DWA
Dance Works Academy
Upton/Uxbridge
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Acro Tumbling 5-18
Acro/Tumbling classes will bring you back to the basics of all gymnastic skills. This will in turn, improve your form in more advanced tumbling as well as work on flexibility. Miss Ashley teaches or beginner level. This level teaches forward and backward rolls, cartwheels, round offs, handstands, bridge kick overs and front walk overs.
Miss Melissa teaches a more advanced tumbling that focuses on the next skill progressions up from the beginner class. . This class will start from bridge kick-overs, perfect walkovers, start back handsprings, and start linking together round off back handsprings and aerials.Non recital class.
Fairy Tale Creative Movement 2.5-6
Fairy Tale Creative Movement is an enchanting Ballet/Tap class with magical fairy tale dances and stories! Each week the teacher weaves the stories and characters into the Ballet/Tap lessons. This allows the teacher to take these little princesses and princes on their own magical Fairy Tale Journey. This class will focus on the basics of Ballet and Tap while still exciting the imagination each week ! Every 6 weeks will be a new Fairy Tale theme: Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Nutcracker, Little Red Riding Hood, The Frog Prince, and Swan Lake. At the beginning of each 6 week unit you will receive 4-5 songs from the actual Fairy Tales. Young students ages 3 to 6 will learn the joys of dance through connections with Fairy tale stories and their characters. The class begins by creating a scene from a famous fairy tale. Using props and music, the students will explore dance movement in a fun, unique environment.
Pre-Hop 1 Dance Stars
Hip Hop class for our 4-7 year olds.
This fun, high-energy kid's dance class enables dancers to let loose while developing creativity, coordination, musicality, and listening skills. Activities include hip hop, basic break-dancing, and dance games in a non-stop action-packed class that will have you movin' to the beats! All music and moves are age appropriate.
Hip Hop: Beginner to Advanced
Boys' and girls' classes from 8-18 yrs
Fairy Tale Ballet/Tap 6-9
Storybook Ballet is for children ages 6 to 9 provides the next progression from the Fairy Tale Creative Movement curriculum. Students explore literature, theater, and storytelling and learn about the music, costumes, and scenery from the famous classical ballets including Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Swan Lake, Coppélia, Carnival of the Animals, The Firebird, and The Nutcracker. Tendus taught from 6th position, releves, arm port de bras and sautes. French ballet terms used are developed naturally within the child's vocabulary. Students are introduced to the structure of a classical ballet class and are taught within that frame using the stories of the Classical Ballets.
Our Rock Star Tap program allows students to explore rhythm and musicality through the use of their dancing feet. In these classes, students will learn the basics of tap dance in a fun environment where noise is encouraged! We let our hair down and rock out to some of the kids favorite music, they are having so much fun they don't realize they are learning and retaining.
Ballet: Beginner to Advanced
Jazz: Beginner to Advanced
This upbeat class introduces young dancers to jazz fundamentals and uses age-appropriate and non-suggestive music/movements.
Tap: Beginner to Advanced
Intro to Irish Step
This class introduces dancers to the soft shoe jig and reel. Class also focuses on perfecting technique and introduces
fun group dances.
Broadway Stars Musical Theater
Broadway Stars Musical Theater Class combining Jazz, Acting and Singing. In this exciting fast paced class, children will concentrate on a New Musical Theater Style Story every 6 weeks, including Annie, Jungle Book, The Little Mermaid and many more! Each week children will train in all disciplines of musical theater and will work on acting, dance and movement, ensemble work, improvisation, characterization, background and props.
Cheer Dance
DWA's Cheer Dance class is designed for kids who love cheer. This class will teach cheer leading including motions, jumps, tumbling, basic stunting, as well as cheer dance where they use pom poms in a more dance related cheer routine. This is a great all around class that exposes kids to all facets of cheer. The Cheer class always leads our parade in the Uxbridge First Holiday Night parade.
Acro/Tumbling classes will bring you back to the basics of all gymnastic skills. This will in turn, improve your form in more advanced tumbling as well as work on flexibility. Miss Ashley teaches or beginner level. This level teaches forward and backward rolls, cartwheels, round offs, handstands, bridge kick overs and front walk overs.
Miss Melissa teaches a more advanced tumbling that focuses on the next skill progressions up from the beginner class. . This class will start from bridge kick-overs, perfect walkovers, start back handsprings, and start linking together round off back handsprings and aerials.Non recital class.
Fairy Tale Creative Movement 2.5-6
Fairy Tale Creative Movement is an enchanting Ballet/Tap class with magical fairy tale dances and stories! Each week the teacher weaves the stories and characters into the Ballet/Tap lessons. This allows the teacher to take these little princesses and princes on their own magical Fairy Tale Journey. This class will focus on the basics of Ballet and Tap while still exciting the imagination each week ! Every 6 weeks will be a new Fairy Tale theme: Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Nutcracker, Little Red Riding Hood, The Frog Prince, and Swan Lake. At the beginning of each 6 week unit you will receive 4-5 songs from the actual Fairy Tales. Young students ages 3 to 6 will learn the joys of dance through connections with Fairy tale stories and their characters. The class begins by creating a scene from a famous fairy tale. Using props and music, the students will explore dance movement in a fun, unique environment.
Pre-Hop 1 Dance Stars
Hip Hop class for our 4-7 year olds.
This fun, high-energy kid's dance class enables dancers to let loose while developing creativity, coordination, musicality, and listening skills. Activities include hip hop, basic break-dancing, and dance games in a non-stop action-packed class that will have you movin' to the beats! All music and moves are age appropriate.
Hip Hop: Beginner to Advanced
Boys' and girls' classes from 8-18 yrs
Fairy Tale Ballet/Tap 6-9
Storybook Ballet is for children ages 6 to 9 provides the next progression from the Fairy Tale Creative Movement curriculum. Students explore literature, theater, and storytelling and learn about the music, costumes, and scenery from the famous classical ballets including Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Swan Lake, Coppélia, Carnival of the Animals, The Firebird, and The Nutcracker. Tendus taught from 6th position, releves, arm port de bras and sautes. French ballet terms used are developed naturally within the child's vocabulary. Students are introduced to the structure of a classical ballet class and are taught within that frame using the stories of the Classical Ballets.
Our Rock Star Tap program allows students to explore rhythm and musicality through the use of their dancing feet. In these classes, students will learn the basics of tap dance in a fun environment where noise is encouraged! We let our hair down and rock out to some of the kids favorite music, they are having so much fun they don't realize they are learning and retaining.
Ballet: Beginner to Advanced
Jazz: Beginner to Advanced
This upbeat class introduces young dancers to jazz fundamentals and uses age-appropriate and non-suggestive music/movements.
Tap: Beginner to Advanced
Intro to Irish Step
This class introduces dancers to the soft shoe jig and reel. Class also focuses on perfecting technique and introduces
fun group dances.
Broadway Stars Musical Theater
Broadway Stars Musical Theater Class combining Jazz, Acting and Singing. In this exciting fast paced class, children will concentrate on a New Musical Theater Style Story every 6 weeks, including Annie, Jungle Book, The Little Mermaid and many more! Each week children will train in all disciplines of musical theater and will work on acting, dance and movement, ensemble work, improvisation, characterization, background and props.
Cheer Dance
DWA's Cheer Dance class is designed for kids who love cheer. This class will teach cheer leading including motions, jumps, tumbling, basic stunting, as well as cheer dance where they use pom poms in a more dance related cheer routine. This is a great all around class that exposes kids to all facets of cheer. The Cheer class always leads our parade in the Uxbridge First Holiday Night parade.