Hamden Academy Weekly Course Schedule

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A passion for music, movement, and dance, combined with a love of imagination, creativity, and adventure, is at the heart of the Penny Prima designed course. 

The Penny Prima course offers a supportive environment where participants can explore various dance styles and embark on exciting dance adventures. 

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructor:  Ms. Laiyah & Ms. Abi

Sugar Babies is a specially designed course that combines the art of majorette dance with the dynamic energy of HBCU Movement & Parade Training style empowering students to excel as multifaceted performers. 

The Sugar Babies course offers comprehensive training, teaching students to seamlessly integrate dance movements with baton twirling, marching, and formation practices. 

Age Group: 6 to 9

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors:  Ms. Laiyah

Hip hop dance is a freestyle street dance style that originated in the 1960s and 1970s in New York City. 

It's powerful form of self-expression that incorporates elements of other dance styles, such as tap, ballet, and African dance. 

Age Group: 9 to 12

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructor: Ms. Tyler

Jazz dance is a vibrant, expressive, and social dance style that originated in New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century. 

It's high-energy style is characterized by a number of features, including improvisation, call and response, isolation, syncopation, polyrhythm & individualism.

Age Group: 9 to 12

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructor: Ms. Lia

The Southern Style Field Show Jazz  course combines the art of majorette dance with the dynamic energy of HBCU Movement & Parade Training style empowering students to excel as multifaceted performers. 

The Beginner - Intermediate course offers comprehensive training, teaching students to seamlessly integrate dance movements with baton twirling, marching, and formation practices. 

Age Group: 10 to 15

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructor: Ms. Tyler

Teen jazz dance is a high-energy, fast-paced dance style that involves learning jazz steps and choreography, and focuses on technique, strength, and flexibility. 

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructor: Ms. Lia

Hip hop dance is a freestyle street dance style that originated in the 1960s and 1970s in New York City. 

It's powerful form of self-expression that incorporates elements of other dance styles, such as tap, ballet, and African dance. 

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructor: Ms. Tyler

This Southern Style Field Show Jazz  level 2 course combines the art of majorette dance with the dynamic energy of HBCU Movement & Parade Training style empowering students to excel as multifaceted performers. 

The Intermediate - Advance course offers comprehensive training, teaching students to seamlessly integrate dance movements with baton twirling, marching, and formation practices. 

Age Group: 13 and up

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructor: Ms. Lia

Pre-tap dance course are for young children to learn the basics of tap dance, and often include music and movement activities 

Benefits of Pre-Tap dance course includes: 

1. Emphasize the importance of music, and can help dancers become musical and accomplished performers 
2. Stay in tune with the rhythm, coordination and balance
3. Loosen up your ankles with limit ankle movement and 

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructor: Ms. Abi

Ballet technique level 2 is a style of dance that emphasizes graceful, fluid movements, correct form, and storytelling. Some aspects of ballet technique include: 

1. Alignment: Keeping the head, shoulders, and hips vertically aligned 
2. Turnout: Rotating the legs outward to promote clean footwork, correct body positions, and graceful arm movements 
3. Spotting: Finding a single point to focus on while turning, such as a person's face

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors: Ms. Shondra

Ballet technique is a style of dance that emphasizes graceful, fluid movements, correct form, and storytelling. Some aspects of ballet technique include: 

1. Alignment: Keeping the head, shoulders, and hips vertically aligned 
2. Turnout: Rotating the legs outward to promote clean footwork, correct body positions, and graceful arm movements 
3. Spotting: Finding a single point to focus on while turning, such as a person's face

Age Group: 6 to 11

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors: Ms. Shondra

Acrobatics dance, also known as acro, Is a style of dance that combines classical dance techniques with acrobatic elements. 

It is characterized by its athleticism, unique choreography, and use of acrobatics in a dance context  

Age Group: 9 to 12

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors: Ms. Cheri

Level two acrobatics dance, also known as acro, Is a style of dance that combines classical dance techniques with acrobatic elements. 

It is characterized by its athleticism, unique choreography, and use of acrobatics in a dance context  

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors: Ms. Cheri

Level three acrobatics dance, also known as acro, Is a style of dance that combines classical dance techniques with acrobatic elements. 

It is characterized by its athleticism, unique choreography, and use of acrobatics in a dance context  

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors: Ms. Cheri

Jazz dance is influenced by a variety of dance styles, including African, European, and other social dances 

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors:  Ms.  Laiyah 

Pre-teen ballet is an art form created by the movement of the human body including barre exercises, center floor work, and grand allegro combinations. 

These classes help students develop a strong foundation in ballet technique and build confidence, grace, and self-awareness 

Age Group: 9 to up

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors:  Ms. Tyler

HADM jazz course offers a supportive Intermediate jazz dance environment for students who have already gained a foundation in jazz dance to further develop their skills and technique. 

HADM Jazz is designed to refine the execution of fundamental techniques and  introduce more complex movements. 

HADM jazz students can expect to explore a range of advanced concepts, including 

1. Theory and practice 
2. Movement
3. Jazz Dance History

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors:  Ms. Alesha  

Tap dance is a style of dance that uses the sounds of shoes with metal taps striking the floor to create rhythm, syncopation, and sound. 

Dance Instructors:  Ms. Alesha  

Level two tap dance is a style of dance that uses the sounds of shoes with metal taps striking the floor to create rhythm, syncopation, and sound. 

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors:  Ms. Alesha  

Tap dance is a style of dance that uses the sounds of shoes with metal taps striking the floor to create rhythm, syncopation, and sound. 

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors:  Ms. Laiyah

Multicultural dance is a way to learn about different cultures and traditions through dance, and can help people understand and appreciate the diversity of the world 

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors:   Ms. Krystal  

Level two multicultural dance is a way to learn about different cultures and traditions through dance, and can help people understand and appreciate the diversity of the world 

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors:   Ms. Laiyah

Liturgical dance is a series of steps and movements that are performed to music. 

Liturgical dancing also involves steps, movements, and music. Some liturgical dancers do not use only music but sometimes dance to a reading of the words from the Bible 

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors: Ms. Paulette  

Cheer dance is a style of dance that combines cheerleading moves with dance, and is often performed to upbeat music. Cheer dance includes: 

1. Fast-paced movements
2. Formations.  
3. Individual expression
4. Incorporation of other dance styles such as jazz, acro, and hip hop.

Age Group: 7 to 13

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors:  Ms. Ashlei 

Level three multicultural dance is a way to learn about different cultures and traditions through dance, and can help people understand and appreciate the diversity of the world 

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors:  Ms. Lia 

Progression dance course focuses on teaching students how to move across the floor using combinations of movements, jazz techniques such as turns, jumps, and leaps, and also include elements of changing direction, weight, and level. 

The benefit of progression dance includes spotting your head to avoid dizziness, and looking where you are going with each half turn 

Age Group: 12 and up

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors:  Ms. Shondra

Teen jazz fusion dance course combines elements of jazz, ballet, and modern dance to create an expressive, dynamic, and energetic style. 

Teen jazz Fusion benefits dancers to develop a solid technical base, learn new choreography, and increase their flexibility and strength. 

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructors:  Ms. Shondra

Pre-ballet classes are designed to introduce children to ballet terminology, the basics of ballet and help them develop a foundation for dance. 

Benefits of Pre-ballet courses include:

1. Learning ballet concepts 
2. Developing physical skills
3. Exploring creative expression
4. Learning social skills 
5. Learning body alignment
6. Learning proper placement

Age Group: 3 and up

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructor:  Ms. Tomeka 

Hip hop dance is a freestyle street dance style that originated in the 1960s and 1970s in New York City. 

It's powerful form of self-expression that incorporates elements of other dance styles, such as tap, ballet, and African dance. 

Age Group: 6 to 8

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructor:  Ms. Victoria

Jazz dance is a vibrant, expressive, and social dance style that originated in New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century. 

It's high-energy style is characterized by a number of features, including improvisation, call and response, isolation, syncopation, polyrhythm & individualism.

Age Group: 6 to 8

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructor: Ms. Tomeka 

Open dance sessions are dedicated designed practice sessions that are open to all dancers, regardless of experience level.  

Duration: 60 Minutes

 Contemporary dance is a style of dance that combines elements from other genres, such as jazz, ballet, and modern, and is characterized by a focus on freedom of movement, improvisation, and emotional expression 

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructor: Mr. Tavon

Musical theater dance is  a jazz-based course filled with Broadway style dancing and music also  Involving a combination of dance and choreography that complements the dialogue and music in a musical. 

Musical theater dance emphasizes expressions that can convey ideas, emotions, and character traits, and can be used to explore the psychology of a character. 

Age Group: 10 and up 

Duration: 60 Minutes

Dance Instructor: Mr. Tavon

Open dance sessions are dedicated designed practice sessions that are open to all dancers, regardless of experience level.  

Duration: 60 Minutes

Hamden Dance Academy is committed to providing a well-deserved break for our students and instructors on Saturdays, with no regular dance classes scheduled unless a specific rehearsal has been planned in advance. 

Hamden Dance Academy is delighted to offer its beautiful facilities for all event rental space services, providing a unique and memorable setting for your special occasion. 

For personalized assistance and inquiries regarding event rental space, please contact us.

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