Watch Your Mini Stagelighter Fall in Love with Performing in Tap/Jazz Combo
Get their favorite dance outfit picked out, pack up the dance bag, and get ready to swoon over how cute your Mini Stagelighter is in our Tap/Jazz Combo for ages 4-6! With our Combo class format, your child learns foundational knowledge of multiple disciplines and stays engaged in a fun and welcoming learning environment. You’ll see your child blossom in confidence, make new friends, grow stronger, and fall in love with performing in this class. If you are looking for the perfect creative outlet for your child that also gets their bodies moving, Tap/Jazz Combo is your best bet.
During the Tap Dance portion of this class, your child learns to recognize beats and counts in the music, balance and control their body movements, and make lots of noise with their tap shoes! At the halfway point in class, dancers stay in the classroom and change into their jazz shoes. You’ll watch your dancer stretch, build strength, dance to the beat in popular Kidz Bop tunes, and conquer gross motor skills such as skipping, galloping, and leaping during the Jazz Dance portion of class. Counting, math skills, listening, call and response, taking turns, performance quality, and memorizing sequences are additional skills we’ve hidden throughout a variety of fun activities in Tap/Jazz Combo. Over the course of week-to-week attendance in class, you’ll be amazed at your child’s progress in both Tap and Jazz. You can read more about our Combo classes here.
Tap/Jazz Combo is a weekly class offered during our 23/24 Season and open to students ages 4-6. Class begins the week of August 7, 2023, so head to the Customer Portal to grab your spot in class today!
Build Musicality and Strength in Jazz/HipHop Combo
Get their favorite dance outfit picked out, pack up the dance bag, and get ready to swoon over how cute your Mini Stagelighter is in our Jazz/HipHop Combo class! In this class, your child learns foundational knowledge of multiple disciplines and stays engaged in a fun and welcoming learning environment. You’ll see your child blossom in confidence, make new friends, grow stronger, and fall in love with performing.
In our Jazz/HipHop Combo class, your Mini learns core concepts of both the HipHop and Jazz Dance disciplines in the form of fun and engaging lessons and combinations. The HipHop portion of class helps your child learn to recognize beats and counts in the music, balance and control their body movements, and execute strong isolations. At the halfway point in class, dancers stay in the classroom and change into their jazz shoes. You’ll watch your dancer stretch, build strength, dance to the beat in popular Kidz Bop tunes, and conquer gross motor skills such as skipping, galloping, and leaping during the Jazz portion of class. Counting, listening, call and response, taking turns, performance quality, and memorizing sequences are additional skills we’ve hidden throughout a variety of fun activities in Jazz/HipHop Combo. Over the course of week-to-week attendance in class, you’ll be amazed at your child’s progress in the disciplines of both HipHop and Jazz. You can read more about our Combo classes here.
Jazz/HipHop Combo is a weekly class offered during our 23/24 Season and open to students ages 3-6. Class begins the week of August 7, 2023, so head to the Customer Portal to grab your spot in class today!
Staff Spotlight
We have some wonderful instructors here at Stagelight Performing Arts! This week, we wanted to introduce to you the incredible instructors who teach in our Tap/Jazz Combo and Jazz/HipHop programs, along with some other classes. Meet Ms. Alyssa, Ms. Kris, Ms. Katy, and Ms. Sofia! Below is a sneak peek into the lives and careers of these awesome teachers. You can read more about them and the rest of our amazing staff here.
| Ms. Alyssa
Ms. Alyssa teaches Tap, Tap/Ballet Combo, and Tap/Jazz Combo. Alyssa is Co-Owner and an Instructor at Stagelight Performing Arts. She earned a BA from Chapman University in Advertising with a Minor in Graphic Design and a Teaching Credential in Physical Education/ Dance from Cal State Fullerton. Her performance credits include Disney and Fullerton Civic Light Opera. She has extensive experience in teaching, choreography, and show direction. |
Ms. Kris
Ms. Kris teaches Dance Tricks & Turns, Jazz, and Jazz/HipHop Combo. Kris Kniseley was born and raised in Southern California and technically and artistically trained for 18 years in ballet, jazz, lyrical, and contemporary, modern, acrobatics, hip-hop, and jazz funk. Once she graduated from high school, Kris continued her dance education via undergrad degree programs, began teaching at local dance studios, and further expanded her performance career into the professional realm with both her choreography and drive to perform. |
Ms. Katy
Ms. Katy teaches Tap/Ballet Combo, Preschool Creative Dance, HipHop, Jazz/HipHop Combo, and Musical Theatre Song & Dance. Katy has been dancing on stage since the age of five. She has studied jazz, tap, ballet, hip-hop, lyrical, musical theater, modern, cheerleading, and gymnastics. Currently, Katy is enjoying doing what she loves most by being in the studio and watching her young students grow and develop into beautiful dancers, people and performers.
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Ms. Sofia
Ms. Sofia teaches HipHop, Jazz, and Jazz/HipHop Combo. Sofia Ayala was born and raised in Orange County, California. Since age 3, she has been dancing in various styles such as ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, contemporary, and more. Sofia is currently working towards getting her Bachelors of Arts Degree at California State University, Fullerton. Sofia aspires to continue teaching, performing, and choreographing for as long as she possibly can, and is always growing as an artist and individual. |
Kicking Up the Creativity with a Coloring Page
Is your Mini Stagelighter ready to soar in Tap/Jazz Combo this season? Print out this coloring page, and after they color it, help them master their first Tap Dance move: the “Shuffle!” Be sure to post on social media and tag us @ stagelightarts for a chance to be featured!
Prepare for Your Jazz/HipHop Class with a Combo from Ms. Sofia
Is your Stagelighter thinking about enrolling in one of our Jazz/HipHop Combo classes? Try this Jazz/HipHop combination with Ms. Sofia to get a feel for the moves you’ll learn in this class!
If you have any questions about our classes or our 23/24 Season, please email stagelightarts@gmail.com.
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