Tot Dance Classes Overview
Viking Dance has generous offerings for our tiniest dancers! We believe dancing at a young age enhances early childhood development in several key ways. Our Tot Dance classes enhance coordination/balance, improve rhythm/musicality, engage critical listening and social skills, and provide structure in a playful and engaging environment. Tot classes are open level, based on age, and are designed to provide a solid foundation for dancers to develop creative autonomy and confidence in a fun and nurturing environment.
Children are registered in the class that is appropriate for each child based on their age by September 1st.
Kinder Tot Classes Overview
Kindergarten Students Ages 5 and 6 Years
Our Kinder Tot dance series offer class options in a wider variety of genres to introduce dancers to more movement styles and to help them develop their dance interests. These classes emphasize developing and improving basic alignment, balance, control, and flexibility while introducing these concepts in set dance combinations. Kinder Tot classes prepare dancers to transition to our longer instructional classes.
Tiny Tot Dance
Ages 3 and 4 Years
Classes incorporate imagery and creative movement as an exploration for the expressive body in relationship to space, time, and energy. While developing concepts of communication, storytelling, and character building, students will work towards locomotor and axial skills based on developmental milestones. Basic dance steps and follow along patterns are introduced to enhance rhythm and musicality, quality of movements, and emotion while dancing.
Turning Tot Dance
Ages 4 and 5 Years (Pre-Kindergarten)
Classes incorporate imagery and creative movement as an exploration for the expressive body in relationship to space, time, and energy. While developing concepts of communication, storytelling, and character building, students will work towards more difficult locomotor and axial skills based on developmental milestones. As students gain more independence, more difficult dance steps and follow along patterns are taught to enhance rhythm and musicality, quality of movements, and a deeper sense of emotion while dancing.
Kinder Ballet
Kindergarten Students Ages 5 and 6 Years
Emphasis is placed on introducing beginning/age-appropriate ballet vocabulary, flexibility exercises, muscular development, proper positions of the body, alignment and posture. Classes include simple movement patterns which students work towards performing on their own with greater understanding of musicality, quality of movements, and sense of artistry while dancing.
Kinder-Tot Hip Hop
Kindergarten Students Ages 5 and 6 Years
Emphasis is placed on introducing beginning/age-appropriate hip hop movements and terminology, flexibility exercises, muscular development, proper positions of the body, alignment and posture. Classes include simple movement patterns which students work towards performing on their own with greater understanding of musicality, quality of movements, and sense of artistry while dancing.
Kinder-Tot Jazz
Kindergarten Students Ages 5 and 6 Years
Emphasis is placed on introducing beginning/age-appropriate jazz movements and terminology, flexibility exercises, muscular development, proper positions of the body, alignment and posture. Classes include simple movement patterns which students work towards performing on their own with greater understanding of musicality, quality of movements, and sense of artistry while dancing
Kinder-Tot Tap
Kindergarten Students Ages 5 and 6 Years
Emphasis is placed on introducing beginning/age-appropriate tap terminology, flexibility exercises, muscular development, proper positions of the body, alignment and posture. Classes include simple movement patterns which students work towards performing on their own with greater understanding of musicality, quality of movements, and sense of artistry while dancing.
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