Mondays 5:30 - 6:15 Instructor = DeEtta Conklin Ages = 3-4 This is a creative movement class designed to introduce beginner ballet, beginner tap, and very basic tumbling movement. Dancers will learn spatial awareness, proper motor skills, correct terminology, gain flexibility, musical awareness, and enhance listening skills. This is a great class for a beginning dancer, as he/she will learn coordination and poise while having fun in a nurturing environment.

Mondays 6:00 - 6:30 Instructor = Tricia Weseman Ages = 9+ New to DanceWorks, the "Wild Stylz" are a group that learns what it is like to dance as a team. This group will learn and improve their kicks, leaps, and turns while getting the chance to use poms and other props. This class will use a lot of the techniques learned in jazz. A jazz class is suggested if taking this class but is not demanded.

Mondays 6:15 - 7:00 Instructor = DeEtta Conklin Ages = 5-6 In this class dancers build on to the basic ballet, tap, and tumbling they learned as 3 and 4 year olds and continue to develop their coordination and ability to follow instruction and dance with a group

Mondays 6:30 - 7:00 Instructor = Tricia Weseman Ages 10+ This hip-hop class will get students up and dancing while allowing them to find their own personal style.

Mondays 7:00 - 7:30 Instructor = Tricia Weseman Grade 7+ Dancers in this class will build on previous tap dancing experience. This is considered an advanced level class and does require previous tap experience.

Mondays 7:30 - 8:30 Instructor = DeEtta Conklin Grades 6-8 This class is considered to be an intermediate level class. In this combination class students are continuing to develop their technique while also being introduced to Lyrical. Lyrical can be compared to the modern style of dance, it is a style in which students have the opportunity to dance with a great amount of emotion. Students are encouraged to relate to the music and lose themselves in their dancing.

Mondays 7:30 - 8:00 Instructor = Tricia Weseman Grade 9+ Ballet is the foundation and technique of all styles of dance. Ballet is an art form that develops proper technique, alignment and posture, control, flexibility, coordination, poise, and discipline. All of these qualities will enhance the dancer's training in all styles of dance. Dancers in this class will build on previous ballet dancing experience. This is considered an advanced level class and does require previous ballet experience.

Mondays 8:00 - 8:30 Instructor = Tricia Weseman Grade 9+ Jazz is a high-energy class focusing on isolations, flexibility, turns, leaps, rhythm, and movement of the body across the floor and choreography in the center of the floor. Proper terminology and technique is important in a jazz class. Jazz is a fun, energetic class that will keep you physically fit while having fun at the same time! This is considered an advanced level class and does require previous jazz experience.

Mondays 8:30 - 9:00 Instructor = DeEtta Conklin Ages = 10+ Clogging can be compared to tap dancing. The difference is in the shoes. Clogging is danced with a set of double taps rather than the singles found on tap shoes. This allows dancers to make a variety of different sounds. This Level 2 Clogging class is considered to be an intermediate class. Students in this class continue to build on the skills learned in Level 1 clogging while also building on to their step vocabulary.

Mondays 8:30 - 9:00 Instructor = Tricia Weseman Grade 9+ Lyrical is a very expressive form of dance that can be compared to the modern style of dance. It is a style in which students have the opportunity to dance with a great amount of emotion. Students are encouraged to relate to the music and lose themselves in their dancing. This is considered an advanced level class and does require previous lyrical experience.

Mondays 9:00 - 9:30 Instructor = Tricia Weseman By permission only Pointe dancing, while beautiful, is very hard on a dancer's body. A dancer must have strong technique and be physically ready for the demands that come with pointe dancing. In this class pointe students continue to develop their pointe technique. Students in this class must have 3 years of pointe experience and be registered for a ballet class. Ballet class options = Monday 7:30 - 8:00 Tuesday 8:30 - 9:00

Tuesdays 5:15 - 6:00 Instructor = DeEtta Conklin Age = 3-4 This is a creative movement class designed to introduce beginner ballet, beginner tap, and very basic tumbling movement. Dancers will learn spatial awareness, proper motor skills, correct terminology, gain flexibility, musical awareness, and enhance listening skills. This is a great class for a beginning dancer, as he/she will learn coordination and poise while having fun in a nurturing environment.

Tuesdays 6:00 - 7:00 Instructor = DeEtta Conklin Ages = 7+ This class is considered to be a beginning level class. In this combination class students are continuing to develop their Ballet and Tap technique while also being introduced to Jazz dance. Jazz dance builds on the technique nurtured through ballet while allowing dancers to try a different style of dance. Jazz is normally danced to a faster tempo and is often done to music that students are familiar with.

Tuesdays 6:15 - 6:45 Instructor = Tricia Weseman Ages = 13+ In Flamenco we introduce the basic fundamentals of this traditional style dance which originated from the region of Andalusia. Fast paced and exciting, Flamenco involves vigorous movements; hand clapping and foot-stamping. Flamenco dancing is danced to Flamenco music, which typically uses a Spanish guitar, flamenco guitar, hand clapping and the addition of the Peruvian Cajon.

Tuesdays 6:30 - 7:00 Instructor = Tricia Weseman Ages = 11+ A combination of traditional Latin American dances; salsa is a form of Latin dance that is quick, energetic, and fiercely fun. We do not offer latin dance for couples but welcome individuals who would like to learn basic / intermediate latin dance.

Tuesdays 7:00 - 7:30 Instructor = DeEtta Conklin Ages = 7+ Clogging is danced with a set of double taps rather than the singles found on tap shoes. This allows dancers to make a variety of different sounds. This beginning / intermediate clogging class is considered be a level 1 class. Students in this class learn basic clogging steps and even begin learning intermediate level steps in which these basic elements are combined.

Tuesdays 7:15 - 7:45 Instructor = Tricia Weseman Ages = 12+ The benefits of belly dance are both mental and physical. It offers mental health benefits including improved sense of well-being, better body image and self-esteem, and the positive outlook that comes with regular exercise. We teach the American Tribal Style Belly Dancing or ATS which represents everything from folklore-inspired dances to a fusion of ancient dance techniques for North India, the Middle East and Africa.

Tuesdays 7:30 - 8:30 Instructor = DeEtta Conklin Grade 3+ (Previous Jazz experience necessary) This class is considered to be an intermediate level class. In this combination class students are continuing to develop their techniques in all three styles of dance.

Tuesdays 7:45 - 8:30 Instructor = Tricia Weseman Requirements = 3 years previous experience, permission only In this class students are learning and strengthening their clogging vocabulary while learning a new clogging style; buck clogging. Buck clogging differs from other forms of clogging because it uses every part of the shoe. In buck clogging dancers use their toes and heels much more and learn to dance with the front taps without resting the heels on the floor.

Tuesdays 8:30 - 9:00 Instructor = DeEtta Conklin Ages = 12+ (by permission only) Pointe dancing, while beautiful, is very hard on a dancer's body. A dancer must have strong technique and be physically ready for the demands that come with pointe dancing. Requirements = Two or more years of ballet training. Because dancers must be registered for a ballet class as well as pointe, with no exceptions, we have made this class is a combination of ballet and pointe for your convenience.

Thursdays 6:15 - 6:45 Instructor = Tricia Weseman Ages = 17+ A combination of traditional Latin American dances; salsa is a form of Latin dance that is quick, energetic, and fiercely fun. Not only is this a ton of fun, but it also provides an alternative form of cardio for those looking to work out somewhere other than a gym. We do not offer latin dance for couples but welcome individuals who would like to learn basic / intermediate latin dance.

Thursdays 7:00 - 7:30 Instructors = Tricia Weseman and DeEtta Conklin Ages = teen to adult Clogging is a form of dance, still fairly new to the Midwest that we absolutely love! It is quick yet precise and a ton of fun. Clogging can be compared to tap dancing; rhythm is the heart of both styles, the difference is in the shoes. In this intermediate clogging class students learn intermediate level steps in which these basic elements are combined.

Thursdays 7:30 - 8:00 Instructor = Tricia Weseman Ages = Teen to Adult Students in this class learn the basics of tap dancing. Tap is great and fun form of exercise, and on the serious side, Tap can be very challenging and rewarding. Tap is a style of American theatrical dance using precise rhythmical patterns of foot movement and audible foot tapping. This lively, rhythmic tapping makes the performer not just a dancer, but also a percussive musician.

Thursdays 8:00 - 8:30 Instructors = Tricia Weseman and DeEtta Conklin Ages = teen to adult Clogging is a form of dance, still fairly new to the Midwest that we absolutely love! It is quick yet precise and a ton of fun. Clogging can be compared to tap dancing; rhythm is the heart of both styles, the difference is in the shoes. In this beginning adult clogging class students learn basic level steps.