Curriculum - MelRoe's School of Dance Kansas City Dance Studio offering Beginner and Competitive Dance Lessons in Liberty Missouri

Curriculum

  • Tiny Tots Discover Dance
  • Tumble Tykes
  • Tumbling
  • Ballet
  • Modern
  • Lyrical
  • Ballet Conditioning
  • Combo (TAP + JAZZ)
  • Hip Hop
  • Turns, Leaps, & Conditinong (TLC)
  • Adult Tap

Tiny Tots Discover Dance

 

Class Requirements

  • Ages 3-5

 

Tiny Tots Dance Class is creative movement, song, and dance will encourage social and motor development. Basic dance skills and terminology are introduced at this level as well as musicality, coordination, listening, and following directions. Tap and Ballet shoes are needed for this class.

The Discover Dance Early Childhood Program is a series of movement classes designed to introduce children to the creative and expressive world of dance. Each program offers children the opportunity to develop their natural movement ability in a multi-sensory environment. Music, movement, visuals, and props will enhance your students' love of the art form and the unique conceptual approach to dance education will provide the opportunity for cognitive growth.

 

Tiny Tots Discover Dance Early Childhood Class for ages 3, 4 and 5 year olds in Kansas City Missouri looking to learn basic dance skills being offered at MelRoe's School of Dance in Liberty Missouri

 

DiscoverDance Early Childhood Program at MelRoe's School of Dance in Liberty Missouri


 

 

DiscoverDance Early Childhood Program at MelRoe's School of Dance in Liberty Missouri

 

Tumble Tykes

 

Class Requirements

  • Ages 3-5

 

Every class will start with warm up exercises and stretches. This is necessary for developing strength, flexibility, and control. Basic tumbling skills are introduced at this level as well as coordination, balance, and limberness. Tumbling shoes required.

 

Introductory Tumbling Classes for ages 3, 4, and 5 year olds in Kansas City Missouri being offered at MelRoe's School of Dance Studio in Liberty Missouri

Tumbling

 

Class Requirements

  • Level 1 Beginner Tumbling: Ages 6-9
  • Level 2 Intermediate Tumbling: Ages 8-10
  • Level 3 Advanced Tumbling: Ages 10-13
  • Level 4 TNT Troupe: All age levels (competitive team)

 

Tumbling classes will start with a warm up, center work, and passes down the floor. A thorough warm up is necessary for developing strength, flexibility, and control, conditioning to prevent injuries, and developing body awareness and placement. Good form and proper technique is highly stressed. Students will learn individual skills, combination of skills, and will incorporate dance with tumbling skills.

 

Tumbling Classes for beginner, intermediate, advanced and competitive opportunities starting at age 6 in Kansas City Missouri offered by MelRoe's School of Dance Studio in Liberty Missouri

Ballet

 

Class Requirements

  • Pre-Ballet: Ages 5-7
  • Level 1 Ballet: Ages 7-10
  • Level 2 Ballet: Ages 9-11
  • Level 3 Ballet: Ages 12-14
  • Level 4 & 5 Ballet: Ages 13+

 

Ballet is the foundation of all forms of dance. The mechanics of ballet technique and its vocabulary are taught at the barre and in the center. Ballet will help with strength, flexibility, and stamina. Ballet classes are very structured and disciplined.

 

Ballet Classes for ages 5 thru high school in Kansas City Missouri being offered at MelRoe's School of Dance in Liberty Missouri

Modern

 

Class Requirements

  • 3 years of ballet training
  • Student placement is at the discretion of the instructor

 

Modern is offered to students who have at least 3 years of ballet training. This class focuses on the mind, body and spirit through movement. This class incorporates structured technical exercises that condition the body for strength. Modern is constantly developing.Student placement is at the discretion of the instructor.

 

Modern Ballet Training in Kansas City Missouri offered at MelRoe's School of Dance in Liberty Missouri

Lyrical

 

Class Requirements

  • Need 3 years of ballet training

 

Lyrical is offered to students who have at least 3 years of ballet training. This class focuses on teaching dancers about creative expression. Lyrical class is a slower tempo class incorporating ballet and modern and emphasizing emotional expression in music as well as fluidity and floor work. Students must a have a strong background in jazz and ballet.

 

Lyrical Ballet Classes in Kansas City Missouri offered at MelRoe's School of Dance Studio in Liberty Missouri

Ballet Conditioning

 

Class Requirements

  • Class must be approved by staff

Ballet conditioning is a new class we are offering this year. This class will be a combination of Floor Barre, Pilates, Yoga, Strength Training, Injury Prevention, and PBT. This class will help with flexibility, posture, building muscles and agility, balance, core strength, and good for the mind and soul. This class must be approved by the staff in order to participate.

Ballet Conditioning Class in Kansas City Missouri offered at MelRoe's School of Dance in Liberty Missouri

Combo (TAP + JAZZ)

 

Class Requirements

  • Level 1 Combo: Ages 6-8
  • Level 2 Combo: Ages 9-11
  • Level 3 Combo: Ages 12+

 

Combo is fusion between tap and jazz. Jazz class Tap class will emphasizes rhythm and sound. Students will start with the basics including terminology, basic tap technique, and building to advanced combination.

 

Combo Tap and Jazz emphasizing rhythm and sound recognition in Kansas City Missouri being offered at MelRoe's School of Dance Studio in Liberty Missouri

Hip Hop

 

Class Requirements

  • Level 1 Hip Hop: Ages 5-8
  • Level 2 Hip Hop: Ages 9-12
  • Level 3 Hip Hop: Ages 13+
  • Boys Hip Hop: Ages 8+

 

Come and learn the hottest in hip hop and street dance trends. Hip hop classes wiil start with a warm up, progressions, combination in the center, and always ends with improving. Emphasis is on developing individual style.

 

Hip Hop Dance Classes for boys and girls beginner and competitive opportunities in Kansas City Missouri at MelRoe's School of Dance in Liberty Missouri

Turns, Leaps, & Conditinong (TLC)

 

Class Requirements

  • Technique class - all ages and levels

 

This class is strictly technique and emphasizes turns, leaps, tricks, and strengthening exercises. Partner work is executed in this class. This is a non performance class. We do a complete warm up, center work, and progressions. This is a great class to work on fine tuning your jazz technique.

 

Jazz Technique Dance Class focusing on Turns, Leaps and Conditioning to improve technique for Jazz Dancing in Kansas City Missouri offered at MelRoe's School of Dance in Liberty Missouri

Adult Tap

 

We know that taking a dance class as an adult can be scary... stressful... overwhelming... if it's been a while since you've danced or you've never danced. We also know that those feelings stop some people who'd really love to enroll in a dance class from taking the leap. Adult tap is a great class to start with.

Once you are in the studio moving your body, you'll be so glad you decided to come. No experience is necessary. Call today to set up a FREE trial class.