What We Offer

Jazz Classes 💃 

Jazz classes focus on teaching students the fundamental body isolations, fast footwork, and flexibility needed to execute jumps, turns, extensions, and style! Jazz is a high energy class that builds upon techniques seen in contemporary and ballet dance. A great fit for your child who loves to spin, leap, or even just bounce off the walls! Dancers will learn centre skills, accross the floor skills, and short choreography combinations.

Acro Classes 🤸‍♀️

Acrobatic dance combines elements of gymnastics skills with style and movement quality of your favourite dance genres. Dancers will learn to safely and correctly execute a variety of tricks, tumbles, and contortions, taught using the Acrobatic Arts Syllabus! Acro students will learn how to integrate their acrobatic tricks seamlessly into choreography in a variety of dance styles. If you have a child that loves to be upside-down, or can't stop cartwheeling around, this is a great class for them!

Ballet Classes 👯‍♂️

Dancers will work to develop strength, flexibility, poise, and grace in ballet classes. Classes will involve a mix of structured exercises at the barre and in the centre of the studio to build strong foundations in dance such as proper body alignment and technique. Ballet classes will be taught using the Society of Classical Ballet - Vaganova (formerly Russian) method.

Tap Classes 🎶 

Tap gives dancers the chance to create their own music! In tap classes dancers will learn musicality, timing, and rhythms, while working through their feet to create a variety of sounds. Tap shoes are made with metal plates that help to create percussive sounds. Tap is a great opportunity for dancers to learn to count music and understand rhythms. If you have a dancer who loves making noise, this is a great class for them!

Theatre Classes 🎭

Musical theatre classes bring the world of Broadway right to the studio! Theatre combines a variety of dance styles, with acting and lip-syncing to bring songs you know and love to life! In theatre classes dancers will learn to perfect facial expressions and clear lip-syncing, while strengthening their foundations of a plethora of dance styles. Theatre is a great way for dancers to develop stage prescience and learn characterization. If you have a Broadway-bound storyteller at home, or even just a dancer who loves musicals, this class is for you!

Lyrical Classes ✨

Lyrical dance fuses the techniques of both jazz and ballet, to create an expressive dance discipline. The name “lyrical” emphasizes how this dance style focuses on the lyrics of the song being played. Dancers will learn to connect themes and stories to their dancing, in an elongated and delicate manner. Dancers will learn strength, flexibility, and control in technical skills, while exploring thematic connections and creative freedom. Lyrical is great for a dancer who loves the turns and tricks of jazz, but enjoys a softer and expressive style! 

Contemporary Classes 🦋

Contemporary dance blends the techniques of jazz and ballet, with stylizations from a variety of dance disciplines such as lyrical, modern, and hip-hop. The core focus of contemporary is the expression and movement qualities of each dancer. Contemporary classes teach dancers spinal articulation, floor-work, alignment and balance, breath-work, and flow. Contemporary classes are great for the more experienced dancer who wants to blend the worlds of technique and movement, while discovering their artistry. 

Hip-Hop Classes 🎧

Hip-Hop is a high energy, personal style focused class, great for kids who love to move and groove to their favourite songs! Dancers will learn foundational hip-hop techniques and steps, and will get the chance to learn choreography combinations. Teachers will help guide dancers towards finding and expressing their personal style! This class is great for a high energy kiddo who just can't sit still!

Pointe classes 🩰

Pointe classes are a specialized extension of ballet classes, in which dancers support all body weight on the tips of extended feet. This is done by using specialized shoes called pointe shoes, which are hard shoes specially constructed to support dancers in this foot positioning. Dancers must be enrolled in ballet classes, be at least 12 years old, and have a minimum of 3 years of ballet experience to be considered for pointe work.

Mini Mover And My Grown Ups 👶🏽🙋🏽‍♂️

Our mini mover class is designed for toddlers and their parents, guardians, grandparents, or any other grown ups close to them! These classes encourage toddlers aged 1-3 to socialize with other toddlers and grown ups, while introducing basic dance skills. Classes will contain age-appropriate activities and games tailored using Piaget’s stages of child development. Grown-up assisted dance classes are a great way for toddlers to gain familiarity wth a dance studio environment, while promoting physical and emotional growth & development. Kiddos will learn to develop motor skills, spatial awareness, and most importantly build a love for dancing and movement! 

2-3 Teacher & Me

This class is the next step up from mini movers, for the kiddos aged 2-3 who are ready to spread their wings and fly into dance class without their grown ups. These classes follows the same structure as the mini movers classes. Kids aged 2-3 are encouraged to socialize with other toddlers and grown ups, while introducing basic dance skills. Classes will contain age-appropriate activities and games tailored using Piaget’s stages of child development. This class is designed to build love for dance and movement, and help kids take strides towards independence in a classroom environment!

Dance Mix 

We've designed our dance mix class at UDC to give dancers a unique experience of learning a plethora of dance genres in one single class! In these classes dancers will get to explore different styles of movement every week, learning elements of technique and movement across every genre we offer. Dancers will get to perform TWO recital routines in two different styles of the instructors and dancers choosing. This is a great starting point for new dancers to learn what styles fit them, or for a seasoned dancer who loves a little bit of everything!