RECREATIONAL CLASSES
Little Stars (ages 2.5-3)
Classes Offered: Little Stars Dance Combo (Ballet/Tap Combo Class) & Little Stars Tumbling
Our Little Stars age group is designed for young dancers beginning their very first year of dance. In a nurturing and engaging environment, students are introduced to the fundamentals of ballet, tap, and basic tumbling. Through creative movement, imaginative play, and foundational technique, dancers build coordination, rhythm, and confidence—all while discovering the joy of dance for the very first time.
Rising Stars (ages 4-5)
Classes Offered: Ballet, Tap, Jazz/Hip Hop Combo, & Tumbling
Rising Stars is the perfect age group for young dancers ready to take the next step in their dance journey. This dynamic age group introduces ballet, tap, a jazz/hip hop combo, and tumbling in a fun and structured setting. With a focus on building coordination, musicality, and movement vocabulary, dancers gain confidence and skill while exploring a variety of styles in an energetic and supportive environment.
Shooting Stars (ages 6-8)
Classes Offered: Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, & Tumbling
Shooting Stars is designed for dancers ready to expand their skills and explore a wider range of styles. This high-energy age group includes ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and tumbling, offering a well-rounded dance experience. Dancers continue developing technique, musicality, and performance skills while building confidence, strength, and versatility in a supportive and encouraging atmosphere.
Super Stars (ages 9-12)
Classes Offered: Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, & Tumbling
Super Stars is a well-rounded, technique-driven age group for growing dancers ready to refine their skills and explore diverse styles. With focused instruction in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and tumbling students build a strong technical foundation while developing versatility and stage presence. This challenges dancers to push themselves artistically and athletically in a supportive and motivating environment, preparing them for more advanced training and performance opportunities.
Additional Recreational Classes
Praise Dance - 3rd Grade & Up
Pointe - with teacher approval
Interested in recreational dance classes for ages 13 and up? Reach out to us—we'd love to hear from you!
Classes Offered: Little Stars Dance Combo (Ballet/Tap Combo Class) & Little Stars Tumbling
Our Little Stars age group is designed for young dancers beginning their very first year of dance. In a nurturing and engaging environment, students are introduced to the fundamentals of ballet, tap, and basic tumbling. Through creative movement, imaginative play, and foundational technique, dancers build coordination, rhythm, and confidence—all while discovering the joy of dance for the very first time.
Rising Stars (ages 4-5)
Classes Offered: Ballet, Tap, Jazz/Hip Hop Combo, & Tumbling
Rising Stars is the perfect age group for young dancers ready to take the next step in their dance journey. This dynamic age group introduces ballet, tap, a jazz/hip hop combo, and tumbling in a fun and structured setting. With a focus on building coordination, musicality, and movement vocabulary, dancers gain confidence and skill while exploring a variety of styles in an energetic and supportive environment.
Shooting Stars (ages 6-8)
Classes Offered: Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, & Tumbling
Shooting Stars is designed for dancers ready to expand their skills and explore a wider range of styles. This high-energy age group includes ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and tumbling, offering a well-rounded dance experience. Dancers continue developing technique, musicality, and performance skills while building confidence, strength, and versatility in a supportive and encouraging atmosphere.
Super Stars (ages 9-12)
Classes Offered: Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, & Tumbling
Super Stars is a well-rounded, technique-driven age group for growing dancers ready to refine their skills and explore diverse styles. With focused instruction in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and tumbling students build a strong technical foundation while developing versatility and stage presence. This challenges dancers to push themselves artistically and athletically in a supportive and motivating environment, preparing them for more advanced training and performance opportunities.
Additional Recreational Classes
Praise Dance - 3rd Grade & Up
Pointe - with teacher approval
Interested in recreational dance classes for ages 13 and up? Reach out to us—we'd love to hear from you!
COMPETITIVE CLASSES
SDC Allstar Competitive Teams
The Southside Dance Center Allstar Dance Teams were created for the highly motivated dance student who wishes to take her training and performance skills to the next level. SDC's dynamic Allstar Teams serve as performing representatives of our widely respected studio at various festivals, community events, and competitions throughout the region. The highly successful competitive jazz, tap, hip hop, and production teams are chosen by audition in July and complete a mandatory training camp in the summer.
The Southside Dance Center Allstar Dance Teams were created for the highly motivated dance student who wishes to take her training and performance skills to the next level. SDC's dynamic Allstar Teams serve as performing representatives of our widely respected studio at various festivals, community events, and competitions throughout the region. The highly successful competitive jazz, tap, hip hop, and production teams are chosen by audition in July and complete a mandatory training camp in the summer.
SOUTHSIDE DANCE CENTER CURRICULUM
Little Stars Dance (ages 2.5-3)
A semi-disciplined class in body awareness, motor coordination, rhythm, and very basic fundamentals in dance technique. Students will enjoy creative movement activities, and delight in improvisational movement games. Preschoolers are exposed to dance class etiquette while they learn the beginnings of ballet poise and experience the excitement of tap! (Ballet and tap shoes required)
Little Stars Tumbling (ages 2.5-3)
A semi-disciplined class in locomotor skills, rhythm, and very basic tumbling. Students will enjoy creative movement activities, improvisational games, and learn the beginnings of acrobatics.
Ballet (ages 4-up)
Graded classes using Russian and Italian methods. Classes will include barre, centerwork, adagio, and variations. Students will learn body/arm positions, ballet techniques, French terminology, and proper ballet etiquette. SDC feels that ballet training is essential for every dancer.
Tap (ages 4-up)
Graded classes in all levels. Class will be divided with time allotted for warm-ups, centerwork, individual locomotor practice, combinations, and cool-down. Students will learn tap technique and will be exposed to a varity of steps. Students will learn to perform with clear percussive syncopation and to improvise using the “call and answer” method of dancing.
Jazz/Hip Hop Combo (ages 4-5)
This class is a combination of the beginnings of jazz technique and the fun of hip hop for our little dancers. The class will include warm ups, isolation exercises, locomotor activities, stretching, and fun choreography done to popular edited and age appropriate music. This is a favorite class among all dancers-boys and girls!
Jazz (ages 6-up)
Graded classes in all levels. The class will be divided with time allotted for adequate warm-up, isolation exercises, stretching, locomotor activities, combinations and cool-down. Jazz class is a favorite of all dance students and is done to popular edited and age appropriate music.
Hip Hop (ages 6-up)
Hip Hop classes include the latest and most up to date dance styles that incorporate many popping, accented and low level isolations. Often referred to as “street style” dance, and made popular by movies, music videos and tv shows, it is another favorite for everyone-boys and girls!! Parents can be confident that SDC uses only edited and family friendly music in our classes.
Tumbling (ages 4-up)
Our tumbling program focuses on flexibility, tumbling skills, and building strength and stamina. Students progress on an individual basis as they are exposed to and taught acrobatic and floor tumbling skills. Gymnastics skills make dancers better performers!
Praise Dance (3rd grade-up)
These lyrical/contemporary classes expand ballet and jazz techniques, combining them together into combinations that express emotion through movement. They are divided by age and ability, and share the common goal of uplifting and worshiping the Lord Jesus through interpretive and liturgical movement. These classes are intended to offer the student an opportunity to respond to God with their whole being, and to move beyond verbal expressions to a fuller experience and relationship with God. Students will learn choreography that will praise and worship the Lord Jesus and that when performed with the sincerity and spiritual discernment that worship requires, will bring to life the Christian message. Students will be exposed to scripture and the Gospel message of Jesus Christ.
Pointe (with teacher approval only)
A highly disciplined class for the accomplished ballet student. Students must be at least 9 years old, and have had ballet training, and/or be auditioned by the instructor. The class is a continuation of ballet training “en pointe.”
SOLO/DUET/TRIO LESSONS:
SDC offers solo, duet, and trio year long lessons to dancers who meet certain criteria. Space in the schedule is limited and is reserved for SDC students only. Inquire now if you are interested.
A semi-disciplined class in body awareness, motor coordination, rhythm, and very basic fundamentals in dance technique. Students will enjoy creative movement activities, and delight in improvisational movement games. Preschoolers are exposed to dance class etiquette while they learn the beginnings of ballet poise and experience the excitement of tap! (Ballet and tap shoes required)
Little Stars Tumbling (ages 2.5-3)
A semi-disciplined class in locomotor skills, rhythm, and very basic tumbling. Students will enjoy creative movement activities, improvisational games, and learn the beginnings of acrobatics.
Ballet (ages 4-up)
Graded classes using Russian and Italian methods. Classes will include barre, centerwork, adagio, and variations. Students will learn body/arm positions, ballet techniques, French terminology, and proper ballet etiquette. SDC feels that ballet training is essential for every dancer.
Tap (ages 4-up)
Graded classes in all levels. Class will be divided with time allotted for warm-ups, centerwork, individual locomotor practice, combinations, and cool-down. Students will learn tap technique and will be exposed to a varity of steps. Students will learn to perform with clear percussive syncopation and to improvise using the “call and answer” method of dancing.
Jazz/Hip Hop Combo (ages 4-5)
This class is a combination of the beginnings of jazz technique and the fun of hip hop for our little dancers. The class will include warm ups, isolation exercises, locomotor activities, stretching, and fun choreography done to popular edited and age appropriate music. This is a favorite class among all dancers-boys and girls!
Jazz (ages 6-up)
Graded classes in all levels. The class will be divided with time allotted for adequate warm-up, isolation exercises, stretching, locomotor activities, combinations and cool-down. Jazz class is a favorite of all dance students and is done to popular edited and age appropriate music.
Hip Hop (ages 6-up)
Hip Hop classes include the latest and most up to date dance styles that incorporate many popping, accented and low level isolations. Often referred to as “street style” dance, and made popular by movies, music videos and tv shows, it is another favorite for everyone-boys and girls!! Parents can be confident that SDC uses only edited and family friendly music in our classes.
Tumbling (ages 4-up)
Our tumbling program focuses on flexibility, tumbling skills, and building strength and stamina. Students progress on an individual basis as they are exposed to and taught acrobatic and floor tumbling skills. Gymnastics skills make dancers better performers!
Praise Dance (3rd grade-up)
These lyrical/contemporary classes expand ballet and jazz techniques, combining them together into combinations that express emotion through movement. They are divided by age and ability, and share the common goal of uplifting and worshiping the Lord Jesus through interpretive and liturgical movement. These classes are intended to offer the student an opportunity to respond to God with their whole being, and to move beyond verbal expressions to a fuller experience and relationship with God. Students will learn choreography that will praise and worship the Lord Jesus and that when performed with the sincerity and spiritual discernment that worship requires, will bring to life the Christian message. Students will be exposed to scripture and the Gospel message of Jesus Christ.
Pointe (with teacher approval only)
A highly disciplined class for the accomplished ballet student. Students must be at least 9 years old, and have had ballet training, and/or be auditioned by the instructor. The class is a continuation of ballet training “en pointe.”
SOLO/DUET/TRIO LESSONS:
SDC offers solo, duet, and trio year long lessons to dancers who meet certain criteria. Space in the schedule is limited and is reserved for SDC students only. Inquire now if you are interested.