Recreational Dance Classes
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Recreational Dance Classes: Age 2
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(September 2024-June 2025)
Recreational Dance Classes: Ages 3-5
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(September 2024-June 2025)
Recreational Dance Classes: Ages 6-9
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(September 2024-June 2025)
Recreational Dance Classes: Age 10-18
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(September 2024-June 2025)
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Recreational Dance Class Descriptions
Creative Movement Classes (Age 2)
- A 30 minute class, emphasizing basic creative movement fundamentals and introduce basic ballet technique
- Dancers will learn and perform 1 recital routines
Ballet & Tap Classes (Ages 3-5 and 6-9)
- A 45 minute class, emphasizing basic creative movement skills, as well as beginning basic ballet and tap technique
- Dancers will learn and perform 2 recital routines, ballet and tap
Jazz Classes (Ages 6-9)
- A 30 minute class where dancers will learn basic ballet or jazz technique and terminology.
- Dancers will learn and perform a ballet or jazz routine for the recital
Co-ed Hip Hop Classes (Ages 3-18)
- A 30 minute class emphasizing basic hip hop technique and terminology
- Dancers will learn and perform 1 recital routine
- Class options are for ages 3-5, ages 6-9, and ages 10-18
Musical Theater Classes (Ages 6-11)
- A 30 minute class where dancers will learn jazz-based technique and terminology.
- Dancers will learn and perform a musical theater routine for the recital
Jazz & Lyrical Classes (Ages 10-18)
- A 45 minute class where dancers will learn ballet, jazz, and lyrical technique and terminology
- Dancers will learn and perform two routines at the recital including a jazz routine and lyrical routine
Boys Breakdancing Classes (Ages 6-11)
- A 30 minute class where dancers will learn basic breakdancing technique and terminology.
- Dancers will focus on building strength and learning breakdancing skills and do not perform in the recital.
Boys Hip Hop Classes (Ages 6-11)
- A 30 minute class emphasizing basic hip hop technique and terminology
- Dancers will learn and perform 1 recital routine
Alpha Athletes Dance Classes (Ages 4-10 with Special Needs)
- 30 minute class
- Uses music, rhythms, dance, and interactive games to provide a fun and engaging atmosphere for your children
- Designed to help your children practice how to stay with a group, start to understand and follow directions, develop gross motor skills and coordination, and learn basic dance steps all while having fun with our caring instructors
Bigs & Littles Dance Class
A current registered dancer and their "Big" (an 18+ adult) spend time bonding with each other and other dance families while learning a themed dance to perform in the June recitals together.
Fee: $120 per couple and $40 for each additional child with the same adult. Costume fees may be added at a later date.
Time: To be announced
Practice Dates: To be announced
"Little" must be a current registered dancer. You will perform in the recital.
Please call us at 763-413-0647, email a Customer Care Representative at customerservice@jamhops.com, or stop at the Customer Care Desk with questions.
Styles of Dance
Ballet: A dance that is characterized by its light, graceful, fluid movements which value straight lines, pointed toes and soft dynamic. It originated in Renaissance Italy and established its present form during the 19th century.
Jazz: A high energy dance that values strong ballet technique matched to the rhythms of upbeat and lively music. Traditionally performed to jazz music, the dance style has taken on a new form where it is often paired to upbeat pop music.
Lyrical: A style that combines ballet and jazz dancing techniques. It is performed and inspired by the to music or "lyrics" of a song and values expression of strong emotions. This style concentrates on an individual approach and expressiveness of such emotions as love, joy, hurt, or anger.
Tap: A percussive dance performed wearing shoes fitted with metal taps. It is characterized by rhythmical tapping the toes and heels in various patterns to the beat of a song.
Breakdancing: Breakdancing is a style of street dance that incorporates freestyle, stylized footwork, and athletic or acrobatic movements.
Hip Hop: Hip Hop dance refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music or dance styles that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture. It includes a wide range of styles primarily breaking, locking, and popping which were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States.
Musical Theater: Our musical theater class focuses on telling a story through movement. Most movement will be based in jazz technique, and may incorporate lip-synching and character development. Dancers should wear jazz shoes for this class.
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