Deborah Mason Performing Arts Center

Defining characteristics of jazz dancing include improvisation, isolation, and the style of Broadway. For beginner dancers, we teach in a Musical Theater format which incorporates musicality, a strong sense of rhythm, and basic jazz technique.

Hip Hop takes on the styles of many forms of dance, including Breaking, Popping, and Locking. These styles are the oldest and most established of all the hip hop dances.

Musical Theater incorporates a strong sense of rhythm and basic jazz technique. Dancers become familiar with popular musicals through song and choreography.

Our tap classes are focused on learning basic tap technique, vocabulary, and rhythm through music, games, and percussive instruments. This class explores Broadway styles of tap and musical theater.

Pre-Ballet is all about exploring ballet skills and vocabulary through creative dance, props, and dress-up, while incorporating a story of ballet for the young dancers to make it fun and inspire the imagination.