Mia Bella Class Offerings

Ballet

Learn the core of all dance! Ballet gives students precise technique and offers a lot more than what meets the eye. Ballet teaches alignment, placement, balance and elegance. It is the foundation for many other dance forms, such as jazz, hip-hop, and ballroom.


Join us for a high energy, fundamental technique class with an emphasis on FUN! Jazz contains all the technical foundation of ballet, including isolations, body compartmentalization, center and across the floor work, with up tempo rhythms and lots of line and flexibility work. Great for the first year dancer and the consummate professional alike!

Jazz


Hip Hop

Groove and jump into this high-energy class! Hip hop has elements of popping, locking and breaking as well as freestyle movement to give students the opportunity to develop their own sense of style. Hip hop classes explore the latest sounds of R&B and pop music together with movements influenced by some of today’s hottest video choreographers.


Perform a story with lyrical! Lyrical has the grace of ballet, but all the emotion of contemporary. Creating emphasis on long arm and leg lines, as well as proper balance and body placement, lyrical encourages the dancer to interpret the music and use the choreography to express their emotions.

Lyrical


Contemporary

Challenge yourself, and push new boundaries in our contemporary class! Contemporary dance is versatile and can be danced to almost any style of music, or united with other dance forms to create new styles of movement. Contemporary seeks to work with the natural alignment of the body, and is therefore safe and accessible for beginners.


Sparkle and shine in our Pom/Cheer Dance classes! These classes blend energetic routines, conditioning, and basic dance technique with cheer-style movements. It’s an introduction to teamwork, spirit and building confidence.

Pom / Cheer
Dance Team


Tap

Get ready to move your feet with our high energy tap classes. Tap focuses on rhythms and intricate footwork, creating a percussion instrument out of the dancer’s feet.


Flip into the world of acrobatics! This class allows your dancer to learn and grow in their flexibility, strength and learn safe techniques while learning the floor skills of gymnastics.

Acro


Modern

Our modern class draws its origin from the progressive Arve technique (formulated by Richard Arve from Chicago). Modern dance is an energy placement theory using ballet techniques, concentration with emphasis on the core and spine. Dancers must be 13+ to take this class. If your dancer is interested in a collegiate dance program, this class is a must!


The perfect fusion of jazz and hip hop. Great for dancers of all levels, this class combines the technique, skills and sass of jazz with the energy and funk of hip hop. Learn fun choreography, enhance your musicality, and diversify your style.

Jazz Funk


Technique

Strengthen your instrument with this class! Our technique classes are open to all levels of dancers. In this class you will learn how to pull up and lengthen correctly, properly engage your core, and strengthen all your muscles so you can continue to advance across all disciplines. This class is a building block to all genres.


Step into spontaneous creativity in our improv and movement dance class! This class blends improvisational techniques with movement techniques to allow dancers to mature their movement, use their imagination, connect with music, and discover new ways to express themselves.

Movement & Improv


PBT

Master fitness and grace in our progressive ballet technique class! Perfect for dancers who want to increase balance and stamina, this specialized program focuses on core strength, alignment and fluidity. Utilizing innovative tools like yoga balls and stretch bands, it refines technique and enhances performance readiness. Elevate your ballet foundation with structured progression and personalized guidance!


If you’re looking to add the WOW factor to your dancing this class is for you. Perfect for dancers of all levels. In this class you will grow, strengthen and practice proper technique while learning new types of turns, leaps, and tricks.

Leaps, Turn & Tricks


Dance Theater

For the dancer who wants to perfect their performance, our dance theater class is for you. This class outlines the technique, staging and energy needed to excel in all your dance and theater endeavors, and focuses on stage ready performance. Look out, Broadway!


This class is exclusive to children who attend St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Come join the fun with our dance team program. SEAS students will learn new techniques, be introduced to poms, kick line, and lots of turns and jumps. The SEAS dance team will perform in the recitals and at community events. Tuition includes use of poms, uniform t-shirt and tithe to the school.

SEAS Dance Team


Voice / Acting

Looking to be a triple threat? Join our online vocal and acting course. This class will help you learn proper vocal warm up, singing techniques and how to act and apply that to both theater and your dancing.


Our combo classes are the perfect start for any 4-year-old’s dance journey! Pick from our combo classes of ballet, jazz and tap. These classes introduce ballet’s elegance, jazz’s funk, and tap’s rhythm. Fostering creativity, coordination and a love for dance from the very start.

Combo


Princess In Training

Step into the magic of our princess in training dance class! This class is a perfect way to introduce your 2-3 year-olds to the fundamentals of dance in a fun, stress-free atmosphere. Your little princess will learn elements of ballet, tap and even acrobatics!


Join the fun in our companion and me dance class! Perfect for grown ups and kids, this lively class mixes playful movements and energetic music. Create wonderful memories while learning dance basics together. It’s a joyful bonding experience you won’t want to miss!

Companion & Me