Class Placement Guidelines

We recognize that students progress at varied rates and this is taken into account when placing students in their classes. This serves as a basic guideline to point parents and students in the right direction. Please respect your teacher’s advice on placement for it is where we feel your dancer will make the most progress and where they will thrive.

For Our Youngest Dancers

  • Creative Movement – age 3-4
  • Ballet/Tap- age 5-7
  • Tap 1- Age 5-7
  • Ballet 1-age 5-7 (30 minute class)
  • Jazz/Hip Hop – age 5-7 (30 minute class)
  • Modern/Acro 1 – age 6-8 (45 minute class)

Ballet Classes

  • Ballet 1- Age 5-7
  • Ballet 2- Age 6-8, grades 1-3
  • Ballet 2B- age 7-9, grades 2-4
  • Ballet 2/3- grades 4-6, age 9-12
  • Ballet 3a core- grades 5-8+ must take twice a week
  • Ballet 3b core- grades 7+, must take twice a week
  • Ballet 4 Core- grades 8+ must take twice a week
  • Ballet 5 Core- grades 9+ must take twice a week
  • Ballet Technique- grades 7-12

Note:  All Core Level 3 and Up Ballet classes must take at least two Core Ballet Classes per week. This does not include a pointe class as one of those two classes.

Pointe Classes

  • Pre Pointe/Pointe 1 for Ballet 3b Core Students, teacher approval
  • Pointe 2- Grades 8+, for Ballet 4 & Ballet 5 Core Students
  • Pointe 3-Grades 10-12, for Ballet 5 Core Students

Hip Hop & Street Dance Classes 

  • Hip Hop 1 – Grades 2-5, ages 7-10
  • Hip Hop 2 – Grades 5-8, age 10-13
  • Hip Hop 3 – Grades 7+, by invitation
  • Hip Hop 4 – Grades 9+, by invitation
  • Street Dance – Grades 4-8

Modern Dance, Modern/Acro & Acro Classes

  • Modern/Acro 1 – ages 6-8, grades 1-3
  • Modern/Acro 2/ 3- ages 8-10, grades 3-5, Ballet suggested
  • Modern 3B – grades 5-7, ballet required, D-tour Jr. Co
  • Modern 4B- grades 8-11, ballet core required, D-tour
  • Modern 5- grades 9-12, ballet core required, D-tour by invitation
  • Acro 1 – Ages 5-8 grades K-3 Jazz/Acro- Ages 6-8, grades 1-3

Acro is included with our Choreography Classes. See Below under Choreography/Acro.

Contemporary & Lyrical Classes

  • Contemporary 4- grades 8+ Ballet 3B or Ballet 4 required
  • Contemporary 5 – grades 9-12, ballet 5 required
  • Teen Lyrical- Grades 7-12

Jazz Classes  

  • Jazz/HH- ages 5-7, (30 minute class)
  • Jazz/Hip Hop 2, ages 7-9, grades 2-4 (45 minute class)
  • Jazz/Acro- Ages 6-8, grades 1-3
  • Jazz 1- age 8-10, grades 3-5, ballet suggested
  • Jazz 2/ 3- ages 11-14 or grades 5-7 ballet suggested
  • Jazz 4b-grades 8-11, ballet required
  • Jazz 5- grades 9-12, ballet required

Note: All Jazz 3 and higher classed must include at least one ballet class.

Tap Classes  

  • Tap 1- Age 5-7
  • Tap 2 for Ages 6-8
  • Tap 2- Ages 8-12
  • Tap 3- Ages 13+

Choreography Classes/ Acro (are invited to perform in our winter showing)

  • Choreography /Acro 1/2- Grades 4-7
  • Choreography/Acro 2 Grades 7+*(Acro skills required: one-handed cartwheel, Bridge, handstand against the wall.) Must have dance, choreography or Acro experience.
  • Choreography, Acro, Partnering 3 – grades 6+- Class will include Acro, Partnering work, and Choreography work alone and in small groups. You must be open to working with weight sharing and counterbalancing with a partner and advancing your acro abilities. (Acro skills required: Handstand into a bridge, Round Off, Angel Roll)

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