Here at Newcastle Dance Academy, all students must enrol in a ballet class to be eligible to participate in our contemporary classes
DurationContemporary dance is a style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including modern, jazz, lyrical and classical ballet. Contemporary dancers strive to connect the mind and the body through fluid dance movements.
Contemporary dance stresses versatility and improvisation, unlike the strict, structured nature of ballet. Contemporary dancers focus on floor work, using gravity to pull them down to the floor, as well as core strength, control and flexibility.
This dance genre is often done in bare feet. Contemporary dance can be performed to many different styles of music.
Pioneers of contemporary dance include Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham. These contemporary dancers all believed that dancers should have freedom of movement, allowing their bodies to freely express their innermost feelings.
Here at Newcastle Dance Academy, all students must enrol in a ballet class to be eligible to participate in our contemporary classes. We begin training lyrical from the age of 10 years, moving into contemporary technique by 12 years.
Newcastle Dance Academy is owned by Tracy Caldwell and Roxanne McCourtie.
We purchased a small studio in 1996 with 10 weeks of the year to go, we rented church halls and continued to grow and move around locations until 1999 when we moved to the Hobart Road premises. The June 2007 floods, like many people, caused much devastation to the property.
We managed to battle on, but it was time for new premises. We purchased the Broadmeadow Glass and Aluminium building at the end of 2008 and in 2009 we opened the doors to the 5 studio purpose built complex that is now home to around 200 students.
We aim to provide the very best advice to the parents on quality dance education and the very best teaching available. Our staff are wonderful professionals in the industry and we create a warm and friendly environment for everyone.
Our staff are fully qualified with Royal Academy of Dance. We are consistently learning and studying under the CPD (continual professional development) program provided by the RAD.
Our motivation comes from the passion we share as educators and the environment we create for delivering the best possible learning environment for young children. Newcastle Dance Academy is a child safe organisation with all staff having their Working with Children check.
We are Newcastle born and breed, we are professionals that wish to share our knowledge and experiences and give opportunity to the young- We care for the students and the families and we pride ourselves on providing the very best dancing environment.
Our studio has recently been renovated with everything your child needs to thrive in a safe learning environment that is passionate about dance. Come in and visit us and check out Our Studio Facilities
Our Kids Contemporary Dance Classes encourage children to develop their flexibility, movement, sense of gravity and how to play with it, develop floor work, and fitness levels whilst playing cheerful melodies and tunes for your child.
Available for students enrolled in RAD Grade 3 ballet & up.Â
Contemporary, or modern dance, is a classically based style that explores new types of movement to portray an intention or display the abilities of the human body.
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 dance is a style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including jazz and classical ballet. Originally, "contemporary dance" referred to the movement of new dancers who did not want to follow strict classical ballet and lyrical dance forms.
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