This style is a great accompaniment to ballet dancers as it teaches dancers how to use ballet techniques to extract meaning from dances.
A creative, interpretive and free-flowing style combining strong technique in ballet and jazz to produce beautiful and meaningful routines.
As seen often on TV show “So You Think You Can Dance”, it is one of the more popular forms of modern dance. Contemporary choreography usually tells a story or portrays a theme and teaches dancers to express emotions and feelings behind their performances.
This style is a great accompaniment to ballet dancers as it teaches dancers how to use ballet techniques to extract meaning from dances.
The WA Performance School is Perth’s premier dance and performance academy catering to all ages and backgrounds. Our talented and dedicated instructors provide a supportive and professional environment to all of our students to encourage their growth, confidence and most importantly, their enjoyment!
The I.S.T.D. syllabus is taught in these classes. It is a wonderful progressive graded syllabus used internationally, which builds a solid technique rich in the understanding of rhythms; and encompasses lyrical, percussive, jazz, musical theatre and comtemporary styles.
Contemporary is a free and intensely creative form of dance, based on a wide range of movements.
There will be several levels of this class on offer with an exciting ATOD syllabus in contemporary.
This class emphasizes dynamic, full-body movements that are both energetic and dramatic, based on classical technique. Learn to express yourself through movement while gaining strength and flexibility, as well as learning fun contemporary combinations to a variety of songs.
This class is not only about giving the students a sound understanding of traditional contemporary dance technique while having fun. It also propels them to consider how dance works are structured. Allowing each individual the chance to experiment in a class situation.
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