Class Information

PRESCHOOL

Celtic Movement: Age 2 This half hour class focuses on the different ways we can move our bodies, building spatial awareness, and listening skills, and fostering a love for dance!

Tartan Tots: Age 3-4 This 45 minute class focuses on basic steps and movements, rhythm, simple choreography, and musicality. This fun filled class introduces technique for highland and step dance and requires soft and hard shoes.

Primary Highland: Age 4-6 This half hour class focuses on the basic highland dances that are foundational to the genre. Dancers will learn Pas de Basques, Pas de Basques and Highcuts, and foundations of the Highland Fling, and the Sword Dance.

YOUTH

Beginner Highland Competitive: Dancers will continue to work on their technique of the Highland Fling, Sword Dance, Seann Triubhas, and Scottish Lilt. Dancers will be introduced to the Reel of Tulloch and the Flora MacDonald's Fancy.

Beginner Highland: Dancers will learn the foundational movements of the Highland Fling, the Sword Dance, and the Seann Triubhas.

Beginner Step Dance: Dancers will be introduced to the basic movements, musicality, and rhythms of Step Dance. They will explore how they can make sounds with their feet, and working those taps to music. 

Intermediate Step Dance:  Dancers who have some previous experience in dance continue to hone their technique, learning full choreographies, and the different types of step dances from jigs to strathspeys!

Advance Step Dance:  Dancers continue to build on their step dance skills, learning more advanced movements and choreographies. 

Yoga:  Work on strength, flexibility, and injury prevention through age level appropriate yoga. Classes available through full term payment or punch card - for punch card please register and then email us at celticelementdance@gmail.com

ADULT

No Experience & Low Impact Highland:  This class is geared to dancers with no previous experience who want a relaxed atmosphere to get moving. Dancers will learn the basics of the Scottish Lilt and Sword Dance - maybe even some of the fling! The main goal of this class is to get together, have some fun, and get moving in a no judgement, highly supportive atmosphere.

Experienced Highland:  This class will be customized to the dancers attending to help them reach their goals. 

No Experience & Low Impact Step Dance: This class is geared to dancers with no previous experience who want a relaxed atmosphere to get moving. Dancers will learn the basics of a strathspey and jig, they will enjoy time with each other in this no judgement, highly supportive class.

Yoga:  Work on core strength, flexibility, and injury prevention to complement your dance training. Classes are available through full term payment or punch card - for punch card please register and then email us at celticelementdance@gmail.com