Early jazz classes focus on building body and spatial awareness while learning steps as well as some fun games. As classes get older and more complex, dancers work on gaining more diffcult steps and combinations.
Jazz is a modern dance style loosely based on ballet. Classes dance to fun music that you hear on the Top 40 and are based around barre work, centre work, stretches and combinations.
Early jazz classes focus on building body and spatial awareness while learning steps as well as some fun games. As classes get older and more complex, dancers work on gaining more diffcult steps and combinations.
Other styles that are related to jazz such as broadway, lyrical, hip hop and latin are introduced. Combinations increase in diffculty and variety of solo, duo or group.
Exams are offered from age 5 and are a good way to measure progress and have a goal to work towards.
Expressions Dance Company is committed to producing dancers who are versatile, well educated in both technique and expression, and who are strong, authentic young people. We believe every young dancer has the ability to increase their physical, emotional and intellectual wellbeing through dance.
Our aim is to provide an environment which balances the demands of training with creativity and care, while allowing for individual growth and expression. We are committed to being a friendly, family orientated studio with quality tutors who care about the dancer’s individual needs.
We aim to nurture young people through dance – to guide students to develop into well-balanced human beings, with a strong ethical sense – well fed in body, mind and spirit.
Jazz is energetic and exciting - Perfect for your child to burn off all that energy they have!
Second to Ballet Jazz is one of the longest standing styles (non traditional/national) of dance, with its roots beginning in America. It is one of the most versatile and common styles of dance often seen in Musicals.
The classes also encourage individual creativity with student choreography improvisation in the higher levels.
Our American Jazz classes run following the NZAMD Jazz syllabus and teach the basic fundamentals of Jazz while encouraging our students to explore their own sense of style!
The NZAMD American Jazz is an exciting syllabus choreographed by Keith Clifton of the USA and is suitable for students from 7 years through to adults.
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