Activites, Camps and After School Classes in McLean, VA

Pre-ballet classes are introductory dance classes for young children, typically ages 3.5-5, designed to introduce them to the fundamentals of ballet in a fun and engaging way, focusing on basic movements, coordination, and musicality.

This class is a blend of modern and lyrical styles while adapting to current dance trends. Contemporary class is for intermediate to advanced dancers. Elements of improvisation will be taught in this class and will help expand a dancer’s artistry and individual dance movement.

Hip Hop class teaches rhythm, unique body isolations, and musicality. Hip Hop choreography is creative and allows dancers to keep up with current social dances, while challenging them to create their own unique style. Classes are taught to popular music in an energetic and fast pace class.

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.

Calling all Disney Lovers! Explore new and classic Disney stories and songs through dance! Learn dances to songs from Encanto, Moana, Princess and the Frog, and more! Explore different dance genres and how those dance forms can tell a story through movement. Dance and Disney-related crafts will have students singing and dancing along.

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.

This class is a combination of ballet, jazz, and contemporary styles. Lyrical class focuses on applying dance technique to rhythmic and emotional cues found in music. New dance vocabulary such as turns and leaps will also be taught in this class

This class is a blend of modern and lyrical styles while adapting to current dance trends. Contemporary class is for intermediate to advanced dancers. Elements of improvisation will be taught in this class and will help expand a dancer’s artistry and individual dance movement.

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.

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.

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.

Harmony In Motion is a collaborative dance camp project. Join us in the summer as we give the experience of different dance styles such as jazz, tap, ballet, lyrical, modern, hip hop and acro. While also including arts and crafts! This a great camp for all ages.

Musical theater camp is designed for students of all levels to learn and practice the essential skills of musical theater, including singing, acting, dancing, and choreography, culminating in a performance of scenes or a full production from a chosen musical.

Calling all tumbling lovers! Acro camp is a fun way for dancers to hone their acrobatic skills and increase flexibility, strength, balance, coordination, endurance, timing, body awareness, self-discipline, and confidence. A dance will be performed at the end of each week. Option to attend one or both weeks.

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 class is a combination of ballet, jazz, and contemporary styles. Lyrical class focuses on applying dance technique to rhythmic and emotional cues found in music. New dance vocabulary such as turns and leaps will also be taught in this class