What We Offer The art of ballet is a multiple discipline, combining a varied assortment of dance, movement, and music. Disciplined training in classical ballet technique provides the foundation for the development of the dancer. Ann Arbor Dance Classics offers classes in the Cecchetti Method and non-syllabus classes designed to build strength and flexibility.
Further instruction is offered in pointe and lyrical.
Ballet provides the foundation for all styles of dance. Tap technique focuses on the use of the feet for creating rhythms. Tap emphasizes the clarity of sounds combined with the use of the entire body in this unique form of dance. Tap instruction features elements of both rhythm and Broadway styles of tap, and most classes include some improvisational work for students to begin to develop individual style. Jazz instruction includes techniques for stretching, isolations, contractions, turns, jumps, and progressional floor work.