Adult Styles
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Overview
Join in the fun and dance with us at Sole To Soul Dance Studio. Our adult classes are designed for students of all ages and levels of experience, from former dancers to kids who are looking to start their formal dance class for the first time, with contents based on appropriate developmental skills for the specific age. The classes are inspirational, fun, and challenging classes offered weekly from beginning to advanced levels in ballet, contemporary, street jazz, hip hop and beyond.
Who is it for?
- Adults or ages 16 and up
- Anyone looking for a class they can start any time
- Anyone keen to learn (or improve) foundation, technique, and vocabulary
| Grades / Levels | Entry Prerequisites |
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| Absolute Beginner | A slower paced class |
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| Beginner | Little or no background |
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| Beginner/Intermediate | Taking to another level |
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| Intermediate | From 2 to 3 years experience |
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| Advanced | Been dancing for years |
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To make sure that you enjoy and get the most from our dance class program, we suggest that you take our Basic or Absolute Beginner classes before you begin attending beginner level classes.
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Adult Ballet
This introductory class is specially designed for adults who have a passion and desire to learn ballet but have no prior dance experience. The classes provide a welcoming and friendly environment, with individualized instruction and attention, which exposes you to the core fundamentals of ballet in a relaxed and comfortable class setting. Throughout the class you will learn the basic body positions, core ballet exercises such as plié and tendu, how to stand at the barre with appropriate body alignment and posture, an introduction to ballet terminology as well as ballet classroom etiquette.
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Belly Dance
As an exercise form, belly dance works every muscle in your body and is extremely healthful, energizing and is a great tool for toning your body and losing weight. Our classes are ideal for women who seek fun, fitness and camaraderie. Be exposed to lots of great Middle Eastern music, and at the same time introduced to the fundamental posture, isolations, basic steps, shimmies, and accents of bellydance. You will learn new techniques and new moves on a regular basis that will enhance your dancing skills and gain a better understanding of the music, body co-ordination and step variation.
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Body Conditioning
Conditioning is defined as a state of being physically fit so your body can safely perform the physical demands with least risk and possibility of injury. For dancers, body conditioning is all about working to tone and sculpt their muscles apart from, and over and above the dance movements. With a combination of stretches like pilates and yoga, muscle toning or building exercises like weight training or gym, as well as workouts abdominal(core) strength, glutes, and hamstrings. Body conditioning aims to improve technique and overall presence while performance and it's so essential that many dancers end up working on it even after they have stopped dancing. The result is more lift without tension, deeper plies, higher jumps with less effort, tighter turns, and improved extension and turnout.
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Breaking
Breaking, also called breakdancing or b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance. It is a style of dance that originated in the United States in the 1970s. It took form in the lively block parties in the Bronx, emerging from hip hop culture, and is characterised by acrobatic movements, stylised footwork and the key role played by the DJ and the MC (master of ceremonies) during battles. In this class, no matter your experience, you will have the opportunity to learn breaking from a passionate instructor - including top rocks, get downs, footwork, power moves and freezes.
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Choreography
Choreography is a mix of clean, up-to-date moves based on hip hop, house, jazz, tap, locking and popping to create challenging choreography that encompasses how the style has evolved. Some choreographers draw most of their influence from a single style such as hip hop, for example, while others explore fusions between different genres. Ultimately, the choreography you learn in this class will depend on the choreographer’s own style, experience and interpretation of the music (that’s what makes it so fun)! The overall focus is on having a good time while challenging yourself physically and mentally throughout this well-structured, fast-paced class.
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Contemporary
Contemporary dance is a form of dance which focuses on the serious expression of inner emotions, using a free-flowing, interpretive style, rather than following the rigid rules characteristic of many dance disciplines. Many of its concepts come from the ideas and innovations of 20th century modern dance, including floorwork and turn-in of the legs. Challenging yet invigorating, this cumulative series gives dancers an introduction to contemporary choreography and routines combining the fundamental techniques of contemporary and other genres of dance such as jazz, lyrical, ballet and more. The class will be paced and specifically tailored to match the needs and requirements of those participating.
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Girl Style
The basics focuses on the techniques critical to executing a more girly style! Each of our Girl Style instructors come from different dance backgrounds, meaning they all showcase their own style of Girls Style choreography. There is the expression of girl-power, the engagement of your sensuality, and the use of strength. You will learn how to vary the textures in the way you dance, and find out what your flattering angles and lines are.
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House
House dance is a type of freestyle dance that emphasizes freedom, improvisation and feeling the music. Compared to other types of street dances, house dancing is a type of freestyle street dance and social dance that’s performed on top of house music. Freedom of movement and expression is key and you can expect to improve your grooves and footwork in this class.
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Hip Hop
Hip Hop is the style that most people associate with Street Dance. There are different ways in which Hip Hop is presented depending on the type of Hip Hop music it is danced to. Understand the basics such as how to bounce, groove, wave, and find your own individual and organic connection to the music within the language and expression of street styles and hip hop dance. Each class begins with warm up exercises and a recap of techniques and skills learnt in previous weeks. We’ll combine the moves to create a short, choreographed dance by the end of the month.
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Kpop
Passionate about Korean pop culture? K-Pop Boys is a dance cover-based class taught to popular Korean Pop music videos. Inspired by the flashy costumes and cool accessories, K-Pop fans will love the catchy tunes accompanied with viral moves. Students will learn techniques and the choreographies from the music videos. Girl group dances tend to be energetic, flirty and sassy whereas Boy group dances tend to be more hard-hitting and powerful. We’ll combine the moves to create a short, choreographed dance by the end of the month. Each month, we'll be bringing you hot new music and new dances to keep you excited and working hard when you dance to the latest and hottest group/solo dance covers. Class will build on the SAME PIECE of cover over 4-6 weeks.
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Popping
Popping is one of the more technical styles, that takes a lot of training to develop the understanding and the muscle control. Because of popping's cultural Boogaloo roots, popping developed before Hiphop's cultural movement and helped influence the tradition of styles of hip hop dancing. Popping is based on the technique of quickly tensing and relaxing the muscles to cause a jerk or ‘pop’. Popping can be concentrated to specific body parts and be very rhythmic. Related styles include animation, boogaloo, robot, strobing and gliding, to name a few.
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Salsa
alsa is a lively, sexy dance full of spins, turns and dips. It is a distillation of many latin and afro-caribbean influences and is a generic term encompassing a number of different styles: Cuban, Puerto Rican, New York, etc. Salsa is guaranteed to lift your mood and send you home energised and with a smile on your face (not to mention the music still going around in your head). The dance itself consists of combinations of six steps, danced over an eight-count rhythm and includes turns, spins and dips. It is easy for the beginner to pick up and offers more complex moves and footwork for those who wish to progress further.
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Street Jazz
Street Jazz is a combination of basic technical jazz elements with the attitude of Hip Hop. It is softer than hip hop but not as formal as traditional jazz. The style features sharp movements, body isolations and focuses on precision and confidence. It is energetic and funky, a type of dance you would expect to see in a pop MV. Class will learn and perform to a new choreography every week.
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Zumba® Fitness
Are you ready to get your ass into shape? Our ZUMBA® classes offer an exhilarating, easy-to-follow, latin inspired dance & fitness workout suitable for all levels. ZUMBA is very infectious and is definitely the latest, most exciting fitness sensation! A fun way to workout, lose weight or just become a healthier new you – you’ll love the results.
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