Welcome to CoreRageous Dance & Movement dance programs. At our studio everyone loves to DANCE and MOVE! We believe dance provides improved coordination, flexibility, self esteem and mind-body awareness. We are pleased you have selected our studio for your dance endeavors.
Our studio offers a variety of dance classes for students, ages 3 to adults. Classes include Pre-School Combination, Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Lyrical, Street Jazz and Ballroom dancing. Each class is organized to offer every student with a fun filled atmosphere with qualified and caring instructors. Instruction is tailored to the skill level and experience of the class members. Although students are placed in classes according to age, we recognize students advance at different paces. We will add additional classes as needed to accommodate the needs of students with different skill levels. If you do not see a class that fits your needs or your child please discuss with the artistic director Adrienne Rieken. Each class typically consists of 55 minutes of instruction and five minute for optional questions and comments. This allows for students to switch from class to class, an instructor to take a quick break and for the parents to speak to an instructor.
If a problem needs to be discussed in length please feel free to call the studio and leave a message for an instructor to call you.
NOTE: Classes are subject to cancellation due to insufficient enrollment.
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Ballet
Ballet is a form of dance that came to life in the 1400’s in Renaissance Italy. At this time ballet was used to entertain the courts; such people as kings, queens and spectators between meals and during meals. As time went on ballet was brought to France at the time of Catherine de Medici and became a great favorite with King Louis XIV who cast himself in the leading roles of elaborately costumed court spectaculars. Ballet has since spread to all the corners of the world reaching new heights of perfection in Russia and now worldwide. You can view professional ballet companies on every continent. Ballet is different from any other form of dance because it has particular rules such as how a dancer must dress/wear their hair, stand and or even move. Ballet is the foundation of all dance forms consisting of barre, center floor work, and traveling movement across the floor. It helps teach dancers how to maintain good body alignment both to prevent injury and to produce a more pleasing and graceful look to their movement. Ballet pays meticulous attention to technical detail and all dancers can benefit from ballet technique.
Tap
It is hard to really say when tap dance really began. Some like to say tap dance really began in the 18th century with Africans creating rhythm by brushing and shuffling their feet over surfaces. Over the century many people tried to duplicate the movement but ended up with their own variation known as clogging steps known as “buck and wing”. Over time this collaboration of steps has grown to what we know as tap dancing today. Tap dance is known to make rhythmic patterns on the floor almost like a Morse code. A dancer learns to keep a beat!
Jazz
Jazz is an exciting and ever evolving dance form full of rhythm, syncopation, passion and life. Steeped in the rhythm of jazz music, a true American art form, jazz dance brings energy and life to all those who dance it. Classes explore body isolations of the head, shoulders, ribcage, feet and arms and encourage individual expression and the development of personal style. Jazz can be powerful and percussive or expressive and lyrical. Ever evolving, jazz dance is taught with the music of today together with the classical jazz of yesterday.
Lyrical
Lyrical is a modern dance form that combines ballet, jazz and modern. Lyrical is also known as a contemporary dance. It combines the technique and rules of ballet, the rhythm of jazz, and the emotion of modern. This form of dance teaches dancers how to tell a story by doing beautiful continuous flowing movement and by interrupting movement through a song’s lyrics. Lyrical allows a dancer to create “emotion” while dancing.
Street Jazz
Street Jazz is a high-energy, choreography-based form of dance combining hip-hop, jazz, and a touch of lyrical dance styles. Typically this class’s music consists of regular everyday radio listening music with a mix of tasteful hip-hop music.
Beginning with the Spring 2008 Session, all CoreRageous Dance & Movement hip-hop dance classes will transition to street jazz.
Ballroom Dance
Ballroom dance refers collectively to a set of partner dances that originated in the Western world.
Types of ballroom dance include:
- International Standard: Slow Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow Foxtrot, and Quickstep
- International Latin: Cha Cha, Samba, Rumba, and Jive
- American Smooth: Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, and Viennese Waltz
- American Rhythm: Cha Cha, Rumba, East Coast Swing, Bolero, and Mambo
- Historic/Vintage Dance: Waltz, Polka, Schottische, Tango, One-Step, and Foxtrot
- Other: Hustle, Modern Jive, West Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Salsa, Meringue, Jitterbug, Argentine Tango, and more
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 BAL 101
Ballet/Tap Combination 3 & 4 Years
Prerequisites: None.
Attire: Pink leotard/any style, pink tights, traditional ballet shoes, and tap shoes.
NOTE: For tap shoes, run black elastic band through the holes-no ribbon.
BAL 202
Ballet/Jazz Combination 5 & 6 Years
Perquisites: None.
Attire: BALLET: Black leotard/any style, pink tights, and traditional ballet shoes.
Ballet skirts are optional.
JAZZ: Black split-sole jazz shoes (preferably slip-on jazz boot), any color leotard, tights (optional), jazz pants/Capri, bike shorts, dance skirt, etc.
 BAL 301
Ballet 1 7 - 11 Years
Prerequisites: None.
Attire: Powder blue leotard/any style, pink tights, and traditional or split-sole ballet shoes.
Ballet skirts are optional.
BAL 401
Ballet 1 12 - 16 Years
Prerequisites: None.
Attire: Burgundy leotard/any style, pink tights, and traditional or split-sole ballet shoes. Ballet skirts are optional.
JAZ 321
Jazz 1 7 - 11 Years
Prerequisites: None.
Attire: Black split-sole jazz shoes (preferably slip-on jazz boot), any color leotard, tights (optional), jazz pants/Capri, bike shorts, dance skirt, etc.
JAZ 421
Jazz 1 12 - 16 Years
Prerequisites: None.
Attire: Black split-sole jazz shoes (preferably slip-on jazz boot), any color leotard, tights (optional), jazz pants/Capri, bike shorts, dance skirt, etc.
LYR 341
Lyrical 1 7 - 11 Years
Prerequisites: None.
Attire: Tan split-sole slip-on jazz boot (please get the Capezio brand for color consistency), any color leotard, tights, jazz pants/Capri, bike shorts, dance skirt, etc.
LYR 441
Lyrical 1 12 - 16 Years
Prerequisites: None.
Attire: Tan split-sole slip-on jazz boot (please get the Capezio brand for color consistency), any color leotard, tights, jazz pants/Capri, bike shorts, dance skirt, etc.
STJ 351
Street Jazz 1 7 - 11 Years
Prerequisites: None.
Attire: Black split-sole jazz sneakers, jazz pants/Capri, dance tops, etc. Baggy clothing within reason is acceptable in Street Dance only.
STJ 451
Street Jazz 1 12 - 16 Years
Prerequisites: None.
Attire: Black split-sole jazz sneakers, jazz pants/Capri, dance tops, etc. Baggy clothing within reason is acceptable in Street Dance only.
TAP 211
Tap 1 5 - 8 Years
Prerequisites: None
Attire: Black jazz tap shoes, any color leotard, tights (optional), jazz pants/Capri, bike shorts, dance skirt, etc.
TAP 411
Tap 1 9 - 16 Years
Prerequisites: None.
Attire: Black jazz tap shoes, any color leotard, tights (optional), jazz pants/Capri, bike shorts, dance skirt, etc.
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 BAL 501
Ballet for Adults Ages 17 to Adult
Prerequisites: None.
Attire: Any color leotard/any style, pink tights, and ballet shoes. For males, white t-shirt, black shorts or workout pants, a black elastic belt, and black ballet shoes.
DAN 561
Introduction to Ballroom Dancing Ages 17 to Adult
This is a short class of only four (4) weeks and can be repeated. Why not make it a date night? Learn to dance and have a nice meal at the Ram’s Head Tavern or go shopping. It’s all at Historic Savage Mill!
Prerequisites: None.
DAN 566
Open Ballroom Night Ages 17 to Adult
This is designed to be a fun event to socialize while enjoying what students have learned through their ballroom training. Why not make it a date night? Dance and have a nice meal at the Ram’s Head Tavern or go shopping. It’s all at Historic Savage Mill!
Prerequisites: None.
STJ 551
Street Jazz for Adults Ages 17 to Adult
Prerequisites: None.
Attire: Black split-sole jazz sneakers, jazz pants/Capri, dance tops, etc. Baggy clothing within reason is acceptable in Street Dance only.
TAP 511
Tap for Adults Ages 17 to Adult
Prerequisites: None.
Attire: Black jazz tap shoes, any color leotard, tights (optional), jazz pants/Capri, bike shorts, dance skirt, etc.
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