Ballet & Pointe
Ballet is the foundation of all dance styles, which is why we recommend all dancers start with ballet and continue to take it through their dance career.
Note: Students will be assessed when the instructor determines the student is ready to go en pointe.
Dress Code: Intermediate thru Advanced students should wear black cami leotard (any sleeve for lower levels) pink tights, pink ballet shoes (pink leather for beginner students), and hair pulled back in a bun. Males should wear fitted black pants (or shorts), a solid color t-shirt, and black ballet shoes.
Prerequisites: Pointe students must be enrolled in a ballet technique class in addition to their pointe class.
Tap
Tap dance uses shoes that allow dancers to express themselves through various rhythms and sounds by striking the floor as a form of percussion.
Dress Code: Black leotard (boys black fitted shirt), black dance leggings or shorts, hair pulled back off the face. Intermediate thru Advanced students should wear black tap shoes with a full sole and toe box. All other students should wear black patent leather student tap shoes.
Hip Hop
Hip Hop is a form of dance that takes a range of street dance styles and pairs it with Hip Hop music.
Dress Code: Students should wear black cami leotard, black dance shorts, and hair should be pulled back off the face. Students will wear black jazz shoes. Teen dancers will wear clean, black athletic shoes
Jazz
Jazz is a form of dance that takes Ballet basics and brings a bit of old Broadway styling.
Dress Code: Students should wear black cami leotard, black dance shorts, and hair should be pulled back off the face. Students will wear black jazz shoes.
Contemporary
Contemporary is an expressive form of dance, connecting the mind and body through elements of Modern, Jazz, Lyrical and Ballet.
Dress Code: Students should wear black cami leotard, black dance shorts, and hair should be pulled back off the face. Students will dance barefoot.
Lyrical
Lyrical combines elements of Ballet And Jazz while performing to music with lyrics to inspire movements and express strong feelings and emotions.
Dress Code: Students should wear black cami leotard, black leggings, and hair pulled back off the face. Students should wear "food undies" or turners.
Ballroom
Ballroom is typically a partner style of dance. At FCDC we teach Ballroom formation where basic steps can be learned with or without a partner. Styles in class vary from Viennese Waltz to Quickstep to Tango and more.
Dress Code: Should dress in comfortable movement clothes. Female dancers should wear ballroom or character heels. Male dancers can wear flat dress shoes or ballroom shoes.
Zumba
Zumba is a fitness class that involved cardio and Latin-inspired dance.
Dress Code: Students should typical workout wear and clean gym shoes.