Which is the best dance style for you?

Are you thinking of trying dance in 2024, but you’re not sure which style to choose? Read this post to learn more about the styles we offer.

Jazz is a fun and active style of dance, combining technique and personality. The style involves learning how to execute turns, kicks, leaps and jumps, as well as learning to dance to different rhythms.

Lyrical and Contemporary styles involve technique and precision as well as allow students to express their personalities through movement. These styles aim to improve quality of movement, expression on stage, and improve turns and leaps specific to contemporary and modern styles.

Ballet is the foundational style for all forms of dance. We use the ATOD Classical Syllabus guidelines to provide foundational technique, which focuses on teaching safe dance practices and promoting gracefulness in movement.

Tap is an energetic and performative style involving learning to work with rhythm and beats in music. We follow the Glenn Wood Syllabus to provide a great foundation for tap technique for our students.

Hip Hop is a strong and active style of dance encompassing different influences of street dance, break dance, popping and many more different styles of Hip Hop. This fun and lively style involves confidence and power.

Boys Hip Hop. We also provide a Boys only class to encourage more boys to become involved in dance, as well as to promote teamwork, building confidence and having fun.

Acrobatics involves improving strength and flexibility to improve acrobatic skills such as handstands, cartwheels, walkovers, backflips, headstands, aerials and many more, with the aim that these skills will enhance dance routines. We follow the Acrobatic Arts syllabus to ensure proper technique and safety of students. 

READY SET MOVE, DANCE, BALLET, and ACRO. These classes are for our preschoolers from 12 months old up to five years old. Exploring all genres, these classes are designed for both boys & girls and teach our students confidence, coordination and creativity. 

Drama is a class where we can be creative and portray different characters through our acting skills. Students learn to read and analyse a play or a script and create characters to perform on stage. Drama is a performing art that crosses over with dance, it can benefit dancers by improving their stage presence and emotional performance on stage.

Singing is a class where you learn the techniques of using your voice to produce sound. It will give the students an understanding of breath support, pitch, diction and vowel placement through vocal exercises.

Dance Factor offers classes across ALL styles of dance and our range of classes can cater for all ages and abilities. Contact Dance Factor to trial a class with us. 

Dance Factor is a Wollongong based dance studio.