Healthy body? Check. Healthy brain? Check.
Dance and movement are some of of the best activities for a healthy body and a healthy brain! While many activities encourage repetitive movement patterns, dance and movement offer a highly diverse spectrum of motion that not only promotes cardiovascular health and muscle formation, also promotes neural growth! Additionally, the expressive and creative nature of dance provides an opportunity for kids to work out their emotions and stress in a tactile way.
Our Enrichment Program is a fantastic way to offer a dose of body and brain awareness to your child while training them in a variety of dance styles! No auditions are required to participate and classes are available for all ages and levels of experience! To celebrate the end of the year, each spring students are encouraged to participate in our annual full-scale dance show. Enrichment students are also welcome to audition for our yearly presentation of Masha & the Nutcracker in December.
Looking for classes for babies-6 year olds? Check out our Early Childhood Program! Click here!
Classes for Ages 7-9
Yellow Tap Students learn basic tap vocabulary and technique. This class helps students build musicality while exploring new rhythms and steps.
Yellow Jazz Jazz is a rhythmic style of dance, focusing on isolations, leaps, and turns. This class explores jazz dancing across genres of music and encourages students to express their individuality through movement.
Yellow Ballet In this class students are introduced to basic ballet vocabulary and technique. Emphasis is placed on concentration and dance etiquette during class. Students are also encouraged to explore movement through improvisation.
Yellow Irish Step Dance ( 8+) This is an introductory class to traditional Irish dance, teaching the basic steps and posture of Irish dancing. Students will learn both solo dances and partnered dances.
Elementary Miriam Ministry (7+) Miriam Ministry is a dance ministry and Bible study for dancers that would like to serve and minister in the community through the gift of dance. Students should be 7+ years old and concurrently enrolled in a ballet class at BSFAS. There is no tuition charge for this class.
Classes for Ages 10+ Or Placement
Orange Tap This class works on strengthening and ankle control, introducing more advanced steps for tappers. Class time is spent exploring rhythm and musicality through choreography and improvisation.
Orange Jazz Jazz is a rhythmic style of dance, focusing on isolations, leaps, and turns. This class explores jazz dancing across genres of music and encourages students to express their individuality through movement.
Orange Ballet This class builds on basic ballet technique - focusing on alignment, control, and strengthening. During class, students will spend time on barre work, movement across the floor, and center exercises.
Orange Irish Step Dance This is an introductory class to traditional Irish dance, teaching the basic steps and posture of Irish dancing. Students will learn both solo dances and partnered dances. Students wear soft shoes in this class.
Orange Modern Modern dance builds on technique developed in ballet class. There is an increased focus on breath and articulation of the torso (such as aligned, tilted, or contracted) and finding new body shapes. Steps have a furthered emphasis on grounded movement while standing and sitting.
Students in the following classes are encouraged to take this level of Modern: Orange Ballet, Red Ballet, Re, and Mi. Enrollment in an appropriate ballet class is required to take this modern class.
Orange Irish This is an intermediate traditional Irish dance class. Students will learn both solo dance and partnered ceili dances throughout the semester. Previous experience in Irish or placement is required.
Elementary Miriam Ministry Miriam Ministry is a dance ministry and Bible study for dancers that would like to serve and minister in the community through the gift of dance. Students should be 7+ years old and concurrently enrolled in a ballet class at BSFAS. There is no tuition charge for this class.
Classes for 13+ Or Placement
Red Jazz Jazz is a rhythmic style of dance, focusing on isolations, leaps, and turns. This class explores jazz dancing across genres of music and encourages students to express their individuality through movement.
Red Ballet Technique and musicality are emphasized. Students will work on intermediate barre work and movement exercises across the floor, expanding their ballet vocabulary and ability.
Red Tap This class is for the more advanced student in tap. Special focus is put on ankle control, complex rhythms and sequences, and tap improvisation.
Red Modern For students in Mi+, Fa, & Sol. Modern dance is based on the techniques of choreographers, such as Graham and Horton. There is a focus on breath, articulation of the torso (such as aligned, titled, or contracted.) Many of the steps have emphasis on grounded movement while standing and a set vocabulary of movements that are done while seated on the floor. Students must be enrolled in an appropriate ballet class.
Teen Miriam Ministry is a dance ministry and Bible study for dancers that would like to serve and minister in the community through the gift of dance. Students should be 13+ years old and concurrently enrolled in a ballet class at BSFAS. There is no tuition charge for this class.