Ballet
Ballet builds self-confidence, good posture and strong limber muscles. Whether the student is dancing professionally, or just for recreation, ballet training will enable a student to explore their natural love of movement.

Ballroom
Ballroom dancing consists of the following dances: Fox Trot, Waltz, (Mambo) Salsa, Tango, Cha-Cha, Rumba, Viennese Waltz, Swing, Polka. All are taught to strict tempo timing. Here at State Street Dance Studio you can either enjoy group
lessons, or private instruction.

Character Dance
With its infinite possibilities, character dance is difficult to define briefly. In relationship to classical ballet, it is usually thought of as folk dance. But broadly stated, it is best defined as all of those qualities not present in classical dance. Character dance can be divided into the following classifications: National Dance - Dramatic and Lyric Character - Satire - Grotesque and Eccentric Mimicry

Hip Hop
A genre of dance that incorporates a certain style of creativity, attitude, music, posture, and choreography. This genre stems from early urban influences of rap and the inner city streets where many different ethnic cultures and dance disciplines fused together to form the exciting form of dance known as hip-hop.

Jazz
Jazz is a very stylistically diverse form of dance. Jazz tends to fuse various dance disciplines and uses those influences to produce a unique movement style. Similar to Ballet, Jazz requires the dancer to become familiar with their body and its safe and efficient use. Jazz technique includes such concepts as proper body alignment, body isolations, rhythmic awareness, musicality, and movement executions.

Modern
Modern Dance began in America in the early part of the 1900's as a rebellion against the strict codification of ballet. Early modern dance pioneers threw off their shoes and decided to use gravity and the suspension and release of falling as a means of dance expression. They scorned the restrictions of tight tu-tu's and corsets and pointe shoes. Modern dancers at that time began to explore unaffected human movement as a means of dance expression. That tradition continues to this day.

Nia
Neuromuscular Integrative Action (Nia) is an expressive fitness and awareness movement program. Using an eclectic blend of music, visualizations, sounds and grounded movements the Nia technique releases your body from physical tension and emotional restrictions, while at the same time it enhances and strengthens your heart, mind and self. Nia offers a unique experience that embraces individual creativity and a sense of well-being that filters into every aspect of your life.

Pointe
Pointe builds self-confidence, good posture and strong limber muscles. Whether the student is dancing professionally, or just for recreation, ballet training enables students to explore their natural love of movement.

Tap
Precision tap and fun are back! So is making noise. And exciting technical dancing too. A faculty of gloriously gifted instructors offering beginning tap trhough advanced classes.

Theater Dance
Theater Dance is designed for students from age eight to adult, all levels welcome. The class starts with a jazz warm-up, followed by across the floor exercises, continuing with dance combinations from various musicals starting with early minstrel shows to Fosse.

Yoga
Yoga is about movement and change, however yoga doesn't change our lives, we do. Yoga is an opportunity to practice directing all of our attention to the activity in which we are engaged. Therefore yoga is a tool to become more fully present in every moment.