CLASSES

Ballet, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Jazz, Lyrical, & Tap

We provide classes catering to students ages 18 months to adults and accommodating all skill levels.

BALLET/ TAP COMBO

Our age-based Ballet/Tap classes are a fun introduction to the basic fundamentals of dance. United recognizes the importance of teaching proper vocabulary and technique from the start of a dance education. We use uplifting music, exciting props, and positive reinforcement to introduce our young students to the world of dance. The ballet portion of the class will teach students proper stretching technique, and introduce them to beginning ballet steps and choreography. The tap portion of the class uses the Al Gilbert methodology. Tap uses specialized shoes to make rhythmic sounds requiring quick footwork, outstanding balance, and impeccable rhythm. Students will progress through the leveled curriculum and learn fun tap combinations and routines.

CONTEMPORARY, LYRICAL & MODERN

Exploring partnering and weight sharing exercises combined with basic techniques and skills from ballet, jazz and modern. It emphasizes interpretation of music lyrics while telling a story with movement that can be fluid or abstract

HIP HOP

Hip Hop is a high-energy class that infuses the latest styles of street dancing, breaking, popping, and locking. Classes will encourage students to step outside of the box by bringing their own individual style and personality to the movements. Hip hop dance requires students to have the strength and stamina to successfully perform moves. Therefore class includes upper and lower body conditioning as well as a rigorous warm-up to help prepare students for more intense movements.

JAZZ

Jazz is a popular class concept that infuses the funky style of hip hop with the technical side of jazz. Students will learn the fundamentals of each style such as isolations and flexibility. This class will encourage students to dance outside of the box and bring their own personality to each movement. We pride ourselves on being a family oriented dance studio and go out of our way to find clean age-appropriate music

TAP

The leveled tap program is for intermediate to advanced level dancers. Students will build upon previously learned tap skills along with incorporating new and more stylized steps. Tap requires quick footwork, outstanding balance, and impeccable rhythm. Students in our leveled tap program will be challenged with innovative choreography and combinations.

PRIVATE LESSONS

UPAC offers private lessons to all ages and abilities. We feel that private lessons help each dancer build confidence with building the technical skills they need to achieve their goals. We offer privates in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Drill Team, Lyrical, and Team & Solo Choreography.