Preteen Program
Our Preteen Program is designed for ages 9 - 13. Scroll down to see our available classes.
Preteen Ballet
(Ages 9 - 13)
Preteen ballet classes provide dancers with a strong foundation for ballet technique and develop a sense of confidence, grace, and self-awareness. Classes consist of barre exercises, center work involving both allegro (quick) and adagio (slow) combinations, and conclude with grand allegro combinations done across the floor. Students will become fluent in ballet terminology and will have a higher understanding of basic ballet principles and technique.
Preteen Hip Hop
(Ages 9-13)
This class offers an introduction to hip hop dance and movement style. Students will warm-up to fun, upbeat music while improving coordination, rhythm, strength and flexibility. Students will learn fun and exciting new choreography each week.
Preteen/Jr. Co. Modern
(Ages 9-14)
Modern dance involves a contemporary lyrical form of movement. Our classes offer training in Horton, Graham, and Limon techniques. Modern classes involve extensive warm up exercises designed to strengthen the dancer while improving flexibility, quick center exercises designed to improve balance and technique, a variety of challenging across the floor exercises, and original choreography set to a diverse musical selections
Company Prep Ballet
(Ages 7-10)
Company Prep ballet introduces young dancers to the fundamental terms and techniques of ballet in preparation for joining our NGSB Company in the future. We follows the Russian, or Vaganova, method of training in ballet technique. Ballet classes consist of barre exercises, center work involving both allegro (quick) and adagio (slow) combinations, and conclude with grand allegro combinations done across the floor. Students will become fluent in ballet terminology and will have a higher understanding of basic ballet principles and technique. Ballet is highly recommended for students wishing to improve their technique and to grow and progress to more advanced levels of dance.
Triple Threat
(Ballet/Tap/Jazz Combo Class)
(Ages 7-10)
Triple Threat is a combo class focusing on the fundamentals of ballet, jazz, and tap technique. Experience all three dance disciplines while learning dance terminology, barre work, center work, across-the-floor work, musicality, style, and more!