Dance Styles

Astanga Yoga

Astanga is a vigorous, flowing yoga practice consisting of a series of linked postures. This is a physically demanding form of yoga in which you will move dynamically and sweat.

African People's Dance

American Jazz Rhythm Tap

Ballroom

Ballroom dance refers to a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world.

Boogaloo

A fluid style that uses every part of the body, head, leg, body roles and angles also known as ‘Boog Style’ as well as Masterflex, Egyptian Twist, Romeo Twist and Roman Twist… The form also includes isolated sharp angles, hip rotations and the use of every part of the body and character styles such as Toy man, Scarecrow and Puppet.

Bollywood

Burlesque

Breaking

B Boyin / B Girling beginnings early to mid 70’s, also known as “Breaking”, is an incredible dance with a rich South Bronx history New York. It is a dance directly inspired by intense break parts within songs that have percussive drum and instrumental sections. Its movements are in response to these breaks and involve rhythm, style, character and body control, including top rocks, drops, footwork, power moves and freezes.

Ballet

Capoeira

Capoeira is a physically demanding art form, incorporating a number of different elements; music, combat, dance and song. Capoeira is a fight, dance, game played to percussion music. Brazilian Capoeira blends African, native Indian and European aspects to create a fascinating strategic fighting art.

Contemporary

Contemporary dance is a whole genre and includes many different styles. That makes it difficult to describe to newcomers! An energetic, sympathetic, dance form incorporating both dynamic travel and fluid movement sequences.

Dancing Fit

This fun and energetic class will take its inspiration from various popular dance forms such as street and contemporary. This will form the basis for a high intensity workout, which primarily focuses on improving stamina, flexibility and strength.

Disco

Egyptian

Egyptian dance or Raqs Sharqi (sometimes called Belly Dancing) is a female discipline that combines a 'fluid' spine, low centre of gravity carried by strong legwork, intricate and expressive hip and torso movement, framed by flowing, relaxed and expressive arms.

Flamenco

Flamenco is Music, Sex and History all rolled into one. The fiercest expression of the human spirit ever devised. The Flamenco Express policy is simply to obtain the best flamenco performers available, give them total artistic freedom, and present them to international audiences. The result is an amazing diversity of voices all committed to delivering their own view of the world, in their own unique way, according to how they feel at the time.

Freestyle

Freestyle hip hop came into its inception in the mid 80s as previous hip hop dances such as breaking, popping and locking were fading due to the over exposure of the media and a change within the style of hip hop music. In the early 90s it had become fully fledged and by its widest definition, it can include a wide range of styles such as breaking, popping, locking, and even house dance. It can also include the many styles simply labelled as hip hop, old school hip hop (or hype), hip hop new style and freestyle and has been become the standard recipe for backing dances on pop videos from Janet Jackson to Missy Elliot. Crews like Elite Force previously Moptops set the bench mark for hip hop dance.

Hip Hop

Jazz

Kathak

Krumping

The Krumping style evolved from the clown movement started by Thomas ‘The Clown’ Johnson around 1992 in Compton Los Angeles when a number of the original Hip Hop Clowns and youth during that generation of clowning became older, drifted away from Tommy, and moved on from the child-oriented nature of clowning. Individuals such as Tight Eyes, Big Mijo, Slayer, and Lil C are the originators of Krumping and are known as the Kings of Krump. Krumping usually involves physical contact between dancers, which can often look like a fight to outsiders, or include violent physical contact. However, the participants understand this to be part of the dance and do not condone nor advocate assault and or violence. Now a highly volatile, expressive and versatile form of street dance, Krumping is structured with a variety of styles. There are set moves and it is quickly growing and building a tradition and ceremony all of its own.

Lindy Hop

Lindy Hop is a partner dance, originating in the clubs of 1930’s America. This will be a physically athletic class, which features elements of both the traditional Lindy and the more current club styles. You won’t need a partner to participate.

Locking

Locking created by Don Campbellock Campbell and developed by his group The Lockers / Campbellockers in the nightclubs of Los Angeles in the early 1970s. This dance and subculture quickly caught on and was soon the rage of a new television dance show called Soul Train. The steps and moves created by these pioneers were named and cataloged. Some of these include: the lock, points, skeeters, scooby doos, stop 'n'go, which-away and the fancies. The "lock" is a specific movement, which glues together combinations of steps and moves similar to a freeze or a sudden pause. Combinations can consist of a series of points done by extending the arms and pointing in different directions. Dancers combined fancy step patterns with the legs and moves done in various sequences.

Pilates

Pilates is a mind-body workout suitable for all ages and abilities. It improves core stability, awareness, flexibility and strength through breathing techniques. The classes are taught in longer courses combining a warm-up with stretching and spinal articulation with postural exercises to get the body moving freely, easily and safely.

Popping and Boogaloo

Sam Solomon from Fresno created his own style of dance after seeing the original Lockers perform on TV. In 1975/76 Sam started putting together movements which later became known as Boogaloo, Popping or Boog Style. Popping involves snapping the legs back, and flexing your muscles continuously to the beat to give a jerky/snapping effect.

Scaravelli Yoga

Scaravelli technique, which focuses on proper alignment of the spine, using the principles of gravity and breath to work gently with the body and mind to achieve wonderful results.

Salsa & Latin

Salsa & Latin classes start with the basic knowledge of steps, partner work, routines, exercises and use of the space. Classes improve self confidence and technique as well as being a fun, sociable way to learn how to dance and create a sense of rhythm.

Street Dance

This funky course will combine elements of the main street dance styles- poppin’ lockin’ and breakin’. This class is a great way to learn all the latest moves on the street accompanied by the latest tunes. Keep fit, funky and enjoy!

Tango

Argentine tango is a social dance originated in Argentina. It is danced in an embrace that can vary from very open, in which leader and follower connect at arms length, to very closed, in which the connection is chest-to-chest, or anywhere in between. Tango is essentially walking with a partner and the music. Musicality (i.e. dancing appropriately to the emotion and speed of a tango) is an extremely important element of dancing tango. A good dancer is one who transmits a feeling of the music to the partner.

Tai Chi

Tai chi relaxes and regulates your central nervious system, releasing physical and emotional stress, and promoting mental and emotional well-being, just like all chi gung (qigong) programs. Tai Chi's gentle, non-jarring movements are ideal for people of any age and body type. Tai chi can give you a high degree of relaxation, balance and physical coordination.

Tea Dance

A tea dance, or thé dansant (French: literally dancing tea) is an afternoon or early-evening dance. The function evolved from the concept of the afternoon tea, and traces its origin back to the French colonization of Morocco.