Contemporary & Lyrical Dance

JHDance offers many classes in Contemporary and Lyrical dance. Lyrical dance is a combination of ballet and jazz dance that often uses music with lyrics to inspire the movements of the dancer. Choreography uses the lyrics from the song to inspire the dance and the result is a style that focuses on strong emotion as well as a more individual approach than some dance styles. It is also a very precise dance with the dancer’s movements portraying the emotion and story of the song. Contemporary dance requires similar techniques and explores a more structured or abstract style of movement.

At JHDance we perform our Contemporary and Lyrical choreography in professional shows as well as competing in competitions with our JHDance Contemporary and Lyrical teams.

It is a great dance style to learn because dancers of all ages can easily relate to that emotional content. It uses the technique from Modern dance, Jazz dance and Ballet dance with the concentration being more on individual style than exact dance moves and this makes it accessible for people of all ages and dance abilities.