the United States of America at the beginning of the 20th century, when African American dancers began combining their traditional African dance steps with European styles of movement. Jazz has always had a quintessential performance feel to it.
It is centred around improvisation and responding to music format that allows dancers to create a conversation or their interpretative response to the music through their bodies. Jazz dance is similar to jazz music in it’s ability to improvise and respond.
