YOUTH DANCE PROGRAM
Summer 2024 Registration has begun for both Summer Saturdays and Creative Reflections Dance Camps!
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Trial Classes ($25) Available by appointment - email studio@metdance.org to schedule.
HMD’s Youth Dance program offers genre specific dance training necessary for more layered forms of dance study like Musical Theater and Contemporary dance forms. In addition to quality dance training in a variety of dance disciplines, HMD’s programs are designed to facilitate the physical, emotional, intellectual and social development of each dancer. As students grow and mature, the discipline and vocabulary of specific techniques are introduced through positive and nurturing teaching methods. The program's structure allows students to train in three styles of dance; Ballet, Jazz and Modern Dance.
Our class schedule is set up so that multiple levels can be taught at the same time. Students are initially placed and their progress is constantly assessed.
The school year runs September 5, 2023 through May 11, 2024. HMD observes the same holidays as the HISD.
There is a recital to be scheduled in May, 2024
2023/ 2024 School Year Weekly Schedule
Tuesday
Modern 5p - 6p
Ballet 6p - 7p
Thursday
Jazz 5p - 6p
Saturday
Ballet 11a - 12p
Jazz 12:15p - 1:15p
Modern 1:30p - 2:30p
Houston MET Dance Youth Workshops 2:30p - 4:30pm ***
***Houston MET Youth Workshops. Interested students should register for classes and indicate their interest in these workshops on their registration form. More information is available on the Houston MET Dance Collective page or by contacting studio@metdance.org
YOUTH DANCE PROGRAM (AGES 8 - 13)
Regardless of genre, dance, in and of itself, is an activity that requires consistency and dedication to excel at any level. Dance is a great way to make friends and learn about the world around you. It also makes a great high level extra curricular activity.
Our class schedule is set up so that multiple levels can be taught at the same time. Students are initially placed and their progress is constantly assessed. The stability of our class schedule allows students to be placed in the most appropriate class level and, when appropriate, moved into a new class level without requiring any schedule changes.
HMD’s Youth Dance program offers genre specific dance training necessary for more layered forms of dance study like Musical Theater and Contemporary dance forms. In addition to quality dance training in a variety of dance disciplines, HMD’s programs are designed to facilitate the physical, emotional, intellectual and social development of each dancer. As students grow and mature, the discipline and vocabulary of specific techniques are introduced through positive and nurturing teaching methods. The program's structure allows students, according to their age and level, to train in three styles of dance; Ballet, Jazz and Modern Dance.
Class Descriptions:
Ballet: Students will learn classical ballet techniques and terminology. Each class includes barre exercises, center floor work, and across-the-floor combinations. The ballet curriculum is based on a combination of methods. As students progress through each level, the curriculum will become increasingly more complex and intricate.
Jazz: Students will learn the defining movement concepts of jazz dance including isolations of the body, grounded musicality, improving performance quality and developing a capacity for complex rhythms and movement patterns. Classes include focus on vernacular jazz dance as well as classical jazz techniques and improvisation.
Modern: Students will engage with the defining movement concepts of modern dance including suspension and release, fall and recovery, the use of momentum and connecting breath with movement. Dancers will explore contemporary dance practices, and processes through combinations, floor work and partnering, and also in various methods of improvisation.