CLASSICAL BALLET | JAZZ | CONTEMPORARY | HIP HOP | COMPETITION |
LEAP 'N LEARN PRESCHOOL/KINDER COMBO CLASSES | MENTAL DEVELOPMENT |
TUMBLING | ACRO DANCE TRICKS | MOVEMENT | TURNS & LEAPS | FLEXIBILITY | STABILITY/CONDITIONING | IMPROV |
GROWN-UP & ME PARENT AND TOT | CHOREOGRAPHY | TAP | LYRICAL |
the foundation of all training
ballet
- In CADA ballet classes, students will be instructed on the foundations that prepare them for any style or challenge in dance. Our ballet trains proper body placement, balance, flexibility, alignment, and technique achieved both through barre and floor work. Ballet is the most foundational element in our studio’s training. As students advance they will eventually be able to take Ballet classes en pointe.
- Taught multiple times each week depending on the the level, ballet placement is primarily by skill level, not age.
Click here to see Ballet Level descriptions by ability. Ballet 2+ placement is by approval only. Please contact us for an assessment.
Visit our lobby to peruse our printed Ballet Curriculum, created exclusively for CADA by Hannah Jarvis, MA in Teaching Dance in the Professions, ABT Pedagogy from NYU and an ABT certified instructor.
technique for jazz turns, leaps, jumps, kicks
jazz
- Jazz is an exciting and fun dance genre that develops strength, flexibility, confidence, power and articulation in dancers. Developing these skills in class directly correlates to stronger routines on stage and lays another level of training foundation that transfers to various other styles of dance.
- Turns & Leaps specific classes focus on turns, leaps, jumps and kicks across the floor. Separate emphasis in just turning and leaps will complement the movements and choreography taught in jazz class.
- Jazz progressions focuses on the mastery of advanced jazz stylized combinations consisting of leaps, turns, and footwork.
- To excel in jazz, dancers need a strong background and concurrent training in ballet as it encourages grace, balance, and muscle control.
- Jazz class dancers are placed in an appropriate level by skill, not age. Dancers under the age of 8 should enroll in the Pre-Ballet/Jazz Combination class before enrolling in Jazz.
Click here to see our Jazz Technique/Turns & Leaps Level descriptions by ability. Jazz Technique 2+ placement is by approval only. Please contact us for an assessment.
safe & effective limbering and tumbling
ACRO/
TUMBLING
- Give your dancer an essential running start in their future dance or tumbling progress with our safe & effective Acro/Tumbling program. Learning to comfortably be upside-down at a young age is paramount to continued progress in the sport of dance, especially if dancers progress into a competitive program. Increase in confidence and self-esteem while building muscle strength, gaining flexibility and mobility, improving overall coordination, and conquering "tricks" through consistent, dedicated work. Acro/Tumbling students will learn intricate tricks, balancing and contortion, and learn how to execute skills with grace and control.
- Tumbling classes focus on the limbering and tumbling elements often used in dance.
- Our Acro Dance Tricks program builds upon those tumbling elements and applies them artistically and uniquely to dance repertoire.
Click here to see our Acro/Tumbling Level descriptions by ability. Tumbling Power 2 and Acro Dance Tricks 3-5 placement is by approval only. Please contact us for an assessment.
extra-curricular + combo classes
Non-competitive
Recreational
Creative Dance:
- Creative Dance is an introductory course for young dancers in the most basic ballet technique. Dancers will begin to explore rhythm, movement, creativity and balance. Our creative curriculum encourages joy in movement and is based on the methodology of Anne Green Gilbert, the founder of the BrainDance. These classes use a conceptual approach; The dancer who understands dance concepts is better able to create, perform, and respond to dance.
- Combo classes at CADA educate the whole child by integrating mind and body into each class. During class dancers train in the fundamentals of ballet, jazz, tap, tumbling, or hip hop through imagery and creative exercises, including posture, proper placement and positions, isolations, musicality, and coordination. Combo classes include:
- The most foundational technique to any form of dance. Learn proper body placement, balance, flexibility, alignment, and technique achieved both through barre and floor work.
- An energetic, vibrant form of dance, Hip Hop integrates body isolations and freestyles movements that lend each dancer to develop their own style.
- This class introduces or continues to develop tap technique which creates a strong sense of rhythm and counts, control in their upper and lower bodies, and articulate foot movement.
- Dancers are introduced to or continue to develop jazz technique including leaps, turns, and combinations, with focus on proper alignment and placement, preparing the dancer for more advanced movement and routines.
- These classes include pre-acro/tumbling skills which improve strength, flexibility, and body awareness and prepare the dancer to perform more advanced acrobatic skills as they grow.
Grown-Up & Me: 18-36 months
Tiny Stars: Preschool (3-4 yrs)
Mini Stars: Pre-Kinder/Kinder (4-6 yrs)
Grades 1-2
Grades 3-4
Grades 5-8
Grades 9+
CADA Age Categories include:
teams & companies
mental development program
Our Mental Development program emphasizes growth mindset in the classroom and out. Developing a healthy relationship with challenge and work, our dancers are taught that their best efforts are rewarded over their intrinsic abilities.
Praise for hard work over performance creates the greatest progress in any sport. As we look out for our young dancers through our motto of Advancing the Art and the Artist™, we know that a healthy relationship with challenge, defeat, success, failure, comparison, and self will reward this generation for their entire lives.
Our mental development curriculum is specifically taught to our company dancers in the competitive environment while also integrated across all class offerings through teacher trainings, how we praise your children, and visuals throughout our space.
various
specialty genres
- Contemporary dance furthers our study of dance concepts including time, space, energy, and body awareness while exploring elements from a combination of dance styles: jazz, ballet, modern, and lyrical.
- Lyrical dance is an expressive, emotional form of dance, usually to music with lyrics, that combines elements of jazz and ballet. It develops connection, acting, vulnerability, and storytelling artistic techniques.
- An energetic, vibrant form of dance, Hip Hop integrates body isolations and freestyles movements that lend each dancer to develop their own style.
- Tap dance creates a strong sense of rhythm and counts, control in their upper and lower bodies, and articulate foot movement.
- Our beginning ballroom course introduces students to a world of ballroom styles and techniques including including the ChaCha, Salsa, Tango, Rumba, and more. Attending technique class does not require you to have a partner.
combos + improv
movement
Be audition ready! CADA’s movement combination classes focus on exploration of style and development in various styles of dance which include Jazz, Contemporary/Modern, Lyrical, Hip Hop, Jazz Funk, Musical Theater, Ballroom, Improv, and other styles. Dancers learn a new combo each week in a fast-paced environment, which allows them to develop the skill of quickly picking up and memorizing choreography. Strong combination skills and versatility in style are highly beneficial in master classes, conventions, and auditions.
for dancers
conditioning & flexibility
Our Flexibility & Conditioning classes include mUvmethod, Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT), Pilates for Dancers, rhythmic gymnastics flexibility techniques, and progressive stability training. Flexibility and Strength are integral to dance training progress and safety.
*CADA is a mUvmethod and PBT certified studio*
mUvmethod is a safe flexibility curriculum combining yoga and pilates and backed by scientifically proven methods to unlock a dancer's potential through these skills
Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) is an innovative body-conditioning and strengthening program that has been designed to enhance students' technique by focussing on training the muscle memory required in each exercise in all forms of dance. It uses ballet-technique specific exercises to train skill acquisition from junior through to advanced levels. The program helps with injury prevention and rehabilitation and enhances the ability of athletes to perform at their best. PBT focuses on core strength, weight placement and alignment of the body with a gradual approach of carefully designed exercises and repetitions of these exercises that trigger their muscle memory.
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