In recent years it has become clear that young children tire of doing any one thing for a whole hour. Even one-hour classes in which ballet and tap are taught for half an hour each bore them. Students continue taking various DanceXtra classes year after year until they get to an age where they decide to concentrate on more advanced classes. DanceXtra classes fully prepare them for the move. Experience has shown that these children perform every bit as well as, and often better than, students who take traditional children's classes.
Classes start with proper stretching.
They learn forward roll, back roll, cartwheel, bridge, headstand and splits. Children dance out a story about a day in the life of a leaf with the teacher. Then the children make up their own stories and dance them to the music. Each week a new theme is selected. A Christmas sweatshirt with sweatpants, and the ballet shoes, tap shoes or sneakers they used in class.