{"id":393,"date":"2013-11-26T16:29:17","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T16:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/?page_id=393"},"modified":"2025-02-20T12:41:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T12:41:21","slug":"guernsey-modern-dance-classes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/index.php\/guernsey-modern-dance-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"Guernsey Modern Dance Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Why Modern dance?<\/h3>\n<p>Modern is a fun and fast moving discipline, which compliments Ballet and Tap very well, it also opens the door to Jazz, which broadens the horizons of any dancer &#8211; vital in today&#8217;s competitive dance world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guernsey Modern Dance Classes<\/strong> start at the age of 5 yrs (or 3, in our combined <strong>Introduction to Tap &amp; Modern<\/strong> class)\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>A warm-up starts off each of the lessons, leading into stretching and strengthening exercises for the legs and core, isolating different parts of the body, and moving to different types of music. As with Ballet and Tap, the class progresses\u00a0to a rhythm section which builds in each grade; giving the children a good knowledge of music and its qualities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/47682447_334011624098950_4071202205707796480_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1501 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/47682447_334011624098950_4071202205707796480_n-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/47682447_334011624098950_4071202205707796480_n-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/47682447_334011624098950_4071202205707796480_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/47682447_334011624098950_4071202205707796480_n-768x759.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/47682447_334011624098950_4071202205707796480_n-1024x1012.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/47682447_334011624098950_4071202205707796480_n.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The class then builds into the dance movement section, where students begin to learn how to turn, leap, kick, use the floor, jump, and put these together into free amalgamations and dance routines. The end section of the lesson is dedicated to developing\u00a0 these routines in a specific style. Modern dance incorporates different styles and is portrayed in different ways depending on the music style. It has a great fun element allowing the children to express themselves and contribute to the Class.<\/p>\n<p>Modern dance is a fun and light-hearted discipline and suits a child with bags of energy and\/or a bubbly personality.<\/p>\n<div>As the children go up through the Grades they build strength, flexibility, confidence and the ability to master varying styles. The grades\u00a0are great fun, fast moving and have a large range of dance qualities and individual dance moves. For the older student this discipline affords a breadth and depth, which is very rewarding and allows students to be creative through improvisation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2130\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2130\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DanceAcademy-7-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2130\" src=\"http:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DanceAcademy-7-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DanceAcademy-7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DanceAcademy-7-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DanceAcademy-7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DanceAcademy-7-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DanceAcademy-7-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">default<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Modern dance exams<\/h3>\n<p>As for Ballet, Modern dance exams are undertaken from the age of 6yrs with Grade 1, through to Grade 6 and on to the Vocational\u00a0qualifications.<\/p>\n<p>All exams are taken with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing.<\/p>\n<p>Exams are not compulsory: the choice lies with parent and child. However, they are encouraged since they develop a sense of achievement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2132\" style=\"width: 437px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DanceAcademy-18-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2132\" src=\"http:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DanceAcademy-18-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DanceAcademy-18-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DanceAcademy-18-1024x608.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DanceAcademy-18-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DanceAcademy-18-1536x912.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DanceAcademy-18-2048x1216.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">default<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>TRIAL <strong>Guernsey Modern Dance Classes<\/strong> AVAILABLE AT ALL STANDARDS AND DISCIPLINES<\/p>\n<p>TO BOOK YOUR CHILD IN FOR A FREE TRIAL CLASS CALL\u00a007781 414940 OR EMAIL enquiries@thedanceacademy.org<\/p>\n<p>Classes available for age 5 yrs to 16+ yrs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Modern dance? 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Guernsey Modern Dance Classes start at the age of 5 yrs (or 3, in our combined &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/index.php\/guernsey-modern-dance-classes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Guernsey Modern Dance Classes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2128,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-393","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2134,"href":"https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/393\/revisions\/2134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}