Types of dance
You make sounds with your feet
What is tap
One foot kicks out to the front and crosses over the other leg before stepping out (hint: we do this step in our warm up)
What is a kick ball change
This is a ballroom dance form typically performed with a partner (hint: you can also dip your chips in this)
What is Salsa Dancing
This is used to hold on to in ballet class
What is a barre
A highly technical dance form with a vocabulary based on French terminology
What is ballet
This step goes side, back, side, together
What is a grape vine
What does teacher really misses her Wednesday night hip hop dance classes?
Who is Miss Lexi
This is a musical/movie based on an animal that can be a pet or live outside
What is Cats
This are used as a soft surface to land on in acro class
What is an acro mat
A style of that combines acting, singing, and dancing together (hint: Miss Alice is a great teacher for this).
What is musical theatre
What is a coffee grinder
This is what Miss Lexi is majoring in at Akron
What is dance
This movie stars many different penguins and they sound like they are tap dancing!
What is Happy Feet
You wear these on your feet for dance class
What are dance shoes
Refers to street dance styles (hint: you might be in this class right now)
What is Hip Hop
This is another floor work step that involves taking six steps (hint: we worked on this last week).
What is a six step
It is very important to do this to stay flexible
What is stretching
This is a show where people can audition their solo in any style of dance and hope to become "America's favorite dancer"
What is So You Think You Can Dance
You keep all of the things you bring to dance class in here
What are dance bags
An expressive style of dance (began in the late 19th/early 20th century) often considered an opposite to ballet (hint: Mia and Daphne's mom teaches this style)
What is modern dance
This step is named after something the dentist wants you to do
What is the floss
We do this at the beginning of each class before we go across the floor.
What is warm up
This movie/musical was originally an animated cartoon about animals in the jungle and recently had a remake of the movie (hint: Circle of Life)
What is The Lion King
We use these in class to watch and see what we are doing
What is a mirror