The Dance Alliance

The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole. 

Contemporary dance combines the strong and controlled legwork of ballet with modern's use of the torso, floor work, fall and recovery, as well as changes in rhythm, speed, and direction.

Hip-hop dance refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture.

Broadway tap focuses more on the dance. It is widely performed as a part of musical theater. Rhythm tap focuses more on musicality, and practitioners consider themselves to be a part of the Jazz tradition

Lyrical dance classes are offered by The Dance Alliance. Lyrical dance is a style of dance created from the fusion of ballet with jazz and contemporary dance techniques. Lyrical is generally smoother and a bit faster than ballet, but not quite as fast as jazz.