Programs for Young Dancers

TINY TOTS – MUSIC & DANCE & ME – CHILDREN AGES 1.6 – 2.0

Benefits – Designed for our youngest students, these classes offer development in coordination, musical awareness, and listening skills while helping students implement their natural creativity in a stress free environment.

Method – Song, dance and basic tumbling are used to help engage the students’ attention and imagination.  Students perform one dance routine in our annual recital.

Taught once a week for 1 hour 

FIRST STEPS PRE-DANCE PROGRAM – CHILDREN AGES 2.0 – 3.6  

Benefits – The RMDC helps their students to determine and reach realistic goals so they may be able to excel to their fullest potential.  Through this program, combining Pre-Ballet and Pre-Tap, the students gain a sense of joy and accomplishment without the restrictive structure of our more advanced programs for young dancers.  Sharing this positive experience with their peers, students gain an understanding of teamwork that positively benefits and influences their everyday lives.

Method – Using age appropriate activity resources and special music, these classes offer a continuation of the students natural creative development.  Students will study Pre-Ballet and Pre-Tap and will perform one dance routine in our annual recital
 
Taught once a week for 1 hour

COMBINATION DANCE PROGRAM – CHILDREN AGES 3.6 – 6.0

One of the oldest and most highly successful programs at our school, children learn the correct disciplines of the ballet barre, ballet positions, body alignment and center floor work. Students develop a sense of rhythm and musicality through the basics of tap dance.  As the finishing touch, young dancers are also introduced to the exhilarating world of Tumbling.  Students in this program will perform one dance routine at our annual recital.

Taught once a week for 1 hour
 
YOUNG DANCERS PROGRAM – CHILDREN AGES 6.0 - 7.0

Benefits – Designed as a transitional step from the Combination Class. This program is the students’ progression into the more structured and more detailed study of different disciples of dance.  This is a two (2) hour class of Tap and Jazz.  Students will continue on their journey of learning more advanced steps, techniques, and combinations.  Students in the program will perform two routines at our annual recital. 

Taught once a week for 2 hours

DANCE PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS

All classes at the RMDC are graded by age and ability. As the level of the class rises the age classification also expands.  PLEASE SEE STUDENT PLACEMENT ON PAGE 2

TAP  - JAZZ – BALLET – POINTE – LYRICAL/CONTEMPORARY

ACROBATICS - MUSICAL THEATRE - HIP HOP

BALLROOM - ZUMBA