Learning, Laughing, & Loving It!
Experience the Difference!
Welcome to our 2024/2025 season at the Milissa Augustine Academy. Striving for the best in Dance Education our faculty works closely together to ensure a comprehensive children's dance program. Whether your child is enjoying the thrill of his/her first dance class, or returning to dance, our goals are to provide a supportive environment for your child to grow and nurture his/her talent, individuality, and achieve his/her personal best. Additionally, the performance opportunities we offer contribute to a well-rounded life experience and a true sense of achievement.
Welcome to our 2024/2025 season at the Milissa Augustine Academy. Striving for the best in Dance Education our faculty works closely together to ensure a comprehensive children's dance program. Whether your child is enjoying the thrill of his/her first dance class, or returning to dance, our goals are to provide a supportive environment for your child to grow and nurture his/her talent, individuality, and achieve his/her personal best. Additionally, the performance opportunities we offer contribute to a well-rounded life experience and a true sense of achievement.
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Enrollment is open and ongoing through the year. We also provide FREE trial classes.
Enrollment is open and ongoing through the year. We also provide FREE trial classes.
Childrens Dance Program
The Childrens Dance Program promotes the highest quality of dance instruction in a loving, caring, and joyous artistic environment. Our faculty encourage each student to reach their maximum potential. As students grow and become increasingly proficient in their study, their poise, self-assurance and confidence will soar! The Childrens Dance Program is an introduction to the joys of dance. Classes emphasize development of body coordination, body strength, and discipline. Our dance syllabus incorporates delightful and exciting monthly and holiday themes to enhance the total learning concept.
CLASSES
Parent & Me/Mommy & Me (walking to age 3 and parents)
Creative movement is a way for all children, boys and girls, to explore their sense of self and the environment. Parents and Tots will have opportunities to move, play, and connect with each other and other families. Multi-sensory, developmentally targeted movement activities will promote social, emotional, and physical awareness skills. Class is focused around the children, however, parents will have special time to learn your child’s unique view of the world and share experiences with other parents. Use of movement games, music, rhythm, balls, scarves and other props will enhance the natural curiosity and creativity of your child. Introducing children to basic movement at an early age improves coordination and stimulates creativity and imagination. Come dance with us!
Tots Creative Movement (walking to age 3)
A wonderful introduction to the fundamentals of movement, music, body awareness and self-expression. Incorporating basic ballet, tap, and steps concentrating on rhythm, coordination and discipline while having fun!
Preschool Combo (ages 3-5)
This class combines fundamental skills in Jazz, Ballet, Tap and Hip-hop. Using imagery and engaging music, this class focuses on basic technique and proper body alignment. Elements include dance class etiquette, warm up and stretch, ballet at center floor and barre, jazz technique across the floor and choreography. Preschool Combo includes fundamental skills designed to teach body control. Routines are shorter in length to provide students with a sense of mastery over the material, allowing for growth and personal pride. Each class includes life skill fundamentals such as sharing, listening, taking turns, positive self talk, and respect. Our student-teacher ratio allows for an abundance of personal contact and dancer specific instruction.
Combination Classes (ages 6-12)
These classes introduce the dancer to a variety of art forms such as, ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, irish, musical theater dance and hip hop.
Children who dance reap benefits that enrich all facets of their life and enhance their personal growth and development. The Milissa Augustine Academy provides a wide variety of classes throughout the year for young dancers from early childhood on up. Our Children's Program is inspirational, fun, and challenging.
Kids Dance Company
Performing companies for young dancers wishing to practice performance skills in multiple dance styles and perform throughout the community.
Ballet
Offered to all ages in various levels. This class will focus on the classical elements of ballet, teaching students proper technique based on body alignment, proper placement and posture. Barre and center work are utilized to teach musicality, rhythm, flexability and coordination. Ballet provides a foundation for all other forms of dance as well as conditioning for sports and injury prevention. Ballet is the basis for all forms of dance and is encouraged for all dancers, as well as athletes wishing to gain better body control, core strength and alignment. Grace, poise and self-discipline are incorporated in this class as well. Class begins with exercises at the barre for alignment, flexibility, and coordination, then moves center to the basic steps and patterns of dance.
Jazz
Offered to ages 6 & up in various levels. A stylized technique based class that emphasizes long lines and musicality. As an ever changing art form, jazz encompasses many forms of technique from contemporary to musical theater. All classes focus on flexibility, strength, turns, hops, jumps, leaps and jazz choreography, while keeping emphasis on technique, center, and placement. Jazz technique developes strength and coordination thru technical warm-up, center isolations, floor and/or barre stretches, and dance combinations. Creative routines are taught by using exciting music and fresh moves as dance students learn how to interpret their music with control and fluidity.
Tap
Offered to ages 3 & up in various levels. Classes incorporate the classic steps and footwork of tap dancing while adding a fresh approach to fun and upbeat choreography. Dance students learn to coordinate rhythm, agility, and musicality to execute clear tap sounds and the fluidity of movement and style.
Hip Hop
Offered to ages 4 & up in various levels. Focus is on the latest street styles of hip hop, including break-dancing, pop, & funk. Dancers are encouraged to push themselves to explore new movements and to understand the elements of choreography, music, and performance. Classes include conditioning and warm-up, simplified break down of each dance step, skill combinations and choreography. All moves and music are age appropriate and level specific. Students love learning these upbeat dance steps while moving to their favorite songs in a high energy, social and fun environment.
Lyrical
This class is designed to help students express their individual feelings and emotions. The slow and controlled movement of Lyrical encourages artistic expression and emotional content while building grace and fluidity of movement. Using music to translate emotion into movement, lyrical is very fluid and utilizes aspects of jazz, ballet and contemporary dance. Students are challenged to find meaning behind the music and connect that to the choreography. Students are taught to use smooth transitions between movements and incorporate breath into their dance. Classes include character development through discussion and examples in both dance and student experience. Lyrical is suggested for ages 8 and up, as it focuses on emotional strength and older emotional themes.
Contemporary
Offered to various ages. Contemporary is interpretive, improvisational, and story-telling with abstract movement and choreography that balances lyricism, fluidity and athleticism. This class introduces an expressive form of dance that is unconventional utilizing techniques of fall and recovery, floor work and levels of movement. Disciplines are a combination of ballet, jazz and modern techniques. In this class, students are taught to use the body as an instrument to express emotions.
Acro/Tumbling
This class is designed for individuals interested in learning and improving their tumbling skills. This class teaches flexibility, balance, strength, muscle control, discipline and concentration as well as spatial awareness. Each student will focus on floor exercise skills and individual progressions.
Musical Theater
his choreography based class includes basic instruction in jazz and musical theater. Musical Theater Dance focuses on all diverse Dance styles which are used on the Broadway Stage. This class prepares students for shows and teaches them about stage performance, encompassing acting and expression through music, movement and dance!
Performing companies for young dancers wishing to practice performance skills in multiple dance styles and perform throughout the community.
Ballet
Offered to all ages in various levels. This class will focus on the classical elements of ballet, teaching students proper technique based on body alignment, proper placement and posture. Barre and center work are utilized to teach musicality, rhythm, flexability and coordination. Ballet provides a foundation for all other forms of dance as well as conditioning for sports and injury prevention. Ballet is the basis for all forms of dance and is encouraged for all dancers, as well as athletes wishing to gain better body control, core strength and alignment. Grace, poise and self-discipline are incorporated in this class as well. Class begins with exercises at the barre for alignment, flexibility, and coordination, then moves center to the basic steps and patterns of dance.
Jazz
Offered to ages 6 & up in various levels. A stylized technique based class that emphasizes long lines and musicality. As an ever changing art form, jazz encompasses many forms of technique from contemporary to musical theater. All classes focus on flexibility, strength, turns, hops, jumps, leaps and jazz choreography, while keeping emphasis on technique, center, and placement. Jazz technique developes strength and coordination thru technical warm-up, center isolations, floor and/or barre stretches, and dance combinations. Creative routines are taught by using exciting music and fresh moves as dance students learn how to interpret their music with control and fluidity.
Tap
Offered to ages 3 & up in various levels. Classes incorporate the classic steps and footwork of tap dancing while adding a fresh approach to fun and upbeat choreography. Dance students learn to coordinate rhythm, agility, and musicality to execute clear tap sounds and the fluidity of movement and style.
Hip Hop
Offered to ages 4 & up in various levels. Focus is on the latest street styles of hip hop, including break-dancing, pop, & funk. Dancers are encouraged to push themselves to explore new movements and to understand the elements of choreography, music, and performance. Classes include conditioning and warm-up, simplified break down of each dance step, skill combinations and choreography. All moves and music are age appropriate and level specific. Students love learning these upbeat dance steps while moving to their favorite songs in a high energy, social and fun environment.
Lyrical
This class is designed to help students express their individual feelings and emotions. The slow and controlled movement of Lyrical encourages artistic expression and emotional content while building grace and fluidity of movement. Using music to translate emotion into movement, lyrical is very fluid and utilizes aspects of jazz, ballet and contemporary dance. Students are challenged to find meaning behind the music and connect that to the choreography. Students are taught to use smooth transitions between movements and incorporate breath into their dance. Classes include character development through discussion and examples in both dance and student experience. Lyrical is suggested for ages 8 and up, as it focuses on emotional strength and older emotional themes.
Contemporary
Offered to various ages. Contemporary is interpretive, improvisational, and story-telling with abstract movement and choreography that balances lyricism, fluidity and athleticism. This class introduces an expressive form of dance that is unconventional utilizing techniques of fall and recovery, floor work and levels of movement. Disciplines are a combination of ballet, jazz and modern techniques. In this class, students are taught to use the body as an instrument to express emotions.
Acro/Tumbling
This class is designed for individuals interested in learning and improving their tumbling skills. This class teaches flexibility, balance, strength, muscle control, discipline and concentration as well as spatial awareness. Each student will focus on floor exercise skills and individual progressions.
Musical Theater
his choreography based class includes basic instruction in jazz and musical theater. Musical Theater Dance focuses on all diverse Dance styles which are used on the Broadway Stage. This class prepares students for shows and teaches them about stage performance, encompassing acting and expression through music, movement and dance!
Performance Dance Camps/Dance Intensives
Seasonal programs for children offering unique performance opportunities and intensive study in a particular style of dance.
Seasonal programs for children offering unique performance opportunities and intensive study in a particular style of dance.
Milissa Augustine Dance & Fitness Academy
2510 Northway Road
Williamsport, PA. 17701
(570)323-5115
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2510 Northway Road
Williamsport, PA. 17701
(570)323-5115
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