Early Childhood Program, ages 18 months-5 years
HSDC’s Early Childhood Creative Movement curriculum allows young students to explore their developing movement skills while interacting with caregivers and peers, slowly moving into independent classes at age three. Exploring the creativity and imagination of childhood, dancers have the opportunity to improvise, engage in creative problem solving and grow in cognitive, social and emotional ways as they interact in class.
Creative Movement (CM) Parent/Child Class (18 months – 3 years)
Exploring the many ways toddlers love to move, we’ll walk, run, wiggle, spin, and shake. Caregivers are an essential part of this class as we bounce, swing, twirl and jump to learn more about ourselves, others and the world around us accompanied by vibrant music and stories. This classes offer new ideas to engage your child while repeating elements to build their skills throughout the year.
Creative Movement (CM) (3–5 years)
Join us as we explore the different ways we move our bodies through space. As we study new dance concepts, we will learn to tell stories with our movements while dancing with our friends. This class changes every session.
Storytime Dance (3-5 years)
Engage your child’s imagination as we dance through familiar stories and create some of our own. Students will explore award winning children’s literature, such as Harold and the Purple Crayon, Where the Wild Things Are, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
KinderBridge (4-5 years)
Especially created for older preschoolers who’ve missed the kindergarten cut-off, this class reaches the kinesthetic learners as we explore early literacy skills through dance. Students will express how they think and understand the world through movement.
Primary Program, ages 5-9
As they continue their exploration of the elements of dance (Body, Energy, Space and Time) students in the primary program explore these concepts in more complex ways – using partners, developing more advanced skills, learning simple dance combinations, and creating their own dances through beginning choreography. Primary dance students do all of this, as well as begin to learn to work together as they create in trios and quartets, learning more complex skills and combinations and expanding their choreographic experience. As students mature, they explore dance concepts and develop skills in ever-increasing subtlety and depth. For each age group, there is repetition and challenge.
Creative Movement (CM) 5-7 years, level I
Exploring movement concepts, developing dance technique (?) and skills, and composing dances strengthens the body and mind and helps primary dancers become skilled movers and choreographers.
Creative Movement (CM) 5-7 years, level II
Exploring movement concepts, developing dance technique and skills, and composing dances strengthens the body and mind and helps primary dancers become skilled movers and choreographers.
Creative Movement (CM) 7-9 years, level I
Exploring movement concepts, developing dance technique and skills, and composing dances strengthens the body and mind and helps primary dancers become skilled movers and choreographers. Students will expand their choreographic experience in ensemble work and more advanced dance skills.
Kids Yoga (2 sessions: 5-7 years, 6-9 years)
Students learn to find stillness and strength at the same time through this ancient art form. From downward dog to child’s pose, this class is calming and challenging.
Secondary Program, ages 7-13
For students interested in focusing on the techniques that support contemporary dance, HSDC offers classes in ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, and musical theater. Students in the technique classes are placed by experience:
Level A: for students with little or no experience
Level B: for students with some experience (1 year of continuous study)
Level C: for students with 3-5 years of continuous study.
Students should expect to stay in each level a minimum of 2 years; progress is monitored by faculty. Students in Level C should sign up for both ballet classes and at least one other technique class. Students in level B should sign up for one other technique or Creative Movement class. HSDC reserves the right to place a student in the appropriate level at any time.
Ballet (levels A, B, C)
Classical ballet emphasizes strength, flexibility, coordination, alignment, muscle toning, & musicality. Classes are offered in a relaxed and supportive learning environment, nurturing a personal sense of well being. Ballet shoes required.
Modern (ages 10+)
Modern dance combines traditional technique to develop strength, coordination and flexibility with an emphasis on creative skills and expression through improvisation and composition.
Jazz (levels A, B)
Ballet, tap, and jazz music are just a few influences of jazz dance, a mix of rhythm and style. Class provides a system of exercises for physical toning, strengthening, flexibility, isolations and placement. There will be a progressive warm-up, across the floor progressions including turns and jumps and a short combination that brings all of these elements together.
Hip-Hop (levels A, A/B, B/C)
The class will introduce the student to hip hop fundamentals. As students work to internalize proper body movement to music, they will develop rhythm, coordination, and motor skills.
Tap (levels A/B, B/C)
Class includes basic vocabulary and execution, exercises to warm and strengthen the ankles, center floor combinations using the steps, technique and rhythms that are learned as the class progresses.
Musical Theater Dance
In this class, students explore the combining of different dance techniques and disciplines used in theatrical dance as they learn how to convey story and character through choreography.
Dance for Boys
Exploring movement concepts, developing dance technique and skills, and composing dances strengthens the body and mind and helps primary dancers become skilled movers and choreographers.
Zumba® Kids
This exciting Latin dance workout class is specifically designed for kids, engaging their minds and bodies. Focused on international rhythms such as meringue, cumbia, reggeaton and salsa, it is designed to get kids moving for life!
Family Program
HSDC offers a variety of family programs providing the opportunity for everyone to engage in dance in new and creative ways. Families move and dance together as they experience a new way to interact and communicate. Family dance classes emphasize imagination and ensemble building as families make creative decisions together. Other family classes provide a space for families to focus and learn together and with other parents or families in the community. Registration is per family, making our family programs a healthy, affordable and progressive experience for everyone.
Family Storytime Dance (ages 3-7)
Come together as a family as we dance through familiar stories and create some of our own. Together we will explore award winning children’s literature, such as Harold and the Purple Crayon, Where the Wild Things Are, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Family Yoga (for parents and youth ages 8-12)
Families learn to find stillness and strength at the same time together through this ancient art form. From downward dog to child’s pose, this class is calming and challenging for the whole family.
Parents-Only Yoga
This is a chance for parents only to explore stillness and strength through this ancient art form. Treat yourself to this challenging class in the company of other parents looking for calm in the chaos.
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