Here are answers to some of our most frequently asked questions. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, please reach out to us. We would love to help you decide if our studio could be your Contemporary dance home.
Contemporary dance, a free-form style of dancing, allows for strong creative expression through free movement and improvisation. This fundamental aligns to enable a dancer’s personal expression, creative thinking and fluid transitions. It gets dancers thinking outside the box and therefore boosting their creativity.
Access your 3 week contemporary class trial
Looking for a way for your young dancer to express empowerment and navigate the challenges of growing up? Consider a class that focuses on creativity and personal growth rather than rigid technicality!
Access a 3 week trial for Contemporary dance classes. Just $33 to expand their dance horizons today.
About our Contemporary Dance classes
Contemporary Dance is a visually pleasing genre of dance that features heavily in popular dance culture. Our Contemporary Dance classes allow our dance students to learn and experience an altogether different dance style. As we find many students have a genuine love of dance in all its forms, we encourage the exploration of different genres, and those who have attended dance lessons before are welcome to try Contemporary dance.
Our dance teachers have trained in Contemporary dance, and had experience as professional Contemporary dance performers. They love providing the opportunity to learn different styles and techniques to our dance students who are maturing as performers and people.
8-10 years Contemporary
Building on their knowledge and skills from other dance forms, students are taught the fundamentals of Contemporary dance, including the introduction of fluid movements, floorwork, and contractions, as well as preliminary movement passages and combinations.
10-14 years Contemporary
Students apply skills learned from dance to build understanding of the strong, expressive, lyrical dynamism of Contemporary dance. Classes focus on fluid movements, floorwork, and contractions, as well as intricate combinations and big movement passages.
Open Contemporary
Students apply skills learned from other dance forms to build understanding of the strong, expressive, lyrical dynamism of Contemporary dance. These classes put extra focus on the torso, strong and controlled leg work, contract-release, floor work, fall and recovery, and improvisation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who can do Contemporary dance classes?
Contemporary dance is suitable for both boys and girls, although it requires participants to have previous dance training.
When can my child start Contemporary dance?
Students interested in Contemporary dance can start when they are 8 years of age, however they must also be enrolled in another dance genre. Intermediate students will gain an introduction to Contemporary dance, while senior students (aged 15 years and over) explore more advanced concepts and themes.
I’ve heard dance classes can be expensive? Is that true?
As with all extracurricular activities, there are costs associated with classes like Contemporary dance. We are very conscious of keeping costs manageable for busy families and you can learn more here about how we do this.
Who teaches Contemporary dance at CM Dance?
We are proud of our passionate and talented dance teachers, having taken great care in their selection. All our teachers have danced most of their lives, including Contemporary dance training and teaching. They truly understand and appreciate how dance enriches the lives of their students beyond the development of dance skills. We love watching our dancers flourish into confident performers of Contemporary dance – and you will too. Learn more about our teachers here.
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