James School Of Dance Arts

Jazz technique is a visually technical style that combines isolations, sharp and fluid movements with specific jazz vocabulary. Class format consists of a warm-up to enhance core strengthening, balance practices, extensions exercises, and leaps and turns. Students will build diverse combinations and routines. We recommend all dancers take ballet in addition to jazz to help improve technique.

This dance style largely focuses on rhythm and sounds produced by tap shoes. Tappers will learn tap vocabulary and new and exciting rhythmic patterns and sounds. Students will apply this new rhythmic musicality to tap choreography.

This class is centered on fundamental acrobatic technique to increase flexibility, strength, balance, coordination, endurance, timing, body awareness, self-discipline, and confidence. Classes focus on proper hand placement and body alignment with emphasis on the muscles and flexibility required to perform proper technique. Dancers will learn tumbling and flexibility skills in conjunction with dance phrases and choreography.

This dance style largely focuses on rhythm and sounds produced by tap shoes. Tappers will learn tap vocabulary and new and exciting rhythmic patterns and sounds. Students will apply this new rhythmic musicality to tap choreography.

Ballet 1/2 is designed for those with little to no experience, focusing on foundational techniques, alignment, and basic terminology, often starting with barre work and progressing to center work.

Jazz technique is a visually technical style that combines isolations, sharp and fluid movements with specific jazz vocabulary. Class format consists of a warm-up to enhance core strengthening, balance practices, extensions exercises, and leaps and turns. Students will build diverse combinations and routines. We recommend all dancers take ballet in addition to jazz to help improve technique.

Jazz technique is a visually technical style that combines isolations, sharp and fluid movements with specific jazz vocabulary. Class format consists of a warm-up to enhance core strengthening, balance practices, extensions exercises, and leaps and turns. Students will build diverse combinations and routines. We recommend all dancers take ballet in addition to jazz to help improve technique.

Jazz technique is a visually technical style that combines isolations, sharp and fluid movements with specific jazz vocabulary. Class format consists of a warm-up to enhance core strengthening, balance practices, extensions exercises, and leaps and turns. Students will build diverse combinations and routines. We recommend all dancers take ballet in addition to jazz to help improve technique.

This classical form of dance is derived from french terminology. Ballet focuses on specific feet and body facings both at the barre and in center work. Dancers will lean formalized steps, intricate movement patterns, and a wide variety of ballet vocabulary. At JSDA we believe ballet is the core of all dance and we strongly advise all students take ballet class as part of their growth and development as a dancer. At JSDA we do not focus on one specific ballet technique such as RAD, Cecchetti, or Vaganova- but incorporate all techniques into class.