DancEtc - Do You Wanna Dance?
About Us
Our company is based on the belief that our customers' needs are of the utmost importance.  As a result, a high percentage of our business is from repeat customers and referrals.
 
We would welcome the opportunity to earn your trust and deliver you the best dancing instruction in the county.
 
 
Classes Offered:
 
Ballet
is the basis for all structured forms of dance. Our goal is to develop a disciplined dancer through barre, center floor, & combinations suited to age & ability while developing body strength, self assurance, poise & grace.
 
Jazz
dance promotes flexibility, timing & musical awareness. Students gain flexibility, strength, balance & control of movement. Classes consist of a warm-up & a variety of combinations both across the floor & center floor.
 
Contmeporary
emphaizes strong emotional feeling & line while telling a story. It is the fusion of ballet technique bound by the dancer's inner emotions. Both ballet & jazz are prerequisites for Contemporary.
 
Tap
is a distinguished art form of rhythmic footwork that promotes awareness of timing, rhythm, & mental concentration. Tap is an innovative dance form that evolves with literally every style of music. Tap is the only style where you can hear your progress.
 
Modern
Modern dance is more relaxed, free style of expression.  Modern often utilizes floor in the routines and dancers are usually bare foot and costumes reflect the chosen emotions.  Dancers will learn control, flexibility and body expression. Classes focused on stretching to obtain maximum flexibility. Modern is focused on creating pictures with the body in a performance of dance.  This style will encourage dancers to use their emotion and mood in a creative self-expression. Many of the steps are done off the center of balance, which is amazing when achieve. Dancers will develop creativity in their moments and find new ways to use their bodies for performing and expression in dance. 
 
Hip Hop
An urban style of dance influenced by R & B music allows students the ability to learn a funky style of dance such as: freezes, popping, locking, krumping and old school, hip hop new style and the newest hip hop trends.  An energetic combination will work on body awareness, flexibility and coordination. Classes are fun, hip and extremely popular. Hip-hop is a fast pace high-energy class that will keep you groovin’. It is a combination of street style moves, isolations and floor work.  Age appropriate music fills each class.
 
Musical Theater
Musical Theater is recognized as a newer style of Jazz dance most notably seen in musicals and theatrical productions such as Oklahoma, West Side Story, Sound of Music, Cats, Cabaret, Chicago, All That Jazz and more. Musical Theater classes are jazzed based but set apart by the showmanship & acting skills of the dancers.
 
Tumbling
Beginning/Intermediate Tumbling will focus on basic tumbling skills. Students will learn forward & backward rolls, back bends from the ground, cartwheels, handstands, & round-offs. Intermediate/Advance Tumbling students will learn back extension rolls, handstand forward rolls, walk-overs, flip flops, ariels, hand-springs, standing back flips, and tumbling sequences.
 
Cardio Barre
is designed to exercise & burn unwanted fat while sculpting muscles. This class will lengthen & strengthen muscles by using resistance exercises & light weights.
 
Jumps, Turns, & Tricks
is designed for the student to really spend extra time to fine tune & advance their "trick" abilities. Many dancers want to have that great jump or beautiful turn sequence down pat, but never really have the space out of the studio to practice.
 
Yoga Classes It's Never Too Late To Start Practicing Yoga
Here are a few of the physical benefits of yoga:Yoga improves your flexibility. – The stretching that you engage in during every practice helps lengthen and stretch muscles, which helps reduce the risk of injuries.It helps to improve your balance. – The majority of yoga practices include some type of balancing in the poses. A significant number of people, especially as they began to get older, start to have problems with balance, which can lead to major injuries due to falls. By having a greater sense of balance, you are able to move more easily and safely.Yoga can help reduce pain. - Tense muscles often contribute to pain. Relaxing muscles helps to minimize muscle tension and the pain that is associated with it. Also, breathing deeply into muscles helps lessen pain by altering your perception of it.It tones your muscles. – Yoga works all the muscles in your body. It helps strengthen and tone them and also builds endurance and stamina.It helps to increase your level of energy. . – Carrying tension in your body takes an enormous toll on your energy reserves. By learning how to relax through your yoga practice, you benefit by enjoying higher levels of energy so you can more thoroughly enjoy your daily activities.Yoga helps promote a sense of relaxation. – Most people breathe high in their chests. This not only does not allow them to get sufficient oxygen, it also triggers the stress response, which contributes to feelings of anxiety. Breathing deeply as practiced in yoga, helps relax your muscles and also brings much needed oxygen to your cells. The deep sense of relaxation also leads to better quality sleep.Yoga helps reduces stress. - Deep breathing helps reduce the hormones that are released when you are feeling overwhelmed, overloaded, and frazzled. The internal focus that accompanies the poses helps create a relaxation response in your body.Once you take your body past the limits of where it has been, you start to feel that you can move past other limitations in your life as well.
 
Mommy & Me
is a class appropriate for boys/girls with their parent or caregiver. Dance movements & concepts using are appropriate themes & techniques are introduced. Focus is placed on fundamental movement skills to strengthen the students bodies & build their self-confidence. Students will learn body awareness, balance, bending/stretching, walking/running & hopping/jumping. Age appropriate dance skills will also be introduced.
 
Petite
is a class where age appropriate dance movements & concepts are introduced. Technique is being taught in a fun way. Focus is placed on fundamental movement skills to strengthen their bodies & build their self-confidence. Students will build on their body awareness, balance, bending/stretching, walking/running & hopping/jumping skills. Students will also learn social skills such as taking turns and following directions.
 
Age Classification
 
Mommy & Me          Petite
(ages 11/2- 2years)     (ages 2-3 years)
the emphasis is on FUN & the focus is placed on early physical & social development. The core of the class is based on coordination such as jumping, hopping & skipping, as well as social awareness & temporal sequence. We incorporate basic skills of ballet, tumbling, & jazz.
 
Mini (ages 4-5 years)
Students learn basic rhythms & enjoyments of creative dance movement through ballet, tap, & jazz. The emphasis is on developing self-confidence, poise, balance, coordination, & social skills. Correct dance terminology is taught as the students learn technique.
 
Primary (ages 6-8 years)
are offered as combination classes for students who are looking to keep moving in class and are not ready yet for one discipline. During class students will fine tune technique & combinations that will ready them for the next step.
 
Junior
refers to a student who is a beginner in a selected style
 
Intermediate
refers to a student who has some experience in a selected style
 
Advance
refers to a student who has experience in a selected style and good technique