Dance101

Step out of the audience and into your favorite musical- front and center! This class offers a fun way to learn choreography from your favorite Broadway shows like West Side Story, Footloose, A Chorus Line, and Chicago. A truly delightful class for those of you who love Broadway musicals. Deepen your appreciation for this whimsical dance art by experiencing choreography that has delighted audiences for decades! This beginner level class assumes you've had some prior dance training.

Experience a 2018 spin on a centuries old tradition. Burlesque catapulted to modern day popularity in the U.S. through variety shows, cabarets, clubs and theatres, combining bawdy comedy with female striptease. Fast forward to 2018: using musical artists like Christina, Janet and Prince (with some occasional throwbacks like Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughn), our burlesque jazz class emphasizes the female tease while incorporating jazz technique.

Welcome to Jazz! This is a springboard class designed to prepare you for more advance study and/or give you the skills to excel in the other classes you are currently enjoying. BTW, This is the class that launched dance 101 back in 2004. The teaching methods used here caused a revolution in the adult dance industry that forever changed its landscape. 

Ever studied with a teacher who is all about your success - and making it fun? Meet Christina Slaton... she is THAT kind of teacher. What awaits you is an iconic Jazz experience that follows the traditional format: technical warm-up, across the floor sequences, and a few 8counts of brisk performance choreography. Exciting stuff!

Great music, thoughtful instruction and really fun choreography are the cornerstones of this class. Comprehensive warm up begins with isolations then works systematically to strengthen all your dance muscles (expect your arms, feet, abs and glutes to get some serious attention). You'll really appreciate the spinal work and a nice 5 min stretch, too!

This class is called Jazz Roulette because of Caitlin's vast choreographic repertoire-- which includes every incarnation of Jazz imaginable: Commercial Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Broadway jazz and Burlesque... (Lyrical Jazz has its own class on Wednesdays 5:30pm). This 90 minute class includes a full technical warm-up and across-the-floor sequences before heading into the combination.  If you are a serious Jazz dancer, you will thrive in this class.

This class is for dancers who have been, are going or want to go places: Book the gig, nail the audition, do big things. Taught by Cassandra Springs, whose creative style and teaching methods have won the admiration of many of Atlanta's finest Jazz dancers (and that is a big statement). Her 90 minute class follows a traditional Jazz format beginning with a technical warm up, across the floor progressions and finishing with choreography - i.e. all the feels!

In this popular class, you'll feel like you stepped into a time machine. Put a nickel into the jukebox and do the twist, the pony and perhaps some disco to your favorite classics from Elvis Presley, the Chiffons, Cole Porter with an occasional Donna Summer sighting. This class is perfect for newcomers to dance 101 who just want to dance! Have a ton of fun sweating to the oldies. There isn't a more fun way to burn calories and strengthen your heart.

It's time to slow things down and let your body speak Celine Dion, Sam Smith, John Mayer, Mariah Carey, Florence + The Machine and others in this beautifully emotive class.  Taught by Peter Poulos, you can expect a short warm up to align, stretch and strengthen, followed by 40 minutes of soulful (and technical) choreography.

Calling all Atlanta DIVAS! Let your hair down (literally- hair whips are strongly encouraged here) and dance to some of the hottest POP music around. Influenced by the moves of Britney, Beyoncé and Janet, this class is for anyone who wants to learn some iconic Jazz POP choreography without traveling to LA.

This class will build upon Beginner Turns & Leaps by incorporating more challenging sequences across-the-floor with Beg/Int level jumps, leaps and turns.  At this level of training, you will develop greater control, technical understanding and strength to not only help you execute more advanced skills, but to also do them safely.  This instructional class is perfect for dancers who are preparing for pro dance team and theatre auditions, as well as those of you who simply want  a few more tricks in your dance bag. 

Fresh off the stage and into the studio, step into this ultra hot, uber fun and sexy Video POP (jazz) class taught by the Pop Diva himself, Peter! From Beyonce's hair whips to Janet Jackson's precision, from Britney's sultry moves to JLo's spice- this class has all the fun stuff without any technical elements.  Bring a towel and bottled water- it's gonna be fire!