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At Star-Lite Dance Studio we teach a variety of popular and classical dances at both advanced and beginner levels. Classes on held nightly throughout the week on Mondays through to Fridays while on Saturdays we hold morning and afternoon classes.
Our well trained teachers, each highly skilled dancers in their respective specialty, lead the instruction of all classes. Depending on the type of dance being taught (ie: a tap duet or a large production number), classes can range from having 2 students to containing over 30 students; all being taught in a friendly atmosphere that focuses on helping each student reach his or her goals.
All classes start up in September of each year and wrap up at the end of the following June with a studio dance recital finale.
Dance classes that we specialize in include:
Tap: our most popular style of dance that can be traditional, modern or funky tap. This type of dance is appealing to all ages and genders. This class is among our competitive dance classes and can involve group, solo or duet performances.
Hip Hop: a blend of hip and pop music, this newer trend of dancing appeals primarily to our teenage and younger adult students. Hiphop is a funky, energetic style of dance that continually changes with today's popular music scene. This class is among our competitive dance classes.
Ballet: traditonal and a modern styles of advanced and beginner ballet are taught. Ballet helps improve a dancer's skills by focusing on and high-tuning flexibility, technique, and precision. This class is usually a prerequisite for those wanting to enter into competitive dance classes.
Jazz: this popular style of traditional and modern dance which improves flexibility and technique and is explored at both beginner and advanced levels of dance. Jazz dance utilizes many styles of music (ie: R&B to Rock 'n Roll). In addition to ballet, this class is a prerequisite for those wanting to enter into competitive dance classes. This is our most popular competitve class along with comeptitive tap.
Lyrical: this class combines the various dance techniques of traditional ballet and jazz with an emphasis on body movement and interpretation. This class is among our competitive dance classes.
Cheerleading: this class teaches cheerleading for those that might wish to pursue this activity on a high school level or professional level. Students are given instruction in safety, coordintation, team work and classic and modern styles of cheerleading. Currently, two Star-Lite teachers, Jennifer K. and Andrea P., are cheerleaders with the Hamilton Tiger Cats Football team.
Acro: promotes physical flexibility and teamwork using various jazz movements and acrobatic techniques. Safety, coordination and teamwork are all basic components of this class in addition to teaching basic and advanced acrobatics and dance. This class is among our competitive dance classes.
Musical Theater: students learn about and participate in larger muscial productions where they learn how to interact with eachother in primary and secondary roles on stage. This class is among our competitive dance classes, comprising mostly of solos and duets.
Notes on competitive classes: each of our students/classes has the opportunity to become involved in competitive dancing at all levels and at most ages. Our most popular competition classes are tap, jazz, hip hop, acro, lyrical and musical theater.
Classes can comprise of a group of 15 or more students, which makes up a 'gala', under 15 students for a 'group', four students for a 'quartet', three to make up a 'trio', two students to dance a 'duet' and one student for a solo performance.
In order to become eligible for entering into competitive dance at the studio, a student is required to particpate in jazz and ballet, in addition to their competitive class. This helps to ensure that our competitive students contain a more well rounded out repetoire of dance skills that are necessary for the high standards of the competitive world of dance.
Note: Tap Aerobics and Hip Hop Aerobics have both been discontinued as of the end of the 2005-2006 dance year.
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