DANCE
Whether your dancer is looking for a once-a-week hobby, preparing to audition for dance company/drill team, or interested in pursuing a professional career, we have a program to fit your needs. Let us help you reach your goals!
Recreational Dance
Recreation classes are for dancers who want to improve their technique and perform once a year at our end of year concert. Styles for recreational dancers include ballet, jazz, modern, hip-hop, tumbling/acro, tap, and Broadway dance. Dancers taking modern or jazz are required to register for one hour of ballet. Ballet is the foundation of all dance styles and provides our dancers with superior technique that translates into their other classes. We hold all our students to the highest level of decorum. This means we expect them to adhere to the dress code for their class as well as our attendance policy. At other studios competition teams take priority over recreational dancers, not at Encore. All our students receive superior training, attention, and time.
Leveling
Before registering, each new dancer and their parent is invited to have a consultation meeting with Emma to ensure they are placed at the correct level. Returning dancers may register on their own via the Log In page of this website. The levels below are to be used for reference only. A dancer's age doesn't place them in a specific level.
Parent and Me - 2-4 years old, parent participation optional
Level 1 - Preschool, 3 turning 4 (all dancers must be potty trained)
Level 2 - Preschool, 4 turning 5
Level 3 - Kindergarten, 5 turning 6
Level 4 - 6 turning 7
Level 5 - 7-9 year olds
Level 6 - 9-11 year olds
Demi - 11 years + (by audition only, 2 year program)
Academy - Middle School (by audition only, 2 year program)
Company - Middle/High School (by audition only, 2 year program)
Competition Team - Students in the Demi level and above are invited to audition for our competition teams. More information regarding auditions and our competition program can be found in a separate packet.
Competition Teams
Students in Demi Ballet or higher may choose to audition for one of our competition teams. These dancers take ballet technique and rehearsal hours with recreational students on their same level but have separate classes for the styles in which they will compete in: jazz, modern, and hip-hop.
Dancers on either company are allowed no more than three absences per semester and are required to attend three competitions and the end of season concert. Each season we attend two local competition and one competition in St. George. More information about competition teams is available via the link below.