All Ages of Children (except babies).  Yoga is good for everyone and this is a fun way to experience it together as a family!  Family Yoga is NOT an adult yoga classes with kids poses on the side, instead it is a kid yoga class with lots of fun, playing, and partner poses for parents and children.

Ages 4-10. If your child is 3, please contact me so you can discuss your individual child.  This is a dynamic class where children learn yoga poses, through games and activities, as well as become aware of their breath. In each 60 minute class, kids will run the spectrum of energy from fast pace games to relaxing stillness and everywhere in between.

This class will focus on the multiple aspects of strength, flexibility and body awareness we can find in modern, without adhering to one particular technique.  Our influences will be diverse, with elements of Lyrical, African, Jazz and Ballet traditions with a focus of musicality and rhythm.

Power Vinyasa Flow is an energizing yoga practice designed to build inner strength in order to properly support the body and spine as the postures continue to build and advance. Practiced in a heated room (90 degrees), this 60-minute class will warm the body from both the inside and out, and invigorate the mind as we connect one breath with one movement in a powerful moving meditation. Perfect for the athlete trying to advance their ability in any sport, Power Vinyasa Flow welcomes all levels of practitioners in building strength, lengthening the spine, detoxifying the cells and exhilarating the mind.

BALLET is a formalized type of performative dance, started in sixteenth and seventeenth century French courts, and which was further developed in England, Italy, and Russia as a concert dance form. The early ballet dancers were not as highly skilled as they are now. It has since become a highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary. It is mainly performed with the accompaniment of classical music. It has been influential as a form of dance globally and is taught in ballet schools around the world, which use their own cultures and societies to inform the art. Ballet dance works (ballets) are choreographed, and also include mime, acting, and are set to music (usually orchestral but occasionally vocal). Ballet dancers are required to wear proper attire: black or solid color leotards with pink tights and ballet slippers or pointe shoes. Hair must be in a bun preferably or pulled back from face.

HIP HOP dance refers to social or choreographed dance styles primarily danced to hip-hop music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture. This includes a wide range of styles notably breaking, locking, and popping which were developed in the 1970s. What separates hip-hop dance from other forms of dance is that it is often freestyle (improvisational) in nature and hip-hop dancers frequently engage in battles—formal or informal one-on-one dance competitions. Informal freestyle sessions and battles are usually performed in a cipher, a circular dance space that forms naturally once the dancing begins. These three elements—freestyling, battles, and ciphers—are key components of hip-hop dance. Dancers who participate in hip-hop classes are required to wear comfortable clothing that allow the body to bend, move, and groove in every way. Sneakers or jazz shoes are preferred and hair must be pulled back from face.

Today, JAZZ dance is present in many different forms and venues. Jazz dance is commonly taught in dance schools and performed by dance companies around the world. It continues to be an essential element of musical theatre choreography, where it may be interwoven with other dance styles as appropriate for a particular show. Jazz dancing can be seen in music videos, in competitive dance, and on the television show, So You Think You Can Dance. Jazz dance also incorporates many leaps, turns, level changes, and characteristic moves. Dancers who are participating in jazz dance classes are required to wear form-fitting attire: solid color leotard, with black tights or tight work out pants, and jazz shoes or boots. Hair must be pulled back from face.

CONTEMPORARY/ LYRICAL dance is a genre of concert dance that employs systems and methods found in modern dance and postmodern dance, as well as classical ballet. Contemporary dance draws on modern dance techniques as well as newer philosophies of movement that depart from classical dance techniques by altogether omitting structured form and movement. This class requires foot underwear or ballet slippers with dance attire and hair pulled back.

MODERN dance is based on creative self-expression rather than on technical virtuosity. Modern dance is a more relaxed, free style of dance, in which choreographers use emotions and moods to design their own steps, in contrast to ballet's structured code of steps. It has a deliberate use of gravity, whereas ballet strives to be light and airy. There are many different styles and practiced techniques of modern, but here at Highlands Dance Studio, we will incorporate all techniques to best diversify our dancers. Dancers who participate in modern dance are required to wear the proper attire: any solid color leotard, black tights or shorts, and bare feet. Hair must be pulled back from face.

CHILDREN’S COMBO is perfect for young movers and shakers, who want to learn how to express themselves through dance. They will learn a series of bodily coordination exercises with each style: ballet, creative movement, and tumbling. The class provides every child with training needed for their age, as well as preparation for beginning classes. This class requires solid colored leotards with pink tights for girls, and solid colored shirts and black pants for boys, pink ballet slippers (full leather sole, no padding) and hair pulled back.