Recital Program

Season 11 Recital Program classes begin in September 2023 and end in June 2024. 

All 10-month classes will participate in our annual year-end celebrations at the Kay Meek Arts Centre!


ACRO - AcroDance is the blending of acrobatic tricks, focusing on strength, flexibility, balance, limbering, and tumbling, with the technique and fluidity of dance. Driftwood’s Acro classes follow the Acrobatic Arts syllabus and are taught by certified AA educators.

BALLET - Ballet is a form of dance, often considered a solid foundation for other technical dance genres. It is known for aesthetics and rigorous training. Students at Driftwood follow a British ballet syllabus from the Royal Academy of Dance.

JUMPS & TURNS - Our Jump & Turns Class is a technique class designed to assist students in strengthening and improving the skills of different leaps, jumps, turns, kicks etc. Working progressively, we will touch on a variety of elements used in jumps and turns technique such as; proper posture, core strength, balance, and spotting techniques.

HIP HOP - Hip Hop dance is a form of street dance performed to Hip Hop music. It includes a wide variety of styles, such as locking + popping, breaking + stalling. It has evolved into a more commercial form, picking up large elements of Jazz.

MODERN - Modern dance was originally created to rebel the strict rules of ballet. With a feeling of freedom (no shoes), and less emphasis on rotation (a cornerstone of ballet), Modern dance allowed new and different ways to express emotion.

JAZZ - Jazz dance has much of its roots in the music, which inspired it. It has many branches, including Broadway, commercial, and modern. It can be heavily syncopated and unpredictable, fast or slow, with dynamic use of body shapes and timing.

LYRICAL - An offshoot of Jazz, the tempo is often slowed to become dreamlike, with a focus on grace. Lyrical jazz generally tells a story, allowing dancers to use their body as narration.

PBT - Progressing Ballet Technique is an innovative body-conditioning and strengthening program that has been designed to enhance students' technique by focussing on training the muscle memory required in each exercise in all forms of dance. PBT focuses on core strength, weight placement and alignment of the body with a gradual approach of carefully designed exercises.

TAP - Students of Tap will explore many patterns and speeds while learning a large vocabulary of unique steps. Dancers will focus on refining their footwork, improving their balance and sharing space and rhythms with fellow tappers. Tap is also a wonderful way to learn improvisational skills!

STAGE - A program focusing on dancing, stage performance, and drama, utilizing the element of lip syncing. Stage encourages students to develop confidence in the performative arts, make friends, and have great fun!


Driftwood Dance Academy educators are certified in Acrobatic Arts, Associated Dance Arts for Professional Teachers (ADAPT), Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD), Progressing Ballet Technique, (PBT), the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), and Rhythm Works Integrative Dance (RWID). 

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