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This high-energy class blends stretching with fundamental jazz techniques. Dancers will enjoy mastering specific jazz elements and honing them throughout the season, including jazz progressions, turns, leaps, and center floor work.

Ballet is one of the oldest dance styles. It is based on a vocabulary and technique that focuses on strength, mobility, and grace. Ballet is the foundation for most styles of dance. Classes combine stretching, barre exercises, and center technique work. Ballet is one of the most disciplined dance styles and provides a deep foundation for any dancer. It is required for team members.

An advanced form of classical ballet training is open to those with several years of ballet experience, where the dancer supports all body weight on the tips of fully extended feet when wearing pointe shoes. This class is by invitation only due to the nature of the discipline and the effort it requires reserved for those 11 years of age (minimum) and older.  We require a pre-pointe season to ensure the dancers are ready for this next level.  Other factors that weigh the decision to start pointe work are desire to learn, commitment level, alignment, strength, technical ability, and facility.

Hip Hop, originally a form of street dance, has become a popular way to get active, have fun, and learn performance elements of this specific genre. Our Hip Hop classes combine a warm-up, grooves, across-the-floor exercises, and fun dance combos that challenge the dancers. This hard-hitting and powerful form of dance is a great way to let energy out while learning new tricks or working on old ones! 

Tap is a traditional style of dance that focuses on musicality and rhythm. In the first levels, dancers learn basic tap skills and terminology and build on those movements as they progress in the genre. Fundamental skills such as balance and general alignment are important aspects mastered in tap class.

Lyrical dance combines ballet and jazz techniques to create movement based on feelings and musicality. This class will help students hone in on their emotions while learning technical movement. The improv portion of this training allows our students to learn to express themselves with a sense of freedom and fluidity without structured choreography. 

In technique class, dancers have the opportunity to refine the technical aspects they learn in their other classes. This includes working on flexibility, turns, leaps, and other technical skills tailored to each dancer's specific needs. The class focuses more on training than on performance and is beneficial for dancers of all ages and dance styles. It is mandatory for Team Members.

This class is designed to improve a dancer’s range of motion, enhance muscle flexibility, heighten a dancer’s balance, teach students how to utilize their strength and increase their control while they dance, and, by improving range of motion and muscle flexibility, enhance dancers' flexibility, balance, strength, and control during performances.

If your dancer is preparing for a dance team or cheer squad spot in the future, then this is the class for them. This focused, skill-building class provides instruction on proper stretching, pom and hip hop movement, and across-the-floor/drill technique with a focus on sharply aligned movement.They also work on specific needs for each dancer to prepare them to participate on a team or squad in the coming years/seasons.

Our dance-focused acro and tumbling classes teach flexibility, balance, strength, and coordination by combining dance technique and tumbling skills. Agility and posture will be a focus as we safely instruct dancers on the acro moves they need to take their training step-by-step in this genre. Prerequisites are required for specific levels, and each dancer develops at their own rate: differentiating skill sessions within one class is common in this genre.

Twinkle Star Dance is the perfect balance of structure and fun. It is our pre-ballet and pre-tap Program. Each dance class is specific to your child’s developmental age and stage. The Twinkle Star Method has four pillars: Skill Building, Center Movement, Just For Fun, and Showtime!

Ages 4-5. 

The perfect start! This is an introductory dance class containing ballet, tap, and creative movement. Young dancers will learn the basic steps while learning how to follow direction and imitate movement in a positive environment. Engaging music is used to get these little guys inspired to dance in a classroom setting. Props such as Twinkle bears and hula hoops enable the young dancers to use their imagination and creativity and, most of all, have fun!

An age-specific class containing ballet, tap, and jazz/creative movement. The class aims to introduce young dancers to the three dance styles and inspire movement and creativity within a positive environment. Dancers will also learn basic steps and terminology in all three styles. Using fun, age-appropriate music engages the young dancers’ minds and bodies. Using props such as hula hoops adds to the engagement and fun! Ages 3-4.

This is a preschool-K beginner tumbling and acro skills class focused on flexibility and proper tumble form. It is designed to help young children increase strength, coordination, and gross motor skills. The class begins with a warm-up and stretches. The children will work on skills such as animal walks, bridges, forward rolls, and cartwheels. Fun and safety are always built right in! Ages 3-5.

In connection with the Miracle League of Sioux City and its excellence in all-abilities programming, this dance curriculum promotes jazz and pom-based skill-building, friendships, and fun! Dancers, no matter their ability, can explore the world of dance in a friendly, supportive environment. It is open to all levels. Buddy assistants are provided.