The Community Program at Central Texas Youth Ballet allows recreational students to take tap and jazz classes at CTYB.
Please contact us if you would like for us to offer Adult Ballet or Adult Tap (Beg.). We can develop a class with as few as five students.
Students learn tap-rhythm and timing, and proper terminology and musicality is stressed. No experience is necessary.
Young dancers will learn balance, shifting of weight and the difference between right and left all while having fun!
For students 4-7 years of age by August 16.
DETAILS
Days: Wednesdays
Time: 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm (30 mins)
Gender: Both
Ages: 4-7
Students build on their tap-rhythm and timing as well as mastering terminology and refining their musicality.
Students learn tap-rhythm and timing. Class consists of warm-up, center, and across the floor training. Students learn dance routines to all types of music. No experience necessary.
For students 8+ years of age by August 16.
DETAILS
Days: Mondays
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm (1 hr)
Gender: Both
Ages: 8+
Students learn more tap-rhythms, sounds, and combinations.
Students will demonstrate the ability to build speed while keeping the clarity of their taps clean. Add all this to more complicated combinations and intricate dance routines, and this becomes a fun and challenging class.
Prerequisite: Tap 1 or teacher placement.
DETAILS
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (1 hr)
Genders: Both
Registration: Teacher Placement
Students are introduced to an increased level of formal training through jazz concepts designed especially to train the dancers with an emphasis on coordination, rhythm, timing, vocabulary, strength and self-expression in a loving and nurturing atmosphere.
For students 6-8 years of age by August 16.
DETAILS
Days: Wednesdays
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm (1 hr)
Gender: Both
Ages: 6+
Students learn jazz dance technique and complex jazz combinations. No experience necessary.
This class focuses on jazz and great music. Class format consists of a warm-up to enhance core strengthening, balance, and extensions through isolations, rhythmic exercises, and floor stretches. Students study jazz technique, and learn to build complex combinations and routines. Class includes across the floor patterns and short dance routines.
For students 7+ years of age by August 16.
DETAILS
Days: Mondays
Time: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm (1 hr)
Gender: Both
Ages: 7+
For jazz dancers with intermediate experience.
Class format consists of a warm-up to enhance core strengthening, balance, and extensions through isolations, rhythmic exercises, and floor stretches. Students study jazz technique, and learn to build complex combinations and routines. Class includes across the floor patterns, short dance routines.
Prerequisite: Jazz 1 or teacher placement.
DETAILS
Days: Tuesdays
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Gender: Both
Registration: Teacher Placement