Classes
All classes at the Burning Bush Community Center.
Ballet: Ballet is the foundation of all dance styles. Barre exercises will be introduced and start each Ballet class. Each level will work on refining fundamental techniques, terminology, stretching & strength continuing to build through the levels. Basics of jumps, leaps & turns are introduced and continued being learned by center and across the floor exercises. Ballet etiquette will be enforced, and students are expected to be engaged and focused in class. Ballet shoes are required.
Ballet/Jazz: Basic ballet vocabulary & movement including loco motor, elementary positions & musical rhythm along with creative expression and imagination! After working hard on ballet, we will end the class with basic jazz skills. Ballet and Jazz shoes are required.
Ballet/Poms: Your dancer will be introduced to ballet basics such as ballet vocabulary, movement including loco motor, elementary positions & musical rhythm along with creative expression and imagination! They will also learn the basics of proper jazz dance technique while including the sharp synchronized movements and visual effects of working with pom poms! Ballet shoes are required.
Ballet/Tap: Class will start basic tap skills, sounds, rhythm with right & left directions. Basic ballet vocabulary & movement including loco motor, elementary positions & musical rhythm along with creative expression and imagination! Ballet and Tap shoes are required.
Expressions Dance Company (Future Stars, Premiers, Headliners): By audition only. Specific class style will be assigned after completing the Expression Dance Company Audition process.
Hip Hop: Wear your sneakers & join this high energy, upbeat hip hop class! Learn new, fun & exciting moves to music you hear on the radio. We’ll do strength work, stretching, isolation’s and foot work to inspire dancers to leave it all out on the dance floor! Learn exciting age appropriate choreography & create your own moves. Clean sneakers must be worn.
Jazz: Explore the world of jazz, appealing with its energy and variety of movements. Learn fundamentals through warm-ups, patterns across the floor and finish with a center combination of leaps and turns. Technique and style added to more advanced classes. Jazz shoes are required.
Lyrical/Leaps & Turns: Students will explore techniques and skills from ballet and jazz and will continue improving flexibility, extension, core strength, and balance. It emphasizes interpretation of musical lyrics or melodies while telling a story with movement that can be fluid or abstract. We will also spend part of class focusing on technical dance skills such as alignment, positions, leaps, turns, and jumps that dancers perform in Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, and Contemporary. Ballet shoes are required.
Tap: Tap your toes to our favorite tunes as you learn tap steps. Emphasis is placed on developing skills such as: clarity of sounds and shading, rhythm, timing and of course fun! Tap shoes are required.
Poms: Poms is a class designed to introduce dancers to the basics of proper jazz dance technique while including the sharp synchronized movements and visual effects of working with pom poms! Clean sneakers must be worn.
Competition Technique: Dancers looking to branch into competitive or school teams will greatly benefit from this class. Time will be spent on technical skills from multiple styles of dance. Skills such as alignment, positions, and dance form will be covered.
Pre-Pointe: Specific exercises and skills will be covered to prepare dancer to move on pointe. Two year of prior ballet experience is needed. Instructor approval required to be place in class. Ballet shoes are required.
Summer 2021 Dance Schedule
| Class | Age | Day | Time | Dates | Fee (R/NR) | Instructor | Location |
| Expressions Dance Company: Future Stars | 8+ | Mon | 4-5:30pm | 9/13-3/7 | $375/$395 | Becca | Burning Bush |
| Expressions Dance Company: Premiers | 8+ | Mon | 5:30-7:30pm | 9/13-3/7 | $500/$520 | Becca | Burning Bush |
| Expressions Dance Company: Headliners | 8+ | Mon | 7:30-9:30pm | 9/13-3/7 | $500/$520 | Becca | Burning Bush |
| Pre-Ballet/Tap | 3-5 | Tue | 4-4:45pm | 9/7-3/8 | $196/$216 | Becca | Weiss |
| Beginning Ballet/Jazz | 5-7 | Tue | 4:45-5:45pm | 9/7-3/8 | $261/$281 | Becca | Weiss |
| Poms 1 | 8-10 | Tue | 6-7pm | 9/7-3/8 | $261/$281 | Becca | Weiss |
| Lyrical/Leaps & Turns | 11-14 | Tue | 7-8pm | 9/7-3/8 | $261/$281 | Becca | Weiss |
| Pre-Pointe | 11-14 | Tue | 8-9pm | 9/7-3/8 | $261/$281 | Becca | Weiss |
| Pre-Hip Hop | 3-5 | Wed | 4-4:45pm | 9/8-3/9 | $196/$216 | TBA | Burning Bush |
| Beginning Poms | 5-7 | Wed | 4:45-5:30pm | 9/8-3/9 | $196/$216 | TBA | Burning Bush |
| Hip Hop 1 | 7-10 | Wed | 5:30-6:30pm | 9/8-3/9 | $261/$281 | TBA | Burning Bush |
| Jazz 1 | 8-10 | Wed | 6:30-7:30pm | 9/8-3/9 | $261/$281 | TBA | Burning Bush |
| Ballet 2 | 11-14 | Wed | 7:30-8:30pm | 9/8-3/9 | $261/$281 | TBA | Burning Bush |
| Beginning Hip Hop | 5-7 | Thu | 4-4:45pm | 9/9-3/10 | $196/$216 | Becca | Weiss |
| Beginning Ballet/Tap | 5-7 | Thu | 4:45-5:45pm | 9/9-3/10 | $261/$281 | Becca | Weiss |
| Hip Hop 2 | 11-14 | Thu | 6-7pm | 9/9-3/10 | $261/$281 | Becca | Weiss |
| Poms 2 | 11-14 | Thu | 7-8pm | 9/9-3/10 | $261/$281 | Becca | Weiss |
| Jazz 2 | 11-14 | Thu | 8-9pm | 9/9-3/10 | $261/$281 | Becca | Weiss |
| Pre-Ballet/Poms | 3-5 | Fri | 4-4:45pm | 9/10-3/4 | $188/$208 | Becca | Weiss |
| Ballet 1 | 8-10 | Fri | 4:45-5:45pm | 9/10-3/4 | $250/$270 | Becca | Weiss |
| Tap 1 | 8-10 | Fri | 5:45-6:45pm | 9/10-3/4 | $250/$270 | Becca | Weiss |
