Different dance styles including ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, tap, and folk dances.
History of dance styles: Understanding the evolution of dance styles over time and the cultural and social influences that shaped each style.
Terminology: Learning the terminology used in dance, such as positions, movements, and steps.
Musicality: Understanding how to interpret and respond to different types of music in choreography.
Technique: Developing proper technique for each style, including body alignment, balance, and coordination.
Performance skills: Learning how to present an engaging and compelling performance through facial expressions, body language, and stage presence.
Choreography basics: Understanding the principles of creating and structuring choreography for dance performances.
Improvisation: Developing the ability to create dance movements spontaneously and without preplanning.
Partnering and group formations: Learning how to collaborate with dance partners and create fluid and synchronized movement with groups.
Cultural dance styles: Exploring regional and cultural dance styles from around the world, such as salsa, flamenco, and Bollywood.
Contemporary dance: Understanding the contemporary dance style, which blends different dance styles and emphasizes creative expression and interpretation.
Jazz dance: Learning the upbeat and energetic jazz dance style, which developed from African American dance styles.
Ballet: Understanding the classical ballet style, which emphasizes grace, fluid movement, and technical precision.
Hip hop dance: Learning the energetic and rhythmic movements of hip hop dance, which evolved from urban street dance styles.
Tap dance: Developing coordination and rhythm skills through the percussive and rhythmic movements of tap dance.
Latin dance styles: Exploring Latin dance styles such as salsa, samba, and tango, which are popular social dance styles that originated in Latin America.
Swing dance: Understanding the popular partner dance style of swing, which evolved from the jazz music era of the 1920s and 30s.
Ballroom dance: Learning the social and competitive ballroom dance styles, which emphasize elegance and precision movements.
Folk dance: Exploring regional and cultural folk dance styles, which are traditional social dances that often have historical and cultural significance.
Street dance: Discovering the high-energy and expressive style of street dance, which includes urban dance styles like popping, locking, and breaking.
Contemporary ballet: Understanding the fusion of classical ballet with modern dance styles in contemporary ballet, which emphasizes artistic expression and interpretation.
Ballet: Classical dance style that emphasizes technique, grace, and fluid movements.
Jazz: High-energy dance style that incorporates elements of swing, African, and contemporary music.
Hip Hop: Street dance style that originated in African American and Latino communities, featuring popping, locking, and breaking.
Tap: Percussive dance style in which the dancer wears shoes with metal plates to create rhythm and sound.
Latin: Dance styles originating from Latin American countries, including salsa, samba, and tango.
Ballroom: Partner dance style featuring traditional ballroom dances such as waltz, foxtrot, and quickstep.
Contemporary: Modern dance style that combines ballet, jazz, and other dance techniques to explore emotional and physical expression.
Modern: Dance style that emphasizes individual expression and freedom of movement, often incorporating improvisation and unconventional dance techniques.
Folk: Traditional dance styles from various cultures around the world, often performed in traditional dress.
Belly dance: Middle Eastern dance style that emphasizes fluid, undulating movements of the hips, abdomen, and arms.
Flamenco: Spanish dance style that incorporates percussive footwork, drama, and emotion.
Irish step dance: Energetic dance style originating from Ireland, featuring fast footwork and rhythmic patterns.
Bollywood: Dance style originating from Indian films, featuring a blend of traditional Indian and modern dance styles.
Pole: Dance style that incorporates acrobatics and dance moves performed on a vertical pole, often associated with strip clubs but also performed in fitness and competition settings.
Line dance: Dance style in which dancers perform a choreographed sequence of steps in a line formation.
Krumping: High-energy dance style originating from underground hip hop scenes, characterized by aggressive movements and exaggerated facial expressions.
B-boying/Breakdancing: Street dance style that originated in the Bronx, featuring acrobatic and athletic movements performed to hip hop music.
Hula: Traditional Hawaiian dance style that tells stories through graceful arm movements and fluid hip sways.
Sufi: Mystical dance style originating from Sufi Islam, featuring spinning movements and trance-like states.
African: Dance styles from various African cultures, characterized by fluid movements and rhythms.
Vogue: Dance style that originated in the LGBTQ ballroom scene, featuring exaggerated poses and sharp.