Dance Lessons - Spisak Dance Academy

Ballet is the most important dance subject. The structure of a ballet class will almost always be the same wherever you go, whether you are a beginner or a seasoned professional dancer. This is where all dancers will learn terminology, body placement and alignment, and how to warm up the body properly and safely. Ballet class is progressive. In the beginning, dancers will start off at the barre learning basic movement and technique. The class will progress to center and across-the-floor work and will get bigger and faster as the dancers become stronger. Every ballet class finishes with Reverence.

Tap dance is known as a cultural and rhythmic form of dance. Students are learning about music, how to make music, and how to listen to music. We know that students who take tap classes are better rhythmically with far better musicality. They also tend to have a much better sense for accent, dimension, and shading in their other styles of dance. It’s a benefit for college program acceptance and professional work.

While strongly based on classical ballet techniques and choreography, classical jazz dance incorporates movement with clean and strong lines originating from the chest and hips. Classical jazz is jazz dance at its core. There are many styles of jazz dance that have developed over the decades from early social dancing to portrayal of jazz music to theater dance. Class study includes different styles of turns, jumps, leaps, and body movement using music from every genre’.

We are often asked what the difference is between Gymnastics and Acrobatics. Acro focuses more on body contortion and tricks that defy the center of gravity. Bodies are worked long and lean, and control is a key component to build strength and flexibility. Acrobatics is more fluid and balletic in its performance style. Gymnastic tricks are meant to be executed by training the muscles to be shortened to build more power for the 4 events—Floor, Beam, Uneven Bars and Vault.