Recreational Dance Classes
Check out our new & exciting dance classes & programs for the upcoming 2025-2026 Dance Season. We are ready to get you moving in our positive, fun, and energetic dance environment! Our accomplished and professional instructors make moving your body FUN! We provide an array of dance styles to choose from such as Jazz, Hip Hop, Acro, Lyrical, Tap, Ballet, Boys Hip Hop/Acro. New this year, morning and after school classes for ages 3 to 4 in the styles of Ballet and Hip Hop. To see what styles of dance we offer and what they entail, click on the buttons below. For more information, email us at admin@crdancextreme.com or call us at 250-286-3376
Classes
The Jazz dance curriculum incorporates elements of classical technique (Ballet) into Jazz dance format and styles. The progressive Jazz syllabus is composed of levels in accordance to the dancer’s ability. This grade system is based on the Jazz styles of today and defines the skills fro warm-up, injury prevention, progressions across the floor, dance combinations, and dance vocabulary. Jazz classes are offered for ages 5 & up.
This popular style of dance is a way of life. The movement expresses the latest trends in music such as R&B, Rap, Pop, EDM, and Mainstream. This class will focus on various styles of Hip Hop, i.e. Popping, Locking, Breaking, Krump, House, Stomp, Animation and many more. Hip hop moves, grooves, and technique have inspired the youth today in regards to music, fashion, social media trends, and the film industry. Hip Hop classes are offered to ages 3 & up.
As a Ballet dancer, you will develop the major and most important dance skills of your training. You will be an athlete with a sense of grace and style and will learn the basic fundamentals of dance. The Ballet syllabus is a highly structured class and provides warm-up exercises at the barre. This will also include Adagio work and intense exercises that develop strength, stamina, grace, and performance. Ballet classes are offered to ages 3 & up.
Tap classes are based on a syllabus from pre-preliminary through grade 9. This program offers tap technique, a vast knowledge of tap vocabulary, and is an incredible building block to personal style. Tap classes are offered to students ages 5 & up.
A yearly program of Hip Hop and Acro for young males ages 8 & up. In this class, boys will focus on rhythm, musicality, grooves and learn the “b-boy” hip hop style incorporated with stalls and freezes, along with various, masculine styles, such as Krump and Stomp. They will also learn Acro skills that will help develop and build their core strength and flexibility.
You are never too old to stop dancing! We offer both Hip Hop and Jazz adult classes. All our adult classes are full year programs. Drop-in classes are available. Advanced Adult Hip Hop is a competitive program where the student performs and competes at a dance competition.
Taught by our accredited Acro instructor (Certified in both Module One and Module Two of Acrobatic Arts), Sam Tomkinson, this is a full year program that will focus on flexibility and strength. Fundamentals of flips, tumbling, & tricks will be taught throughout the season. Acro Dance is a combination of gymnastics & dance that will develop a child’s core strength & coordination. Acro Dance is available for ages 5 & up.
Lyrical dance is a dance style that blends Jazz and Ballet together. Known for its fluid movement and strong emotional content, Lyrical dance focuses on telling a story with movement to a slow ballad song. Powerful, expressive songs are often used in Lyrical dance to give the dancer the chance to express a range of strong emotions through their movement. Lyrical classes are offered to students ages 5 & up.
Full Year Programs for boys and girls ages 3 to 4 are offered in two styles of dance such as Disney Dance (Ballet) and Hip Hop Hooray (Hip Hop). Each class will have one 30 minute weekly class. For ages 5-7, we offer dance combo classes such as Mini Hip Hop/ Acro Combo (Hip Hop & Acro Skills), Tip Toe Combo (Tap & Ballet), Fun Flow Combo (Jazz & Lyrical) . Each combo class is one hour long, focusing on two different dance styles in each one.