Programs
Youth Classes
The Dance Gallery offers a variety of dance classes across all ability levels throughout the year for girls and boys, from toddlers to teens. We are frequently introducing new classes into our schedule in order to expose students to new dance styles and genres.
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Jazz
Jazz classes focus on the beginning elements of jazz technique with an emphasis on coordination, style, and rhythm. Students will learn the basics of body isolations, pirouettes, jumps, and classic jazz footwork along with more modern combinations of movement.
Hip-Hop
Hip Hop classes are highly energetic and designed to teach rhythm, coordination and balance through age-appropriate movements set to rap, hip-hop and pop sounds. This style is upbeat and great for girls and boys who like to move and are interested in non-traditional styles of dance. Hip Hop classes emphasize fun, attitude, and the opportunity to develop one's own sense of style.
Creative Dance
Creative dance is an ideal class as an introduction to dance. Classes are designed to explore movement through music, stimulate the students' imagination and promote creativity. Classes provide children with an understanding of basic ballet positions and and develop fine motor skills all while having fun.
Tap
Tap classes are designed to develop rhythm, style and sound. Students will learn from the two major variations of tap styles, Broadway (also known as theater or show tap) and Rhythm (or jazz tap). Classes emphasize developing proper tap technique, producing clear tap sounds, and having fun.
Ballet
Ballet classes emphasize the core fundamentals of ballet: placement, execution of the steps, understanding ballet terminology, and musicality, phrasing, and transitions (connecting one movement to another). As students advance in level, these fundamentals are reinforced, and classes take a traditional format of barre followed by center exercises and across the floor combinations. Moving in time becomes more important, as well as memorization of terminology. As students progress, they will learn more complex combinations.
Ballet / Tap
Ballet / Tap is an exploration of ballet technique and basic tap skills. Ballet technique and movement will be taught for the first part of class, and tap skills and movement will be taught in the second half of class. This is a great way to learn two dance styles within one class.
Jumps and Turns
Instructor will work on a variety of turns, jumps, and leaps from all dance disciplines. Class structure drills balance and spotting to help each dancer understand their core, body placement, and spotting correctly to enhance their turning technique
Contemporary
Contemporary classes focus on a style of expressive movement that combines several dance genres including modern, lyrical, jazz and ballet techniques.
Lyrical
Lyrical dance combines techniques of classical ballet and modern dance with current forms of popular dance. Classes include warm up, isolations, stretches, across the floor progressions, and choreography combinations. These classes are for dancers who like precision and rhythm, physical challenges, and personal style and expression particularly with lyrically expressive songs. Exercises focus on increasing flexibility and strength, rhythms and isolation of body parts, and expressing personal style.
Theatre Dance
Musical Theater classes focus on learning proper dance technique while exploring the various dance styles used in Broadway shows. Classes are based on ballet technique layered with Broadway-style jazz movement. Emphasis will also be placed on learning performance skills, such as connecting with the audience and telling a story through dance and facial expressions.
Pointe
Pointe classes are offered to ballet students who have achieved the musculature and alignment necessary to support themselves correctly and confidently in pointe shoes. Readiness for pointe work is determined by each student’s strength and physical development, not by their age. The instructor will advise parents when a student has the necessary strength and maturity to go on pointe, and pointe class may be taken only with the permission of the instructor. Students will utilize previously learned ballet technique from pre-pointe and ballet class while working in pointe shoes.
For students with a deeper commitment to dance who are seeking more performing opportunities, our DGNY Dancers studio company program offers the experience to dance as part of a team that performs outside our studio.
All DGNY Dancers are required to take at least three classes per week, including Thursday company rehearsal, one ballet class and one technique class (such as jazz, contemporary or lyrical).
Our program includes a Mini Co.(5-7) Junior Co.(8-10) Teen Co.(11-13) Senior Co. (13+) Elite Co. (15+). Admission into each of these companies is by invitation only.
All company members are required to participate in our Community Services Events, Big/Little Sister Mentorship Program and Convention/Competition weekends TBA.
For more detailed information and please contact Jennifer DeFabbia info@thedancegallery.com
Adult Tap
Email info@thedancegalleryny.com for details