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Adult Classes

GYD offers Contemporary, Jazz, Ballet and Hip Hop classes for Adults

Hip Hop

Our hip hop classes will focus on understanding hip hop foundations and culture. Hip hop is a street style dance which encourages self expression, musicality and freestyling excercises. Learn to express yourself through dynamic movements while building confidence and a sense of rhythm. The atmosphere is fun, encouraging and supportive. No previous dance experience required.

Ballet Basics

Discover the fundamentals of classical ballet in a warm and welcoming studio environment. This class introduces foundational techniques through preparatory exercises at the barre and builds toward graceful, flowing movements in the center. Ballet Basics offers a thoughtful approach to softening, stretching, strengthening, and coordinating your body, while exploring elegant sequences that are as enjoyable to learn as they are to perform. Perfect for beginners or anyone looking to reconnect with the beauty of ballet.

Contemporary Technique

Rooted in classical ballet vocabulary with a strong emphasis on torso articulation and expression, the contemporary technique classes encourage alignment, form, coordination, musicality, strength, rhythm and kinetic intelligence. Contemporary Technique classes have live percussion. Intermediate level. Beginners are welcome!

Jazz

Following a balanced conditioning warm-up, funky combinations full of traveling steps, kicks, spins and isolations make this class both challenging and fun! This class is for any adults wanting to give Jazz dance a try. No experience necessary.

Classes are offered by Full Year, Fall, Winter and Spring sessions.

HIP HOP
Tuesday, 7:30-8:30pm

JAZZ
Monday, 5:30-6:30pm

BALLET BASICS
Tuesday, 6:30-7:30pm

CONTEMPORARY TECHNIQUE
Wednesday, 7:15-8:15 pm

Adult classes
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“I have immensely enjoyed the Beginner Adult Jazz and Contemporary Dance classes. They are a wonderful balance of welcoming simplicity but also progressive skill development. I encourage men who have always wanted to learn to dance but are self conscious of doing so to come out and try a class.”

Why do you come to Guelph Youth Dance: “I am really working on myself this year. Dance is a part of that”. Why do you Stay? “Sense of belonging”