Students are taught to blend their steps working with slow-paced music while lengthening lines and working on emotional commitment to their movement.
Lyrical is a continuous, gentle and flowing dance form that blends technical movements smoothly from one step to the next.
Students are taught to blend their steps working with slow-paced music while lengthening lines and working on emotional commitment to their movement.
Gesture, improvisation and other acting elements are layered on the movement to enhance the interpretation of the dance.
Class Objectives:
The Richmond Academy of Dance is internationally recognized for its outstanding training programs encouraging individuality and attention to detail. These principles reflect the Academy’s aim to ensure its students’ proper development as both dancers and as individuals.
Professional and motivated teachers are committed to providing the highest possible quality of dance education for all our students. The Academy's multi-disciplined focus is unique to the Lower Mainland as it produces dancers of the highest standard set to become Canada’s newest young professionals in the performing arts world.
The Richmond Academy is a member of the BC Dance Educator’s Association, Richmond Chamber of Commerce, West Coast Tap Dance Collective, BC Alliance for Arts and Culture, Richmond Arts Council, Canadian Dance Assembly, BC Artist Registry, Candance.org and has teachers who have obtained Registered Teacher Status with various international organizations including the Royal Academy of Dance.
This class will be offered to dancers who take Ballet and Jazz.
This art form is a softer version of jazz danced to softer music selections. Lyrical combines the look of ballet with the technique of jazz. The music usually has lyrics, as opposed to just instrumental. Body movement, like in many other dances, is used to express feeling.
A small portion of this class will involve important stretching components to improve flexibility. Every dancer must have a solid dance base for this class and are encouraged to take jazz or ballet as well. Dancers will be placed at the teacher’s discretion.
This choreography-based class is for elementary and higher level dancers who want to give voice to their feelings, passion and emotion. Lyrical dance incorporates jazz, ballet and modern dance techniques and is known for its expressiveness and musicality.Â
Our lyrical classes deliver a mix of ballet and jazz technique. This class is recommended to dancers who would like to learn to express emotion through the lyrics of music while showing strength and flexibility through movement.
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