572 Memorial Dr
Breese, IL 62230
Email us: thebeatschoolofdance@gmail.com
Contact Ashley Brandmeyer: (618) 340-1106
Contact Jessie Brandmeyer: (618) 610-9100
Recreational Dance (ages 6+)
The Recreational Dance Program allows students to take Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, and Tumbling, as well as some competition-based classes (Leaps and Turns, Contemporary, and Strength and Flexibility). Recreational dancers do not compete, but they have the opportunity to perform every year at the annual recital and in our holiday Christmas shows. Rehearsals for recreational dances are separate from weekly class times and will occur throughout the week.
Ballet (ages 6+)
Ballet provides the necessary fundamentals for all other styles of dance. In this class, students will learn Ballet terminology and learn to execute the proper technique of posture, body lines, and turnout. Ballet classes include a stretch, a ballet barre, and either a center floor adage, a petit allegro, a grand allegro, or an across the floor.
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Jazz (ages 6+)
Jazz dance incorporates Ballet techniques with faster-paced music for a very high energy class. Performance and individual personality are defining characteristics of jazz choreography. Typical jazz classes will include a center floor warm-up, progressions across the floor, and short combinations utilizing the different jazz styles.
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Tap (ages 6+)
Tap is dynamic and percussive and uses shoes with metal taps on the bottoms to create intricate rhythms and patterns. Tap is integral to learning musicality for all styles of dance.
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Hip Hop (ages 6+)
Hip Hop is a type of street dancing that incorporates swag and funk into the choreography. Hip Hop is the type of dancing typical of music videos and backup dancers for pop artists. Dancers enrolled in Hip Hop will perform one dance for the annual recital; the recital rehearsals are incorporated into the weekly class.
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Tumbling/Acro
Tumbling/Acro class will consist of a thorough warm-up, and then progress into floor tumbling. Tumbling starts with cartwheels and advances to back bends, limbers, walkovers, back handsprings, and aerials. Balancing tricks such as chin stands, headstands, and elbow stands will also be studied. Acro class will focus on improving technique and mastering advanced tumbling skills such as press handstands, front aerials, back tucks, gainer aerials, and other challenging variations of basic skills. Dancers enrolled in Tumbling or Acro who also take Ballet and Jazz have the option of performing an Acro dance in the recital.
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