Dance Styles

We offer a range of dance styles for all ages and abilities at Legacy Dance Project. Our aim is to help all our students reach their dance goals and have fun while doing so. Our timetables reflects the styles our students have shown interest in so far, including Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Lyrical, Tap and Acro! We can be flexible and add styles if there is enough interest, so let us know what you want to learn and we will do our best to make it happen.

Below is a brief description of each style we can offer.

Jazz

Jazz dance is a high energy style of dance and is a mix of technical elements combined with dynamic movements, performed to modern /popular music. A Jazz class starts with a warm-up, then technical skills including kicks, leaps and turns in the centre or across the floor, finishing the class with choreography.

Hip Hop

Fast becoming one of the most popular dance styles, Hip Hop classes include groove’s, popping and locking along with dynamic choreography taught to the most recent hits. A fun and enjoyable class that is great for someone who wants to learn to move but doesn’t want to get too “technical.

Lyrical

Lyrical is soft and beautiful style of dance and is great for technique. It has more freedom than ballet and is fantastic for expression and movement through music.

Contemporary

Contemporary dance is a style of interpretive dance that embraces innovation, blending techniques from various genres, including classical ballet, jazz, modern dance, and lyrical dance.

Ballet

The basis to all dance styles is Ballet, teaching core technique, this is especially important for students wanting to take dance seriously.

We train under the Australian Teachers of Dance (ATOD) Syllabi.

Tap

Tap classes are for fun and fitness as well as the opportunity for examinations under Glen Wood Tap syllabi, the class starts with a technical warm up and learning, tap steps, fast and slow combinations, and choreography

Acro

Acro dance is a style that combines the techniques of classical dance with acrobatic movements. This form of dance is very athletic and has unique choreography to incorporate gymnastic-like elements into dance.

We follow the Acrobatic Arts Syllabus.

Musical Theatre

We are hoping to add Musical Theatre to our timetable in the future. Musical Theatre is a super fun class that combines Dancing, Singing and Acting. In class we work on our acting with drama games and work on musical numbers from great shows such as Grease, Mama Mia, Wicked, Matilda and many more.