Creative Movement is a thirty minute dance class designed to introduce young children to music and dance. Activities that emphasize the fun and excitement of discovering the world through movement. Children will enjoy the use of music, props, and poetry to develop basic motor and locomotor skills. Children must be out of diapers (Pull-ups are OK ). Two semesters strongly recommended.
Pointe training is available for dancers who have achieved a certain level of technical proficiency and physical maturity. Pointe students usually start at the age of 11 or 12, with extensive training, proper placement, turn out, alignment, and strength. Instructor will let a student know when she is ready for Pointe work. The student must be taking a minimum of 1 ballet class per week.
Learn the latest in hip-hop and street dance! RPDA has the smoothest Hip-Hop class in the area! Class includes warm-up followed by age-appropriate dance combinations to the latest Hip-Hop tracks. Emphasis is on developing individual style. A fun and fabulously funky dance class!
Lyrical is a very interpretive form of dancing which uses movements of ballet & jazz to tell a story with music. This class will help you express yourself in a way that you never have before! With the exception of Beginner lyrical dancers, a ballet class is strongly recommended when taking a lyrical or contemporary class.
Combo dance classes consist of two different styles of dance. The emphasis in this class will be on developing rhythm and coordination along with learning new steps. Combo classes are designed to give the young dancer a taste of two different styles of dance.
Our classical ballet
training is based upon the Cecchetti method, developed by Maestro Enrico Cecchetti. RPDA offers 11 levels of ballet. Ballet, the basis of all dance forms, is a definite necessity for any aspiring dancer. This class is focused on developing strength, balance, technique, and proper body placement. You will learn to create flexibility through barre and floor work, while developing grace and learning terminology. Examinations are offered for serious students.
This is a highly spectacular sport in which a perfect combination of speed, rhythm, somersaulting, and twisting movements are performed.
We offer a variety of fitness classes and levels. From Therabands, to Body sculpting to Dance & Tone, Zumba and Pilates! We are currently running Therabands and Pilates classes! Whether you are a beginner or a fitness buff, you should check these classes out! Mat Pilates is a strengthening and lengthening form of exercise that focuses on your core (trunk) muscles while also training your arms and legs. Mat Pilates is based on the original exercises Joseph Pilates developed to strengthen his own body as a very young man and then began teaching others.
Jazz is a fun-filled dance class that incorporates ways to increase flexibility, learn new and classical jazz steps, ability to execute a progression of steps across the floor, and much more. This class is designed to be taken in progression. Students must have the instructor's permission to participate in Intermediate or Advanced Jazz. Two semesters suggested.
In this class you will act out a play or film with action and dialogue combined with dancing and singing and/or lip syncing.
Are you planning on trying out for your school Dance Team? Or maybe you just enjoy the use of poms while dancing?! This is a type of dance which includes turns, toe touches, split jumps, split leaps, and more, with sharp fast paced combinations incorporating the use of poms. (dance terminology taught)
This class will introduce the dancer to Pop-n-lock, Slide, Glide, Windmills, Freezes, and more! This funky fresh style of dance, that originated in the 1980's, is back and more popular than ever!
Tap steps, rhythms, combinations, and more, will be used to teach students how to develop rhythm and musicality in tap dance. Sometimes two semesters of a tap level will be recommended, as the curriculum includes a full year's content.
Office Hours
Monday 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Tuesday 5:30PM - 8:00PM
Thursday 5:30PM-8:30PM
Saturday 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Sunday STUDIO CLOSED