Dance Acrobatics
Acrobatics at EDA is a sports acrobatics/ tumbling class, teaching students body awareness, coordination and team work. At a beginner’s level, students are taught the basic steps, stretches and holds that will eventually allow them to build to some of the more classically recognized acrobatics moves such as walk over, round off etc as they progress through the levels in a specifically designed Dance Acro syllabus.
This style is available in the recreational stream of classes (see Performing Arts overview).
Cheerleading
This class uses a mix of Jazz and Funk styles, incorporating pom-poms, tricks, and patterns and other elements employed in cheerleading teams around the world for visual effects.
This class is available in the recreational stream of classes.
Contemporary
A lyrical, release based class incorporating the fundamentals of classical and contemporary dance. This abstract style of dance is locally recognized as that of Sydney Dance Company, Bangarra Dance Theatre and, of course, the H.S.C dance syllabus.
This class is available in both recreational and competition stream of classes.
Funk - Boys
Similarities can be drawn to both the other funk and hip hop classes available at EDA. This class, however, is tailored to a boys only group. Students will attempt various levels of combinations, floor work and will touch on tricks relevant to commercial dance for boys.
This class is available in the recreational stream of classes.
Funk - Girls
A girls only class featuring a modern style that blends together Jazz, Street Attitude and Hip Hop.
This style is available in the recreational stream of classes.
Hip Hop
A very commercial dance style seen in many R’n’B/ Hip Hop music videos and live dance arenas. This class values a raw approach to dance with a street style and use of body isolations and combinations with a distinct attitude and edge.
This style is available in both recreational and competition stream of classes.
Jazz
A class incorporating elements of traditional jazz techniques (turns, leaps/ jumps, isolations, flexibility, footwork etc), strong lines, precise moves and fast paced music. EDA jazz classes offer a blended class with use of funk and hip hop styles at times- a fusion of modern dance styles.
This style is available in both recreational and competition stream of classes.
Lyrical
A slower, soft, more expressive form of dance incorporating technical elements from both jazz and ballet. This style is often described as telling a story or communicating a feeling. Please note: to take a lyrical class at EDA, students must also take at least two ballet classes per week.
This style is available in the competition stream of classes.
Musical Theatre
A class that covers a range of excerpts from various Broadway musicals, as well as teaching the art of musical comedy, slapstick, mime and how to entertain and engage the audience as a performer.
This class is available in the recreational stream of classes.
Stomp - Boys
Students wear tap shoes and the class is similar to a tap class however the emphasis is on the combining of different rhythms, the inclusion of body percussion, the arrangement of the steps and formation of pattern. On some occasions props such as tapping sticks, bongo drums and everyday metal objects are used to create a further percussion dimension.
This class is available in the recreational stream of classes.
Stretch and Conditioning
This is a training foundation class aimed to increase a dancer’s endurance, agility, stamina and flexibility. The strength component of the class involves exercises from known methods such as Pilates, Yoga and Body Resistance Training, with particular focus on core stability. This class is designed to improve the dancer’s flexibility through a range of Static and PNF stretches. Both the stretch and conditioning components are further developed through fun locomotor routines involving leaps and axial turns.
This style is in the recreational stream of classes.
This is primarily a maintenance class does not perform a routine at the end of year concert.
Tap
Students wear metal plated tap shoes and learn a rhythmical style of dance combining steps to music both old and new. We aim to create various rhythms straight, slow, syncopated and speed. We teach both freestyle tap focusing on timing, light and shade, style and performance and for the technical elements we implement the Glenn Wood Tap (GWT) syllabus to develop clarity and attainment of specific skills.
This style is available in the competition and recreational stream of classes.