Jazz dance is a distinctly American artform well suited to the high energy and curiosity of early elementary schoolers. While jazz dance is inspired in part by ballet, students need not have any prior dance experience to thrive in this class.

Our time together begins with a joyful and fast paced full-body warmup, allowing students to fully focus and engage. From there we move on to that day's focus steps: from pivot turns to kick-ball-changes. Students are welcome to contribute their thoughts and questions as we build technique, and each student will be encouraged and affirmed for their progress. After both warm up components we will enjoy a stretch, then each student will be given the opportunity to share they own moves. Students continue to hone their creativity as we progress to a game, and class ends with a jazz dance combination.