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Ages 3 - 4

 

Simply by PAAM (Ages 3 - 4)

Every day is a new adventure in Simply by PAAM!

 

We'll dance, sing, and use our imaginations to bring exciting characters and magical worlds to life. Along the way, little performers will build confidence, creativity, coordination, foundations and friendships while discovering the wonderful world of dance and theater. Because the best way to learn is to explore, imagine, and have fun together!

Simply is a non-performance based program. Students interested in performing are encouraged to enroll in the Holiday Spectacular in the fall, Mainstage musical in the spring, or sign up for an Age 4-6 class in the spring to participate in Spring Showcase.​

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Ages 4 - 6

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Classic (Ballet + Jazz)

In Classic, young dancers explore the beauty of ballet and the energy of jazz while building coordination, musicality, flexibility, confidence, and strong technical foundations. Dancers learn ballet vocabulary, across-the-floor exercises, and exciting jazz choreography, creating the ultimate combination of execution and expression.
 

Each class encourages creativity, focus, and a growing love of dance while helping performers develop skills they will carry with them into their next stage of training.Because dancers deserve a place to leap and shine!​

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Groove (Hip Hop + Tumble)

In Groove, energetic dancers explore the rhythm, style, and confidence of hip hop while building strength, coordination, flexibility, and body awareness through introductory tumbling and gymnastics. Each class combines upbeat movement, technical skills, floor and mat work, and exciting choreography.

Along the way, dancers discover their own personal style, learn to move with the music, and build the confidence to try new things and continue advancing their skills.Because big energy and brave moves make each class an adventure!

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The Spotlight (Pop Songs + Musical Sensations)

In The Spotlight, young performers explore favorite songs from pop hits, movies, and musicals while building rhythm, musicality, and stage presence. Each class incorporates popular dance styles, ensemble singing, and star-quality performance skills.
 

Dancers and singers learn how to tell a story through music and movement while bringing hits to life. This class lays the foundation for future musical theater, acting, and dance training. Because young performers thrive when they discover their voice and the magic of the spotlight!

 

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Ages 6 - 9

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Classic (Ballet + Jazz)

In Classic, dancers strengthen their foundations in ballet and jazz while developing greater coordination, musicality, flexibility, control, and technical precision. Ballet training introduces expanded vocabulary, barre work, center exercises, and across-the-floor progressions, while jazz builds on those foundations through dynamic movement, turns, leaps, and engaging choreography.
 

Dancers learn to retain combinations, apply corrections, and connect strong execution with confident expression. Each class supports growing focus, artistry, and independence while preparing students for continued training across multiple dance styles. Because strong foundations lead to growth in artistry and expression! 

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Groove (Hip Hop + Acro)

In Groove, dancers build confidence, strength, rhythm, and personal style through energetic hip hop training and progressive acro skills. Each class combines foundational grooves, popular movement styles, musicality exercises, technical progressions, floor and mat work, and high-energy choreography.
 

Dancers develop greater coordination, flexibility, body control, and performance quality while learning to retain combinations and advance their acro skills safely. Groove encourages individuality, perseverance, and the confidence to take on new challenges. Because bold movement and brave choices help every dancer find their groove!

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The Spotlight (Pop Songs + Musical Sensations)

In The Spotlight, performers explore songs from pop hits, movies, and musicals while developing their singing, dancing, acting, and storytelling skills. Each class incorporates popular dance styles, ensemble vocals, character work, stage presence, and performance-focused choreography.
 

Students learn to connect music, movement, and expression while building confidence, vocal strength, musicality, and the ability to perform as both an individual and part of an ensemble. This class provides a strong foundation for continued training in musical theater, acting, voice, and dance. Because confident performers know how to share their voice and own the spotlight!

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Acro

In Acro, dancers develop strength, flexibility, balance, coordination, and body control through progressive acrobatic and gymnastic training designed specifically for dancers. Classes incorporate conditioning, stretching, balances, limbering, floor skills, and carefully structured progressions that support safe and proper technique.
 

Using mats and select training equipment, students build the foundations needed to advance from individual skills toward connected sequences and dance-integrated acrobatics. Dancers also learn the focus, perseverance, and body awareness required to approach new skills safely and confidently. Note that acro classes do not integrate traditional gymnastics apparatus like beams and barres. 

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Hip Hop

In Hip Hop, dancers build rhythm, confidence, coordination, and individual style through energetic movement set to age-appropriate popular music. Classes incorporate foundational grooves, isolations, footwork, musicality exercises, across-the-floor progressions, and dynamic choreography.
 

Dancers learn to recognize changes in rhythm, texture, and dynamics while developing the strength, control, and precision needed to perform with clarity and intention. As their skills grow, students are encouraged to bring their own personality and expression to each movement.

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Jazz Funk

Jazz Funk blends the technique and versatility of jazz with the rhythm, style, and attitude of hip hop and pop performance. This high-energy class develops coordination, strength, flexibility, musicality, and performance quality through stylized movement, dynamic progressions, and exciting choreography.
 

Dancers explore sharp accents, fluid transitions, isolations, expressive movement, and changes in energy while learning to perform with precision and personality. Jazz Funk encourages students to make confident artistic choices while developing a strong and versatile movement style.

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Lyrical

Lyrical combines the technical foundations of ballet and jazz with expressive movement inspired by music and storytelling. Dancers develop flexibility, control, balance, musicality, and fluidity while learning choreography that connects movement to lyrics, emotion, and intention.
 

Classes incorporate technical exercises, across-the-floor progressions, expressive movement qualities, and choreography designed to strengthen both execution and artistry. Dancers learn to move with purpose, communicate a story, and bring authenticity and emotional depth to their performance.
 

 

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Ages 8–12

 

Acro

Acro develops strength, flexibility, balance, coordination, and body control through progressive acrobatic and gymnastic training designed specifically for dancers. Classes incorporate conditioning, stretching, balances, limbering, handstands, cartwheel-based skills, floorwork, and connected sequences.
 

Students work through structured progressions using mats and select training tools to develop safe, consistent technique. As dancers advance, they learn to transition smoothly, integrate acrobatics into choreography, and approach increasingly challenging movements with focus and confidence. Note that acro classes do not integrate traditional gymnastics apparatus like beams and barres. 

 

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Ballet

Ballet provides essential technical training through barre, center, and across-the-floor work. Dancers expand their knowledge of ballet vocabulary while developing placement, alignment, turnout, coordination, flexibility, strength, balance, and controlled use of the arms and upper body.
 

Students work toward greater consistency and precision while learning how proper muscular engagement supports movement quality, elevation, turns, and extensions. Ballet training builds the discipline, body awareness, and technical foundation that support progress across all dance styles.

 

Contemporary/Lyrical

Contemporary/Lyrical blends the expressive storytelling of lyrical dance with the grounded, expansive, and exploratory qualities of contemporary movement. Dancers draw from ballet, jazz, modern, and improvisational practices while developing strength, flexibility, balance, body lines, sustained movement, and dynamic range.

Classes explore musical interpretation, emotional intention, floorwork, weight shifts, transitions, extension, and choreography with varied textures and movement qualities. Students learn to move beyond simply performing steps and begin making thoughtful artistic choices within the choreography.

 

Hip Hop

Hip Hop builds rhythm, coordination, confidence, and personal style through movement inspired by foundational and current hip hop vocabulary. Classes incorporate grooves, isolations, footwork, weight shifts, musicality exercises, freestyle exploration, and choreography set to age-appropriate popular music.

Dancers learn to recognize rhythm, accents, dynamics, and texture while developing greater control and precision. As their movement vocabulary expands, students are encouraged to make confident choices and bring authenticity and individuality to their performance.

 

Hip Hop + Breaking

Hip Hop + Breaking combines the rhythm, style, and musicality of hip hop with the athletic foundations of breaking, also known as break dancing. Students explore foundational breaking vocabulary such as top rock, footwork, freezes, floorwork, and introductory power-based movement through safe, carefully structured progressions.
 

Dancers develop strength, coordination, balance, body control, and stamina while learning to transition between upright and floor-based movement with clarity and confidence. Choreography and guided freestyle exercises encourage musical interpretation, creativity, and individual style while introducing students to the dynamic energy and foundations of breaking.

 

Jazz

Jazz develops strong, versatile dancers through dynamic movement, technical training, uptempo pacing and performance-driven choreography. Classes incorporate strength and flexibility work, isolations, progressions, turns, leaps, directional changes, and combinations.
 

Dancers refine their alignment, coordination, musicality, and execution while exploring changes in energy, texture, and dynamics. Training emphasizes both precision and individuality, helping students perform with confidence, clarity, and expressive style.

 

Jazz Funk

Jazz Funk combines the technical foundations of jazz with influences from hip hop, pop, and commercial dance. This high-energy class develops strength, flexibility, coordination, musicality, and performance quality through isolations, sharp accents, stylized transitions, dynamic progressions, and choreography.

Dancers explore contrasting movement qualities, including precision and fluidity, power and restraint, while learning to perform with confidence and intention. The class encourages strong technical execution alongside personality, versatility, and bold stylistic choices.

 

Lyrical

Lyrical combines the technical foundations of ballet and jazz with movement inspired by music, emotion, and storytelling. Classes incorporate strength and flexibility exercises, extensions, turns, leaps, transitions, expressive progressions, and choreography shaped by musical phrasing and lyrics.
 

Dancers develop fluidity, control, musicality, and emotional clarity while learning to communicate intention through movement. Training encourages performers to connect strong technical execution with authenticity, nuance, and meaningful expression.

 

Musicals + Acting

Musicals + Acting develops well-rounded performers through integrated training in singing, dancing, acting, and storytelling. Students explore material from Broadway, film, and contemporary musical theater while working on ensemble vocals, character development, stage movement, choreography, projection, and diction.

Performers learn to interpret scripts and lyrics, make clear character choices, and communicate with confidence. Class material may include scenes, songs, and staged musical numbers designed to strengthen both individual performance skills and collaborative ensemble work.
 

 

Ages 12+

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Ballet

Ballet provides disciplined, progressive training designed to refine placement, alignment, turnout, strength, flexibility, coordination, and classical technique. Barre, center, and across-the-floor exercises expand vocabulary and challenge dancers to execute increasingly complex combinations with control, musicality, and precision.
 

Students deepen their understanding of muscular engagement, épaulement, port de bras, balance, turns, jumps, and sustained movement. Consistent ballet study supports technical advancement, injury prevention, and greater freedom and efficiency across all dance forms.

 

Contemporary

Contemporary challenges dancers to combine advanced technical foundations with movement exploration, emotional depth, and individual artistry. Drawing from ballet, jazz, modern, and improvisational practices, classes develop strength, balance, extension, floorwork, weight shifts, suspension, release, and dynamic transitions.
 

Dancers investigate texture, intention, spatial awareness, and musical interpretation while learning choreography that may be grounded, athletic, fluid, abstract, or emotionally driven. Training emphasizes mature performance choices, adaptability, and the ability to communicate through movement with authenticity and nuance.

 

Hip Hop

Hip Hop develops advanced musicality, coordination, stamina, control, and authentic personal style. Classes explore foundational grooves alongside intricate footwork, isolations, weight shifts, texture, rhythm changes, freestyle concepts, and choreography influenced by current and established hip hop styles.
 

Dancers work toward greater clarity, grounded movement, dynamic range, and stylistic versatility while learning to interpret music beyond the primary beat. Training emphasizes intention, individuality, performance maturity, and respect for the foundations and cultural roots of the form.

 

Jazz

Jazz develops technically strong, versatile performers through athletic movement, stylistic range, and sophisticated musicality. Classes incorporate conditioning, flexibility, isolations, turns, leaps, progressions, directional changes, intricate transitions, and choreography influenced by concert, commercial, and theatrical jazz.
 

Dancers refine precision, dynamics, line, power, and performance quality while adapting to varied movement styles and choreographic demands. Training encourages students to balance disciplined execution with individuality, maturity, and confident artistic expression.

 

Dance Advance

An approval-based training option for dancers seeking an increasingly focused environment, greater continuity, and consistent full school-year training.

 

Dance Advance gives committed students access to classes that strengthen technique, build confidence and progress alongside dancers working at an elevated level. 

 

Performances: Holiday Spectacular + Annual Showcase.

Program Includes: 

• Classes outlined as part of the program for full program duration

• Included 5% discount on class pricing

• All production and media fees for participation in the Holiday Spectacular + Showcase

• Costume rentals for Holiday Spectacular 

• Costumes (to keep) for your Showcase Performance (one costume per listed class style) 

Additional expenses(not included): dancewear, shoes and/or tights required for class, any hair or makeup items, tickets to shows, other enriching activities like private lessons, other performance opportunities, other classes not listed in your program,  or any additional expense not written, within reason.