Curriculum

Courses offered by the Studios may be taken by students from ages 3 to adult, beginner through advanced. Students may study one hour weekly, or may choose from competitive programs meeting twice or three times weekly.

TOT CLASSES FOR AGES 3-5: (a DeMarie specialty) are offered Saturday mornings, weekday mornings, and weekday afternoons. This course introduces the fundamentals of jazz, tap, and ballet to the very young. With music appreciation and character acting, the child's creativity, motor skills, and confidence are developed while having fun. The children sing and dance to music designed especially for this age group.

BALLET CLASSES: are offered from age 6. Ballet develops excellent structure, tone, placement, technique, strength, and flexibility of the body. As the "mother" of dance, ballet is essential for any student who desires to be placed on our competition teams..

TAP CLASSES: are offered from age 5 and are a great source for rhythmic and motor skill development. As an audible dance form, tap is effective in stimulating a natural sense of rhythm and beat, and is popular for all ages.

JAZZ CLASSES: are offered from age 5. This free style of dance involving stretch, isolations, jumps, kicks, turns, and combinations influenced by the contemporary dances and music of today, is taught backed by the DeMarie technique.

HIP-HOP CLASSES: are offered from age 7. This trendy fad based on street dancing combines today's latest music and moves as seen in music videos. A fun and energetic class!

ACROBATIC CLASSES: are offered from age 6. Acro develops flexibility, strength, and coordination. This course is based on floor exercise and tumbling. A must for the all-around dancer.

JUMP AND TURN CLASSES: This non-performing class concentrates strictly on Jazz Technique. Students will work on intermediate progressions of jumps, turns. Students need to have at least one year of jazz training to participate.

MUSICAL THEATRE DANCE : This "production" style class is offered for ages 8-12. Classic Broadway music is combined with choreography to create a truly theatrical experience.