YOUTH RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING

Ballet is a style of dance that is rooted deeply in history. Emerging in the early 1500s out of entertainment dances performed in the courts of the Italian Renaissance, it evolved into a concert dance form as it spread to countries such as France and Russia.

KSD is proud to train our dancers in the Cecchetti Ballet Method. By offering high-quality training, our students are able to build a strong technical movement foundation as well as learn dance theory to be able to take their dance further.

KSD provides Cecchetti Method training in Ballet and classes are based on age & ability.

Contemporary dance was established in the early 20th century to reinvent movement and question the role of art in society. The style has since gained dozens of different sub-styles and coined some of the most famous dancers and movement artists, such as Martha Graham.

KSD focuses on teaching the Limon technique and is heavily influenced by the work done by Peter Boneham. Classwork is progressive and includes a full floor barre, center work, across the floor, and improvisational exercises while expanding on concepts in contemporary technique, contact improvisation, and the choreographic progress.

Developed in the mid 1800s from African-American social dances, jazz is a high-energy dance with a sparkly liveliness that sets it apart from traditional dance forms.

Students in this class can expect to experiment with different styles of jazz, build technique, and performance quality with exercises in the center and across the floor. They will also be given opportunities for improvisation.

Hip Hop has its roots in the streets of the Bronx. Inspired by many types of African dance, the technique includes many famous styles such as pop & lock, waacking, house, krump, and many more.

By reviewing foundational Hip Hop steps, our students learn to identify various types of rhythms and styles found in popular Hip Hop music. This class is intended to teach students how to perform freestyle movements with confidence.

Although the exact origins of Lyrical dance remain unknown, it grew in popularity within Broadway and studio dance scenes in the 70s and has been a studio staple ever since. It is a fluid and musically influenced dance style that tells a story, and incorporates movements from ballet, contemporary and jazz styles.

Acro dance is a style that continues to grow in popularity. Its presence in the dance studio scene can be attributed to late Vaudeville and theatre performers who differentiated themselves from other acrobatics by using slow, precise, rhythmic movement.

KSD’s acrobatics classes focus on technique from the world renowned Acrobatic Arts syllabus. Skills in tumbling, contortion, and balancing will all be taught with an emphasis on reinforcing overall flexibility and strength.

Tap is a hybrid form of percussive dance born in America out of African and European traditions. Tap evolved alongside African-American music that would become known as jazz.

Our tap classes are based in the Al Gilbert Tap Syllabus. With a focus on rhythm and musicality, dancers will learn tap technique and progressions using the feet as their instruments.