Dance Classes Rock Hill

Leading Dance Studios

We offer a variety of dance classes for all ages and abilities, from preschoolers and beginners to teenagers and professional level students. You’ll find our classes welcoming and encouraging as we aim to teach through positivity and support, not intimidation or bullying. Enroll for a FREE trial class to find out if the style you have chosen is suitable for you or your child. Click here to get started with a free class or view the various dance style below.

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Joy Dance Academy

Musical Theatre

Got stars in your eyes?

Our musical theater class is similar to our jazz, but with an emphasis on musicality, face and body performance, and acting while dancing. Students will learn original broadway dance combinations as well as original choreography from our teachers to your favorite broadway songs, all while learning how to portray a character on stage. Acting drills and exercises will also be implemented to help dancers with their character development on stage.

Musical theater will require form-fitting clothing including a leotard and tights and may wear bottoms such as spandex shorts or a skirt with hair pulled back and black pedini shoes.
Joy Dance Academy

Pre Pointe

An advanced style of ballet that requires years of training.

Students with a strong ballet foundation and who are enrolled in ballet technique classes are welcome to continue their ballet training with pre-pointe. This class will focus on strengthening the ankles and lower body to prepare dancers to eventually go en pointe. This class will include dancers working outside of class doing ankle strengthening and core exercises to ensure that the dancer does not go en pointe unprepared.

Dancers will adhere to the ballet dress code for pre-pointe.

Classical Ballet

Learn one of dance’s most respected disciplines.

Ballet is the foundation of all dance. Ballet includes several barre exercises, across the floor exercises, and different progressions of adagio. Ballet strengthens balance, control, and grace. Ballet is mandatory for all competition dancers.

Dancers should wear leotards, tights, and pink ballet slippers with hair pull out of the face.

Contemporary

Boost your creative movement skills!

Contemporary is a style of expressive dance that combines several dance genres including jazz, lyrical, modern, and ballet. Contemporary dancers strive to connect the mind and body through intricate movements. Contemporary strengthens isolations, musicality, and control.

 

Contemporary requires form-fitting athletic clothing with hair pulled back and bare feet.
Joy Dance Academy

Acro

Learn to flip all over the room!

Acro varies from forward rolls to aerials. Students will learn a variety of skills including chin stands, back walkovers, and more. Acro improves strength, flexibility, and endurance. Acro class significantly improves core strength and coordination.
Dancers need to wear form-fitting clothing with hair pulled back and bare feet.

Dancers need to wear form-fitting clothing with hair pulled back.
Joy Dance Academy

Jazz

Experience the energy of jazz!

Jazz dance is a form of dance that originates from both African and European dance styles. Jazz dance improves rhythm, musicality, and isolations. Jazz dance is a mix of fast movements and strong technical skills to upbeat music.

Jazz will require form-fitting athletic clothing and black jazz shoes.

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