{"id":10,"date":"2015-11-29T19:29:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T19:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-01-21T19:34:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:34:52","slug":"classes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/?page_id=10","title":{"rendered":"Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/young-lyrical-photo-2019.jpeg\">WE HAVE CLASSES FOR ALL DANCERS<\/a><\/strong><strong>!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Libby-solo-photo.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2072\" src=\"http:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Libby-solo-photo-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Libby-solo-photo-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Libby-solo-photo-1024x767.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Libby-solo-photo-768x575.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Libby-solo-photo-1536x1150.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Libby-solo-photo-2048x1534.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ballet\/Pointe:<\/strong>\u00a0The foundation for all dance. Ballet teaches grace, self expression, proper body placement, body control and the look of effortless grace. We teach a combination of Vaganova and RAD. Older students are also introduced to Balanchine style. Our classes offer a variety of adage and allegro, so the dancers can be versatile. Ballet is the technical backbone for all genres of dance.\u00a0 We highly recommend ballet for all dancers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tap:<\/strong>\u00a0The instrument is you feet.\u00a0 A large focus is on timing and developing rhythms.\u00a0 We teach classical tap as well as the newer rhythm tap (Stomp influenced).\u00a0 Tap is a great to learn musicality and to make melodies with your own feet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jazz:<\/strong>\u00a0Jazz is the culmination of theater, ballet, and modern.\u00a0 Jazz dance teaches technique in pirouettes, traveling steps, leaps, and core body movement.\u00a0 Jazz also works on flexibility, endurance, and strength. Ballet is strongly recommended for anyone interested in Jazz.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hip Hop:<\/strong>\u00a0Hip Hop combines the newest moves in street dancing as well as what you would see in music videos. \u00a0A high energy class and a great aerobic workout.\u00a0 We incorporate new styles of hip hop with the old.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lyrical:<\/strong>\u00a0An offspring of ballet, lyrical dancing conveys a message with the music.\u00a0 The movement is fluid and controlled.\u00a0 An emotion or story is told through the body movement, a large focus is on working your core.\u00a0 Students must have a ballet background.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contemporary:<\/strong>\u00a0Contemporary dance is routed from ballet but involves self expression and more off centered movements.\u00a0 The emphasis is on body control, connecting movements, and body lines.\u00a0 Students must have a ballet background.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Acro\/Tumbling: <\/strong>Acro and Tumbling are great classes for strength, conditioning, flexibility, balance, coordination, body control, and they learn great skills. Skills learned: Bridges, forward and backward rolls, handstands, headstands, cartwheels, round offs, partnering, lifts, walkovers, aerials, back handsprings, and more! Dancers must train for a while to get to the harder skills and must be strong enough to do them without injury. Our staff is Certified and\/or works in a gymnastics studio. We ensure students are taught safely and with the proper progressions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WE HAVE CLASSES FOR ALL DANCERS!! Ballet\/Pointe:\u00a0The foundation for all dance. Ballet teaches grace, self expression, proper body placement, body control and the look of effortless grace. We teach a combination of Vaganova and RAD. Older students are also introduced to Balanchine style. Our classes offer a variety of adage and allegro, so the dancers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/?page_id=10\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Classes<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2074,"href":"https:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/2074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarboroughdancecenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}