This class has over the past few years developed into a very popular class. It is freedom of expression, includes great technique gained from ballet and emotion whilst dancing. Contemporary dance is an ‘anything goes’ genre.
Contemporary dance is a dance performance genre that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world.
If you were to ask a dance teacher today to describe contemporary, you could well be faced with words such as modern, jazz-like, loose, expressive; not formal or rigid.
This class has over the past few years developed into a very popular class. It is freedom of expression, includes great technique gained from ballet and emotion whilst dancing. Contemporary dance is an ‘anything goes’ genre.
Rather than a specific dance technique, contemporary dance is a collection of systems and methods developed mainly from modern and postmodern dance.
As the only dance school in Whangarei with a purpose-built fully furbished dance studio, WADPA has everything located under one roof. Our fully qualified and registered staff teach Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Acrobatic, and Contemporary Dance.
We teach age and developmentally appropriate Ballet, Tap, and Jazz dance technique classes from a syllabus that allows younger students more time for movement exploration while providing advanced students with the tools to become professional dancers.
This specialised form of dance is growing within NZ dance schools. We believe it is ideally suited to the age group of 10yrs & over
NZAMD Pre-Grades to Level 6, plus solo Diploma. (Ages 10 to Adult.) Students enjoy the feeling of moving through space, Co-ordinating the breadth of movement, gaining strength and flexibility.
The Dance Institute offers all RAD Ballet grades from Pre-Primary to Advanced, all NZAMD Jazz and Contemporary Levels and all SADTA Modern dance Levels as well as specialised Stretch and Strengthen classes.
Our Contemporary dance classes follow an in-house syllabus which allows for greater freedom and flexibility of training.
Teaching students to understand the concepts of contemporary movement such as weight, flow, momentum, and the use of gravity, they continue to enjoy a sense of dance while focusing on freedom of movement and spatial awareness.
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