Dance Classes in Cork for children and teenagers
Aside from weekly classes students are encouraged to take part in our various performances through out the year including the Modern Theatre Dance Awards, The Christmas Cabaret in Douglas Court and Blackpool Shopping Centre and our very own pantomime in the Everyman Palace Theatre. Dance students also have the opportunity to take Dance Exams, however these are not compulsory.
Warming up is a process that prepares the mind and body adequately for the increasing complicated movements that are required of dancing. The benefits of a warm up include increased muscle elasticity, heart rate, respiratory rate and body temperature as well as redistributing the circulation of blood and improvement in the functions of the joints.
Our students will study both the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) and the United Teachers of Dance (UTD) grade work for Modern Theatre. The objectives for teaching technical dance skills are to teach correct posture, build a sound technique, promote the understanding and use of dance terminology, gain a good sense of line through body, arms and head, increase an understanding of rhythm, develop an awareness of the use of space, improve responsiveness to an audience and sense of performance and promote self confidence. The grade work consists of various exercises designed to help students develop an understanding of the shaping of movement into artistic forms of expression.
Each week students will learn a dance routine in class. These routines may be for a performance /showcase or simply for fun. By combining technique and free work in the class, students will have the opportunity to fully understand the discipline of Modern Theatre Jazz and this in turn will help them to produce good quality dancing. This combination also accommodates students show might not necessarily have natural facility or flexibility for technique work, who just enjoy dancing.
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