2026-2027 Schedule!
This class is designed to provide dancers with various stretching techniques in class to enhance muscle elasticity and joint mobility. Participants can expect to engage in both dynamic and static stretches emphasizing proper form, breathing techniques and injury prevention. This class helps dancers gain the flexibility needed for jumps, leg extensions and more This class is suitable for all levels, from beginners to advanced dancers.
Wiggles and giggles
*Will perform a routine in annual recital.
Let’s shake, wiggle and giggle! This class focuses on basic dance skills, coordination, balance and more through the use of props, instruments, hoops, mats, climbing, music, sensory objects, fun, creativity, imagination and more! A perfect class for active toddlers that are new to class structure!
**NEW!!
Interested in preteam or competition team and don't feel quite ready to make the leap just yet? This class focuses on technique required for competition so dancers who have goals to join team in the future can feel prepared and ready! This is also a great class in general to improve overall dance technique, even for those who do not desire to be on team! This class will focus on correct form of turn preparations, transitions, jumps, extensions and more. We are excited to offer another opportunity for dancers seeking more attention and focus on technique (no recital choreography in this class).
*Note: This class is required for those who are on preteam.
TPS Team Across and Tumbling Block for minis and petites
*TPS Team Technique Block
*TPS Team Technique Block
TPS Team Technique Block
*Will perform in our annual recital.
A combination class designed for dancers to learn and work on the fundamentals of ballet and tap technique. This is a wonderful class for dancers who want to try multiple styles, learn ballet barre, positions and skills and work on tap fundamental skills, musicality and more. This class is a great pathway into more specific genres as it provides dancers with a well-rounded foundation of dance skills and technique.
*Directors choice!
**Warm-up, stretch and strength, conditioning skills utilizing aerial silks. Dancers will be introduced to terminology, climbing and base position techniques and beginning level aerial technique such as foot locks, climbs and upside down skills! There will be a parent viewing performance at the end of the season and dancers will be presented on our slide show at the recital! This class requires students who have strong listening skills, patience and are focus-driven. Tumbling or cross training recommended prior to taking this class.
*Director and instructor approval required.
*Will perform in annual recital.
This tap class is designed for our beginner-intermediate tappers to take tap to the next level! If you have experience in our combo tap classes or are between the ages of 8-11, this class is for you! Tap has been proven to help with musicality, instrument playing (great for those in band), coordination, rhythm, increase academic scores and so much more!
Students must be 9+. Students taking pre-pointe must also be enrolled in one of the following classes to ensure they are building strength and endurance in the ankles in order to be considered to advance to Pointe the following year: classical ballet or lyrical. Pre-Pointe does not require the dancer to purchase pointe shoes as this is a preparatory class for pointe and dancers at this age anatomically should not be on pointe yet. Pre-pointe shoes are required and dancers will be fitted for shoes at open house in August. This is a technique class only and is not a recital class. This class is designed for those with goals to 1) be en pointe 2) strengthen their feet, turn out, and ballet technique.
*Will perform one piece in annual recital.
Pointe class will be taken in pointe shoes and will need to be professionally fitted. Dancers will be fitted for shoes at open registration and instructor will be there for approval as well. Pointe class is designed for students with previous ballet training. Students will utilize previously learned ballet technique while working in pointe shoes. Each class includes barre exercises, center floor work and across the floor combinations. These exercises focus on strengthening the feet and ankles.
CLASS HAS PRE-REQUISITES AND IS BY INVITATION ONLY; DANCERS WILL REQUIRE DIRECTOR/INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL BY GOING THROUGH A PROPER TECHNIQUE EXAM (will examine alignment, ankles etc). Anyone between the ages of 11-12 will require a doctor’s exam to check growth plates.
To advance to this class, students must demonstrate the ability to perform multiple clean inversions, drops, and demonstrate the strength and stamina required to climb the silks repeatedly.
*Require instructor approval and previous experience in silks.
This block is reserved for recreational and competitive dancers private lessons.
*By appointment only.
Reserved for private lessons in turns, jumps, technique, tumbling, solos or specific skills dancers want to work on one-on-one. By appointment only.
Tuesday
Pilates was originally developed to help prevent injury amongst dancers. Pilates strengthens dancers, helps develop deep core support, pelvic alignment and full range of motion, allowing for fluid and controlled movement throughout the body. Pilates teaches us to how to integrate our spine with our limbs so overall movement is more fluid and embodied. Pilates encourages muscle balance by working range of motion and builds support in all layers of tissue.This class is highly recommended for dancers or persons who are involved in sports that perpetuate repetitive movement such as cheer, gymnastics and other competitive sports.
*Will perform in the annual recital
*Dancers must be 13 by September 1st to enroll
This new class is designed for dancers looking to refine their skills and prepare for college-level dance programs and teams AND dancers who simply want to refine their dance skills and focus on turns, leaps and sharpness of skills. This class focuses on technique, artistry, and audition readiness to ensure students stand out in competitive collegiate environments or in their current performance opportunities. This class will focus on technical training, polishing and refinement of movement, strength and flexibility training, mentorship and audition confidence building skills.
*Will perform a routine in annual recital.
A combination class designed for dancers to learn and work on fundamentals of ballet and hip hop technique. This is a wonderful class for dancers who want to gain skills in multiple styles, learn ballet centre floor positions and skills as well as work on hip hop footwork, stylization, isolations, tricks and more. This class offers a great balance of control and focus as well as fun and energy.
*Will perform in our annual recital.
Does your child love to make-believe? Is your child imaginative and expressive? Are they always singing and dancing down the aisles of the grocery store? If so, this is the class for you! Focus will be on self-expression, performance, musical theatre jazz technique, singing along and acting! Dancers will delve into the fundamentals of jazz and theatre movement while building confidence and character!
*NEW!
*Will perform in our annual recital.
Does your toddler love music, instruments, and singing along? This class is designed for the musical toddler! Emphasis will be on rhythm, musicality, pre-tap technique and lots of fun!!
*Will perform a 20-30 minute production in annual recital!
Join us for a journey through theatre, acting, dancing, singing and the ability to put together a “mini stage production” that will be presented on the TPS recital stage!!
We provide professional theatre and voice coaches along with dance and stage instructors while putting together a full production featuring leads as well as ensembles. Be a part of the stage performance AND learn what it is like to work behind the scenes by creating stage props and scenery as well! Performers will work together to put together a comprehensive theatre production while having the option to “audition” for parts they choose (optional auditions for leads, singing and more). We also provide theatre activities and games that help our performers develop character and more!
*Will perform in our annual recital.
Advanced tap class emphasizes building upon and moving beyond intermediate tap dance skills. Students will learn advanced tap vocabulary, precision, complex rhythms, patterns and syncopation.
*Approval required
*Will perform in our annual recital.
A dance style that embodies various aspects of ballet, jazz, flexibility, and modern dance technique while emphasizing other aspects of performance, such as improvisation, storytelling, and choreography! Focus is on beginning-intermediate technique, leg lines, port de bras, floor work and more. Very popular with our dancers and fills up quickly! This class is recommended for those who are aging out of combo classes and are ready to try full hour classes focused on adding stylization and emotion to ballet technique!
*Will perform in annual recital.
A dance style that embodies various aspects of ballet, jazz, flexibility, and modern dance technique while emphasizing other aspects of performance, such as improvisation, storytelling, and choreography! Focus is on high intermediate technique, leg lines, port de bras, floor work and more. Very popular with our dancers and fills up quickly! This class is recommended for those with multiple years of combo classes or have already taken lyrical 1.
*Will perform in annual recital.
Advanced lyrical dance classes focus on refining technique and performance skills. This class requires a strong foundation in dance and experience in ballet, jazz, or lyrical styles. Emphasis is in leaps and turns, emotional expression to lyrics through movement, emotional execution and stage presence while connecting with the audience, fluidity and precision in movement, port de bra and leg lines.
*Will perform in our annual recital.
A combination class designed for dancers to learn and work on the fundamentals of ballet and jazz technique. This is a wonderful class for dancers who want to try multiple styles, learn ballet barre, positions and skills and work on jazz fundamental skills, musicality and more. This class is a great pathway into more specific genres as it provides dancers with a well-rounded foundation of dance skills and technique.
*Directors choice!
*Will perform in annual recital.
Focus placed on late beginning to intermediate level skills, strength and core, hip hop technique skill sets, rhythm, stylization, footwork, tricks, musicality and choreography. Fast-paced and fun!
*Will perform in annual recital.
Focus placed on beginning intermediate to advanced intermediate strength and core, hip hop technique skill sets, rhythm, stylization, footwork, tricks, musicality and choreography. Fast-paced and fun!
*Will perform one routine in annual recital.
Focus placed on late intermediate to advanced learning and understanding hip hop culture and history, strength and conditioning, hip hop technique skill sets, footwork, tricks and differentiation between the various styles of hip hop, and choreography!
Reserved for private lessons in turns, jumps, technique, tumbling, solos or specific skills dancers want to work on one-on-one. By appointment only.
Reserved for private lessons in turns, jumps, technique, tumbling, solos or specific skills dancers want to work on one-on-one. By appointment only.
Wednesday
**NEW!
Our obstacle skill courses are our tiny dancers favorite activities during class so much so, we created a skill-based class entirely based on creative obstacle-based learning! New equipment, creative materials! Come balance, jump, skip, leap, turn, bend, hurdle, roll and more! A fun, exciting skill-based class that is great for littles who aren't ready for a recital class or for those who want an additional class to focus on new skills! Dancers will learn balance, motor skills, coordination, turns, leaps as well as tumbling skills.
This class is designed for self-motivated and disciplined dancers/tumblers who want to have an extra hour to focus on personal goals! Dancers/tumblers will create tumbling/tricks goals sheets and break down elements to help them achieve those goals with a professional spotter/instructor who will guide them in their success. If your dancer wants to take their skills to the next level while focusing on individual and personal goals, this is the class for you!
Can attend a half hour or full hour. *Register for the season for savings or drop in at your convenience!
TPS Team Mini and Petites Acro & Tumbling Tech Class
TPS Comp Rehearsals
TPS Comp Rehearsals
TPS Comp Rehearsals
This class is designed for high intermediate-advanced levels turns and leaps technique. Emphasis will be on form, quality, and execution of high level intermediate-advanced turns and jumps.
*Will perform in annual recital
Does your dancer love to create and develop routines to music? Have you always wanted to choreograph for a class or a competition routine? These classes focuses on the choreographers toolbox: strategies, methodology, techniques, space, time, movement quality and more at the intermediate and advanced level. This class will also create their own piece using these strategies and display their work at our annual recital. Possible outcomes related to this class is choreographing for team, setting their piece on next season’s team and more!
*Will perform a routine in annual recital.
This is a new class and will emphasize pre-ballet technique while using creative and imaginative imagery such as butterfly wings, wands and lots more! Ballerina butterflies is the perfect class to introduce your tiny dancer to ballet concepts while having fun and developing creativity and imagination!
*Will perform in our annual recital.
Do you have an active toddler who loves to hop, roll, jump? Get them started in our tiny tumblers class! Toddlers and early preschool students will learn fundamentals of rolling, hand stands, cartwheels and more by using creative obstacle courses, balance beams, mats, props and more. Bring a stuffy to class and let your tiny tumbler teach their stuffy while learning new skills! This class promotes gross motor skills, balance, coordination, listening skills and more while building strength and confidence!
*Recommended for those with strong work-ethic; approval required.
In order to increase flexibility, gain strength, endurance and stamina and avoid injury, we need to cross train! This class is designed for those who want to improve their overall technique, strength, skill and confidence! We will use balls, bands, blocks, weights, ropes, agility stations and more! Great for dancers and those in all sports!
*Will perform in annual recital.
This class is a favorite! Join us for a high energy, fast paced class that combines cheer and dance! Students will learn cheer stances, positions, jumps, kicks and stunts while also focusing on musically, dance steps/transitions and putting it all to music! Poms utilized for recital choreography. Great for dancers who love cheer and dance and also great for those who are in cheer and want to strengthen their skills!
*Will perform in annual recital.
This is a class for busy, energetic and fast moving dancers! Students will learn musicality and fundamental hip hop steps to fun, appropriate music. This class is a wonderful introduction to basic steps of modern-style hip hop and is a TPS favorite by dancers!
*Will perform in our annual recital
Let’s get rockin’ and rollin’! A fun class designed for preschoolers who love to roll, flip, climb and jump! Focus is on balance, alignment, safety, strength and posture while learning somersaults, head and hand stands, bridges, splits, back-rolls, cartwheels and more in a safe environment with our acrobatic arts certified instructor.
**New!
*Will perform in annual recital.
Jazzy Jammers focuses on high-paced commercial-style jazz! This class is fun and upbeat and dancers will have a blast learning fun combinations, various jazz skills with a focus on performance quality!
Dancers must be 13
by September 1st to enroll
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This class is back for its second season and designed for dancers looking to showcase flashy and trending combinations and skills used in professional settings. Dancers will learn choreography styles that are trending and performed to chart music. Commercial dance is primarily performed in settings like music videos, concerts, tv and adverts. Dancers in this class will be featured and shared in media outlets
*This class will not perform in the annual recital.
*Will perform in the annual recital.
Boogie boppers is a wonderful class for students who love to dance to upbeat music! This class is an intro to "traditional/classic jazz with a little "funky" twist". A great class to learn important fundamentals of classic jazz with some extra fun "tricks" added to the skill curriculum!
*Will perform in the annual recital.
This class is focused on the beginner ballet dancer who loves to be part of the story! Come learn ballet technique while dancing in town with Belle, in Arendelle with Elsa, in New Orleans with Tiana, with wands at the ball with Cinderella, on stage with Angelina Ballerina and more! Storybooks will be incorporated in this ballet class designed for your tiny dancer in mind! A great class to develop more imaginative, creative thinking while acquiring ballet skills.
*Will perform in our annual recital.
A class designed to work on ballet fundamentals such as barre, centre and across the floor all set to different princess music and theming! A creative and fun approach to continue learning fundamentals of ballet for beginning dancers.
*Will perform in annual recital.
High energy beginning-intermediate class focusing on strength, flexibility, technique and progressions including challenging turns, leaps, kicks, combinations and more! Emphasis will be on transitional steps, balance, alignment, technical progression, across the floor, center floor work and more!
Studio director pick!!
*Will perform in annual recital.
High energy advanced class focusing on strength, flexibility, technique and progressions including challenging turns, leaps, kicks, combinations and more! Emphasis will be on transitional steps, balance, alignment, technical progression, across the floor, center floor work and more!
Studio director pick!!
*Will perform in annual recital.
Bring all the sass and style with you to class in this favorite TPS offering! Students will learn a combination of hip hop basics and tricks while also developing their tumbling skills! Come learn two styles in one class and showcase those skills on our big stage!
*Will perform in annual recital.
Focus is on the fusion of multiple styles such as modern, jazz, ballet and lyrical connecting emotion, technique and groundedness in movement quality. Contemporary is currently the most popular form of artistic dance in the US and is known for its connectivity, passion, expression, athleticism and story-telling.
This class is intended for those who can execute intermediate level floor work and contemporary movement. Instructor will place student in correct level.
*Will perform in annual recital.
Focus is on the fusion of multiple styles such as modern, jazz, ballet and lyrical connecting emotion, technique and groundedness in movement quality. Contemporary is currently the most popular form of artistic dance in the US and is known for its connectivity, passion, expression, athleticism and story-telling.
This class is intended for those who can execute advanced level floor work and contemporary movement. Instructor will place student in correct level.
*Will perform in our annual recital.
If you love to tumble and flip, this is the class for you! From rolls, to cartwheels, front and back walkovers, balancing head and handstands to aerials, front aerials, handsprings, tucks and more. Work at your personal individual level!
Don’t skip out on your ballet class! This class is a MUST for dancers looking to improve their overall lines, strength and dance technique. Emphasis is on fluidity and grace, arms, correct form and turn-out. This class is also a prerequisite to advanced ballet class and pointe. Don’t miss your chance to expand your ballet vocabulary, technique, strength, grace, posture and form.
Will perform a set variation in class that will only be worked on the last 6 weeks of class to put all skills together and showcase in the studio.
We are partners with Gull lake virtual program and ***NOW Hamilton School District!!!
Reserved for private lessons in turns, jumps, technique, tumbling, solos or specific skills dancers want to work on one-on-one. By appointment only.
Reserved for private lessons in turns, jumps, technique, tumbling, solos or specific skills dancers want to work on one-on-one. By appointment only.