Dance Classes

 

 

Meet Your Coach:

Coach Toni has been involved with jazz and hip hop dance as well as all-star cheerleading since the age of 5! She took dance classes as well as competed Yuba Sutter All-Stars beginning at a young age. She continued with dance throughout elementary school years and later joined her Junior High School Drill Team as well as cheerleading squad, high school cheerleading team, as well as Junior college teams. She was recruited out of an all-star cheerleading camp to begin her coaching career at the age of 15 teaching beginner and intermediate level classes at Jungle Gymnastics in Santa Maria, CA. She continued on to coach the Santa Maria Valley All-Star Rockets, The Lompoc All-Star Sparks, The YMCA Heat All-Star, The Santa Maria BSU Hip Hop Explosion All-Stars, assisted with Triple Threat All-Stars, and Central Coast Shockwave All-Stars all on the Central Coast of California! This is now in her 8th year of coach gymnastics, cheerleading, and dance!

Jazz/Hip Hop

Past jazz and hip hop experience is great, but even beginners will have a blast in this high energy dance class which introduces basic to advanced hip hop, the latest trends, & jazz dancing moves. Dance conditioning will be introduced to strengthen the body for more advanced hip-hop training. All movement will be modest & age appropriate and all music will be free of questionable lyrics. Students will spend time learning jazz dancing and hip hop techniques and coordinate them into a high energy routine that will be performed during our Gym South Recitals!

Jazz/Gymnastics

This is a fun upbeat class that focuses on jazz dancing as well as gymnastics fundamentals. Dance conditioning will be introduced to strengthen the body and gain control of body positions. While some students have no prior dance training, others will have several years of experience. Students will advance with their own ability levels through center work & progressions. Students will spend time coordinating their skills into a high energy routine that they will perform during Gym South Recitals!

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Ballet/Zumba

Whitney Mayfield holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Performance from Birmingham- Southern College, where she attended on scholarship for dance.  While at BSC, Ms. Mayfield had the honor of studying under Mira Popovich, Ruth Henry, and Teri Weksler. Ms. Mayfield received her earlier training from Pamela Merkel at Alabama Dance Academy, as well as the prestigious American Ballet Theatre’s summer program.  She is classically trained in Vagonova technique, but also has had extensive training in Checceti and Royal Academy of Dance methods. In addition to classical ballet, Ms. Mayfield also has an impressive background in modern, jazz, contemporary, and tap. Whitney is currently in her first year of professional work.  She joined the Atlanta Festival Ballet Company in July as a company member. Since joining the company, she has had the pleasure of dancing under Nicolas Pacana, artistic director. Whitney also has 3 years of teaching experience with students of all ages, including children with special needs.  Ms. Mayfield is also a certified Zumba fitness instructor.

Ballet

For younger age groups we will perform exercises to teach them spacial awareness, an understanding of rythm, enhance coordination, and strengthen both large and small muscle groups. All of these exercises are tailored to build a ballet dancer's necessary skills. Basic, beginning classical ballet positions, movements, and poses will be introduced as well.

Older age groups will concentrate more on learning the correct presentation and performance of ballet positions, movements, and poses. Balletic exercises will also strengthen the muscles necessary for more complex steps. The older age group will also explore classical performance skills.

 

 

 

Zumba

The Zumba® program fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a one-of-a-kind fitness program that will blow you away. Our goal is simple: We want you to want to work out, to love working out, to get hooked. Zumba® Fanatics achieve long-term benefits while experiencing an absolute blast in one exciting hour of calorie-burning, body-energizing, awe-inspiring movements meant to engage and captivate for life!

The routines feature interval training sessions where fast and slow rhythms and resistance training are combined to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat. Add some Latin flavor and international zest into the mix and you've got a Zumba® class!