Acrobatic Movement
Acrobatic movement like aerials, handsprings, and flips have become an essential part of any dancers training. Acro adds a wow factor to performance and kids love it! At Roots we are ideally situated with the necessary equipment, soft surfaces, and instructors so that acrobatic training can become a part of your young dancers' experience from day one.
Dance Instruction
Ages 3-18
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We have highly qualified, fun, engaging instructors who will give your child the technical foundations and skills to pursue high levels of dance achievement, whatever their dreams are.
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Families are welcome to enroll in Acro for Dancers classes, even if you are not taking dance classes at Roots. This class is open to kids in our community who may want to supplement their dance classes at other facilities with acro training at Roots.​
"Finding Joy Though Movement"
Tumble Dance:
Intro to Dance & Acro
Pixies: Ages 3-4
Minnies: Ages 5-7
Moxies: Ages 8-12
This is the place to start! Tumble dance is a fast paced, highly engaging, and fun! Kids love that they get to work on both dance and gymnastics skills in one combo class. Tumble Dance includes the following curriculum:
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-Ballet & Jazz foundation technique and terminology
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-Beginning gymnastics floor skills that can be easily incorporated into dance.
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-Creative movement. Dance requires a strong theatrical, emotive element in order to really bring it to life, to make it a powerful art form. Creative movement can help beginning dancers shed inhibitions, unleash imagination, and explore authentic self-expression which is so fundamental to dance.
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-Rhythms, counting, and connecting to music.
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-Conditioning & flexibility as age appropriate.
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Dress Code: Leotard (May layer with leggings/shorts/tights)
Ages 8-18
As children get older and master the skills in Tumble Dance, we begin separating dance and acro into two difference classes. This provides performers with the necessary time to develop both their dance and their acro skills at more challenging levels. So when you enroll in the following dance classes, you can mix and match your dance class with an Acro for Dancers course, or a Tumbling Course.
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*While we highly recommend that kids start off in Tumble Dance, younger children with previous dance experience may contact our office to inquire about these classes.
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Our Values:
-Learning should be fun!
-Learning happens best in an environment where kids feel welcomed and accepted.
-Daily Successes grow confidence! Children gain confidence as they are appropriately challenged and learn that they can exceed their own expectations of themselves.
-We seek excellence! Personal fulfillment comes through becoming the best version of ourselves as individuals, teammates, and dancers.
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Families are welcome to enroll in Acro for Dancers classes, even if you are not taking dance classes at Roots. This class is open to kids in our community who may want to supplement their dance classes at other facilities with acro training at Roots.​
Benefits of Dance
-Physical development and mastery: Dancing teaches grace, poise, power, strength, flexibility, and much more.
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-Friendships: Learning, dancing, and performing with others can create bonds that will last a lifetime. And it can gives children a support group that can help them through the ups and downs of growing up.
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-Confidence: Dancers have to learn to let go of fears of inhibitions as they take the stage and share themselves through movement and performance.
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-Creative Genius: As they move though the program, kids have the opportunity to develop their own creative voice, participating in the creation and development of choreography that they get to perform.
Instructors
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Here are some ways you can get your child registered:
In Person
216 Commerce St.
Missoula, MT 59808
Over the Phone
Call us during our office hours at:
406-728-4258