FORT MILL, S.C., The Miller Street Dance Academy classes will begin August 16, 2010. The Miller Street Dance Academy is located at 967 Market Street, Baxter (Ft. Mill SC). Miller also has a studio in Charlotte located at 11532 Providence Road, Charlotte, NC.
The Miller Street Dance Academy At Baxter offers the following classes:
Combo is a 45 minute class for students 2 ½ to 6 ½ years old. This class teaches the fundamentals of tap and ballet. Students will begin with tap and finish with ballet. Students should arrive in class with tap shoes on. Teachers will assist young dancers with shoe changes.
Tumbling is a 30 minute class for students 3 to 6 years old. This class teaches the basics of floor tumbling including forward rolls, back bends, cartwheels and fundamental acrobatic strengthening and coordinating skills. This class does not participate in the recital.
Cheer Dance is a 30 minute class for students 4 to 6 years old. This class learns fun Miller Street cheers and age appropriate cheerleading style dance routines to upbeat “tween-type” music.
Jazz/Hip Hop is a 30 minute class for students 5 to 10 years old and a 45 minute class for students 11 to 12 years old. This class combines the upbeat dancing style of hip hop with the technique of jazz. All music selections and dance moves are age appropriate.
Tap is a 30 minute class that is offered for students 7 to 18 years old. This is a percussive style of dancing. Its name comes from the tapping sound made when the metal plates on the dancer’s shoes touches a hard surface. (Younger students are encouraged to take a combination class, see Combo)
Ballet is a class that varies from 45 minutes to 2 hours and is offered for students 7 to 18 years old. This class is divided into 6 levels and students are placed by skill level. See page 6 for details on ballet levels. (Younger students are encouraged to take a combination class, see Combo)
Acro is a 45 minute class for students 6 to 18 years old. This is an acrobatic style class that teaches floor gymnastics. Acro is a class that progresses from forward rolls and cartwheels to advanced tumbling, including aerial work. Teachers work with each student on their individual level. This class also focuses on flexibility, agility, and teamwork.
Teen Jazz is a 45 minute class offered to students 13 to18 years old. Jazz is a style of dance that is structured in technique while taking many shapes and forms. It can be performed to a vast variety of style music from Broadway to pop.
Teen Hip Hop is a 45 minute class offered to students 13 to 18 years old. Hip Hop is an upbeat style of dance performed to popular music. Although Hip Hop’s roots came from urban street dancing, it has become increasingly popular in the entertainment world. Hip Hop takes many forms and is continually changing.
Lyrical is 45 minute class offered to students 13 to 18 years old. Lyrical dance is a fusion of ballet and jazz dance techniques that uses dramatic motion to interpret music and express emotion.
Miller Street Dance Academy is owned by Michelle Rogers. The Academy is celebrating its first anniversary in its Baxter Town Center Location in Ft. Mill South Carolina. According to a news report, Rogers was pleasantly surprised at the school’s success in light of opening in the middle of a recession. Rogers is very modest as her business background and love for dance were instrumental in making the Academy a success. Check out her credentials by clicking on her name above.