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Ashley Feltham School of Dance - Programs
Programs

All classes are available from beginner level to advanced.
Combo classes are available in some classes for children ages 4-6.
Private Lessons are available in all dance disciplines.
A Teacher Training Program is available for students who have interest in pursuing a career as a dance teacher.

Ballet & Pre-Ballet

Ballet is the core of all dance disciplines. It develops poise, posture, discipline, grace and coordination.

Ballroom / Social Dance for Children, Pre-teens, & Teens

Students are exposed to elegant and disciplined routines that provide a wide range of exposure to various dance disciplines, providing more opportunity for growth as serious dancers.

Belly Dancing

Belly Dancing is a highly disciplined, beautiful art form influenced by many different cultures. It is uniquely designed for the female body with emphasis on abdominal muscles and hip and chest movements. Always guaranteed to be fun, the class is taught by a qualified guest Belly Dance Instructor.

Dance Fitness for Adults

Dance Fitness for Adults would typically include Ballet Boot Camp, Hip Hop Boot Camp, Latin Cardio and other upbeat and fun fitness routines.

Hip Hop

Break it down to all the latest hits! Create the moves of your favorite video artist.

Latin American

Show your cha cha cha on the beaches of the Caribbean. It's exhilarating and exciting and guaranteed to be lots of fun. (Cha Cha, Rumba, etc)

Latin Jazz

Groove to your Latin favorites. This is a very free moving class, packed with energy and fun.

Line Dancing

Line Dancing is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows without regard to gender. Classes are available for beginners to advanced levels. You'll be sure to get lots of exercise and have lots of laughs.

Modern Theater

Modern Theatre combines a genre of dance elements characterized by poetic movement and free-style expression in disciplines such as Jazz and Ballet. Based on the ISTD syllabus, exam and free-style classes are available.

Social Dance

Be prepared for your next cruise or social event! Learn the graceful movements of ballroom dancing including Fox Trot, Waltz, Quick Step and Jive to name just a few. Social Dance offers an enjoyable evening out for you and your partner. You'll be surprised at how much you will accomplish! Classes available from beginner to advanced.

Tap

Fun and upbeat, Tap combines a technical and rhythmical spin on dance. Exam classes, free-style and Irish are offered.

Tiny Toes I and II

To introduce the joy of music and dance to young children, the studio is pleased to provide a Tiny Toes program. This program will provide an introduction to dance movement and creativity, socialization and teamwork in a fun and carefree environment. The program is developed for two age levels:
• Tiny Toes I (ages 2 -2 1/2 years)
• Tiny Toes II (ages 2 1/2 – 3 years)

Yoga

Yoga increases flexibility, increases lubrication of the joints, ligaments and tendons and is probably the only form of activity that massages all internal glands and organs of the body. Yoga assists in the detoxification process of the body, relieves stress ad provides excellent toning of the muscles.
A professional guest yoga teacher will provide instruction for this class.

Wedding Dance

Prepare for the perfect 'first dance'. Instruction and chorography customized for you and/or your entire wedding party. Give your friends and family a performance they will not forget. Choose a traditional slow waltz or spice things up with the Rumba, the Cha Cha or Latin Jazz. Or maybe you would like to do both! Anything is possible, contact the studio, let's discuss.

Jazz

A quick tempo style of dance that enhances flexibility and coordination. Perfect your leaps, kicks and turns to the beat of today's music.

Exam Classes

Exam classes are available to serious dance students whom the dance teacher feels are able to participate at the appropriate level. Exam classes provide intensive training focusing at the higher technical level. The Syllabus work is governed by the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) out of England. Students would typically have the physical ability a well as the dedication and commitment to push themselves to their greatest ability.

Acceptance to the exam classes is at the discretion of the dance teacher and not all students who enroll in exam classes will be recommended for the exam if the teacher does not feel the student is ready. Oftentimes an additional year of training may be required. Students would be enrolled in at least two other dance classes to be eligible for exam classes.