Dance School | Kingston Ontario | Conservatory Theatrical Jazz and Tap

Musical Theatre Jazz and Tap

Immerse yourself in the choreography of iconic Broadway, theatre, dance and film! Musical Theatre Jazz and Tap offer actors the chance to enhance their dance skills, and dancers the chance to expand their dramatic skills. Working in the traditions of classical jazz and tap, dancers will explore the iconic styles of Ziegfeld, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly, Gregory Hines, Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse, Michael Bennett, Michelle Dorrance and more! From Matilda to Mary Poppins, Chicago to A Chorus Line, Mamma Mia!, Annie and more; novices to pre-professionals will polish their performances, characterization, artistry and technique.

FOUNDATIONAL MUSICAL THEATRE JAZZ: Ages 7+

Foundational Musical Theatre Jazz offers dancers aged 7-12 the opportunity to explore jazz technique with a musical theatre flair. This class will focus on the fundamentals of jazz technique to emphasize safe, strong movement for dancers; including warm up, stretch, barre, traveling steps, jumps and turns. Dancers will also learn combinations and performance choreography to help them get a taste for the musical theatre genre in a fun, age-appropriate environment -- jazz hands, everyone!

FOUNDATIONAL TAP:

Ages 7+

Offers dancers aged 7-12 with happy feet a chance to tap their toes!

Young dancers develop musicality and coordination, as they explore learning a new style of percussive movement and self-expression. This class will focus on practical tap skills, such as steps, making clean sounds, counting, and rhythms. Dancers will also learn combinations and performance choreography that allows them to have fun and put their new dance skills into practice!

YOUTH AND ADULT

MUSICAL THEATRE JAZZ:

Ages 13+

Youth and Adult Musical Theatre Jazz offers dancers aged 13+ the opportunity to explore jazz technique and artistry with a musical theatre flair, expanding beyond foundational work. Class will focus on building dancers' mastery of jazz technique to emphasize safe, strong movement at progressively more challenging levels; including warm up, stretch, barre, traveling steps, jumps and turns. Dancers will also learn samples and excerpts of choreography from the musical theatre canon, so that they can become comfortable with the different styles that theatrical jazz encompasses. Dancers will polish their performance quality, characterization and artistry.

YOUTH AND ADULT TAP:

Ages 13 +

Offers teens and adults a chance to learn a new style or refine their tapping abilities! This class will be open to multiple levels of tappers; including: tap dancers wanting to pursue more advanced work; dancers wanting to pick up a new style, former tappers who have been away from the style and want to return; actors wanting to add a new skill to their resume; etc. Dancers will expand upon foundational technique, counting and rhythms; progressing to more advanced combinations, choreography, and personal styling. Dancers will learn a variety of dynamics of 'colour,' sound, dexterity and clarity. Dancers will also explore the history of tap and its stylistic evolution.

Foundational Tap dancers perform "Perfect," as part of The Conservatory's 2024 Year-End Gala, "Becoming."

Foundational Musical Theatre dancers perform "A World of Our Own," as part of The Conservatory's 2024 Year-End Gala, "Becoming."

Youth and Adult Tap dancers perform "Bejewled," as part of The Conservatory's 2024 Year-End Gala, "Becoming."