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Classes
Watts Dance Studio LLC
located in Elizabethton and Bristol,
TN, is diligent to use age appropriate music
that is monitored for language and content. Dance develops the individual
physically, artistically, intellectually, emotionally and socially in an artistic
family environment. Depending on age, ability and experience, students may
participate in Preschool, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Pointe, Tumbling and
Hip-Hop. Students learn the basics of proper technique and
vocabulary while having fun with all styles of dance through a non-competitive
formal approach to class. All dancers are able to participate in the Annual
Spring Recital. Costumes are affordable as well as age appropriate and recitals
give the dancer a chance to show yearly progress and gain confidence and pride
through the on stage performance.
Contact WDS in either Elizabethton or Bristol for more class information.
Contact WDS in either Elizabethton or Bristol for more class information.
Preschool
Ages 3 to 5 - Emphasis on fun
and creativity, class encourages child's natural movement, coordination, and
muscle development. Song and dance and correct French vocabulary are used in
class. Children experience the joy of dancing in 30 to 90 minute class to
include Ballet, Tap, and Tumbling. Preschoolers will develop social skills like
taking turns and team-work, develop musical skills like rhythm and tempo and
develop finer control of their body through fun, age-appropriate movement.
Ballet
Ballet is the dance form which provides the foundation for
all other dance styles. Classes in Ballet are offered for beginning through
advanced levels. Students develop a strong sense of self-discipline in order to
advance in all dance forms. Ballet introduces the proper stance for alignment,
positions of the arms and feet, as well as the coordination of these
principles. Students will learn the ballet vocabulary necessary for other forms
of dance disciplines. The class will include barre work, center floor
exercises, and combinations across the floor while emphasizing strength,
flexibility, and placement. As dancers develop, pointe work will be added to
the curriculum. We hope to allow you to enjoy movement while learning ballet
technique in a relaxed, fun atmosphere.
Tap
Offered from Beginner through advanced; Tap is a popular
form of dance that focuses on rhythm and intricate footwork, creating a
percussion instrument out of the dancer's feet. Classes are taught at all
levels and include rhythm and coordination skills to upbeat and popular music.
Tap classes address technique, rhythm, syncopation and phrasing. Through
progressive patterns, students are able to improve the manipulation of their
feet, sounds and speed.
Jazz
Starting in first grade, Jazz has its own strong technique
using the muscles in the body similar to the way they are used in Ballet.
Students will learn this technique and will develop proper ways of emotionally
expressing themselves through dance. Funk, Theatrical, Lyrical, Contemporary,
Liturgical and African styles of dance can all be found in Jazz classes. Jazz
students are encouraged to study ballet as well. Jazz dance is frequently
influenced by other dance styles such as tumbling, ballet, contemporary, lyrical,
and hip hop.
Hip-Hop
Grade 3 and older for Girls and grade 2 and older for Boys,
Hip-Hop is set to today's hottest music. Classes emphasize coordination,
creativity and rhythm in an atmosphere of "moving to the beat".
Isolation of body parts and learning more about musical beats is very important
to the training of hip hop. It encompasses movement that has elements of
poppin', locking, and breaking as well as freestyle movement to give students
the opportunity to develop their own sense of style. Hip Hop is urban, it's
street, it's diverse and forever changing.
Tumbling
From Preschool through adult, tumbling is an enjoyable class
focusing on flexibility and strength. Students are taught, with the use of
tumbling mats, in a self-paced manner working on physical strength, beginning
with basic skills moving toward advanced power tumbling. Examples of techniques
the student will learn are cartwheel, front and back rolls and back bends
moving toward aerials, handsprings, and tucks. Care is taken to master skills
in a safe monitored environment.
Contemporary
Contemporary is a newer dance style blending ballet, jazz,
lyrical and modern dance techniques to create a style focused on storytelling
and connection. These connections draw the dancers, the audiences, and the
stories together to encourage relationships and emotional draw. Students in
this class are stretched to think outside of the box to perform a different
style of movement as well as to incite social change.
