CLASS STYLES & DESCRIPTIONS
Our program is curated by our Studio Directors Claire and Jaymie, to ensure its rich, energised, diverse in disciplines, thinking, creativity, and delivery of outcomes for all the people we serve; from youth, teen, adult and Active Agers aged 65+ -
There is something at Empire for all levels, ages, tastes, walks and stages of life.
YOUTH PROGRAM CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Ballet Our contemporary approach uses both classical and modern music to inspire a deeper connection to the discipline of ballet, barre, and dance technique. And with term by term performance outcomes we allow dancers to learn a repertoire of both classical and contemporary discipline and choreography.
Contemporary Dance Explore the creative and expressive world of contemporary dance with us, focusing on the creative process, dance technique, choreographic process, intension and narrative - embracing innovation and dance techniques from various genres,
as well as the use of devices that all play a role in the act of physical storytelling.
Drama Our creative drama classes play games that increase confidence, learn scripts - learn to work off script, work in a team and develop your own scripts too - voice projection and character - leaning the art of acting through creative play and dramatic development.
Hip-Hop Warm upbeat and engaging, A combination of street dance with Hip-Hop and pop music creating energetic, fun, and hard-hitting choreography focused on hip hop, urban, street dance, and breakdance styling and choreography.
Jazz Funk also called Street Jazz, is an expressive and innovative form of dance combining hip hop grooves with jazz flair, femininity, and technique. Students learn fast paced, or upbeat combinations of expressive movement - and can sometimes use the more feminine elements of Commercial Dance & Hip Hop
Jazz Fusion is a fusion of the Jazz Funk, Commercial Dance and Jazz Technique giving dancers foundation training alongside upbeat and expressive modern jazz choreography.
Lyrical Dance is characterised by grace and fluidity of feeling the music and embodying aspects of ballet, jazz, modern dance and acrobatics. Lyrical choreography uses fluent motion, allowing the dancers to interpret and express the songs emotion through movements.
Lyrcial Contemporary fuses both lyrical and contemporary disciplines; teaching dance foundations, technique, movement, musicality, expression & confidence as well as intension of movement. Our dancers are constantly challenged and developing a good understanding of fluidity, creativity, musicality, pace & emotion.
Mat Pilates is our Mat-based Pilates classes for growing teenage bodies - focuses on understanding core strength, stability, posture, breath control, and flexibility, working to balance all muscle groups, strength and flexibility, with an emphasis on slow, controlled movements to assist in injury prevention & enhance daily activity. For ages 12+
Power Pom is a super diverse class with a focus on diverse and challenging dances with stunting, tumbling, pom and acrobatics in a safe and inclusive environment while developing strength, flexibility, lines using expressive sharp movements with pompoms.
TEEN PROGRAM CLASS DESCRIPTIONS - EMPIRE EMERGE
A dedicated space for high school students aged 13-18yrs. This is where emerging dancers, movers, artists come to grow, explore and express.
Empire Emerge is designed to meet Teens where they are - and elevate them to where they are going. See Teen Timetable for full details.
Ballet Our contemporary approach uses both classical and modern music to inspire a deeper connection to the discipline of ballet, barre, and dance technique. And with term by term performance outcomes we allow dancers to learn a repertoire of both classical and contemporary discipline and choreography.
Commercial Dance is high energy, upbeat and passionate. This industry favourite is a fusion of street jazz & urban dance that creates dynamic, sexy and expressive choreography with strong feminine styling.
Contemporary Dance Explore the creative and expressive world of contemporary dance with us, focusing on the creative process, dance technique, choreographic process, intension and narrative - embracing innovation and dance techniques from various genres, including ballet, jazz, modern dance, lyrical, as well as the use of devices that all play a role in the act of physical storytelling.
Hip-Hop Warm upbeat and engaging, A combination of street dance with Hip-Hop and pop music creating energetic, fun, and hard-hitting choreography focused on hip hop, urban, street dance, and breakdance styling and choreography.
Jazz Funk also called Street Jazz, is an expressive and innovative form of dance combining hip hop grooves with jazz flair, femininity, and technique. Students learn fast paced, or upbeat combinations of expressive movement - and can sometimes use the more feminine elements of Commercial Dance & Hip Hop
Lyrical Dance is characterised by grace and fluidity of feeling the music and embodying aspects of ballet, jazz, modern dance and acrobatics. Lyrical choreography uses fluent motion, allowing the dancers to interpret and express the songs emotion through movements.
Lyrcial Contemporary fuses both lyrical and contemporary disciplines; teaching dance foundations, technique, movement, musicality, expression & confidence as well as intension of movement. Our dancers are constantly challenged and developing a good understanding of fluidity, creativity, musicality, pace & emotion.
Mat Pilates is our Mat-based Pilates classes for growing teenage bodies - focuses on understanding core strength, stability, posture, breath control, and flexibility, working to balance all muscle groups, strength and flexibility, with an emphasis on slow, controlled movements to assist in injury prevention & enhance daily activity. For ages 12+
ADULT PROGRAM CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
HEELS BY EMPIRE - OWN YOUR BODY. RULE YOUR EMPIRE
Our adult program is a body empowerment program embracing dance, strength & femininity - creating a more confident, connected, expressive version of you. Its an embracing vibe.
We’ll give you the freedom to walk feeling empowered in every day life too.
Pilates and Wellness Program
Strength. Mobility. Confidence.
Connection Collective is a weekly space to pause, connect and reset - or make some new mates, grab a coffee and chat. This is a lighter low pressured offering designed around coffee, conversation, mentoring, and motivation - open to anyone in our community who’s curious, growing, or simply want to grab a coffee and connect x
Mat Pilates Our Mat-based Pilates focuses on strength, stability, posture, breath control, and flexibility, working to balance all muscle groups, strength and flexibility, with an emphasis on challenging the core muscles with using slow, controlled movements.
Great as a stand alone class, or conditioning for dancers.
Stretch & Flex Takes the above Pilates elements, and adds a fusion of Yoga and Stretching to help you unwind and reset and exhale.
Connection & Community Program
Spaces to Exhale.
Connection Collective is a weekly space to pause, connect and reset - or make some new mates, grab a coffee and chat. This is a lighter low pressured offering designed around coffee, conversation, mentoring, and motivation - open to anyone in our community who’s curious, growing, or simply want to grab a coffee and connect x
Feel Good Fridays is a feel good, laid back jazz fusion class with only good vibes to kick start your weekend. This class is focus on connecting and making sure we laugh before we leave x
Friday Feels Heels is our weekly Friday evening heels dance class, designed to shake off the week, allow yourself and hour to replenish and honor yourself - with feel-good vibes to take you into your weekend feeling amped!
Sunday Sweat Sessions Our monthly 3 x heels classes jam packed with energy, love and community - with rotating dance styles and teachers every month xox
Stretch & Flex Takes the above Pilates elements, and adds a fusion of Yoga and Stretching to help you unwind and reset and exhale.
Sneaker or Barefoot Program
Ballet. Join our refreshing Open Ballet Classes, and experience barre work, dance technique, poise, across the floor and a short weekly choreography x Our approach to ballet is contemporary is style do do expect a mixture of classical and modern music, and sometimes a little fusion of lyrical and contemporary dance to keep you literally on your toes :)
Commercial Dance is high energy, upbeat and passionate. This industry favourite is a fusion of street jazz & urban dance that creates dynamic, sexy and expressive choreography with strong feminine styling.
Contemporary Dance is a creative expression and flow of move, and response to music. Like Lyrical, this class is fluid and graceful but allows room for quirk and creative ebb n flow.
Feel Good Fridays is a feel good, laid back jazz fusion class with only good vibes to kick start your weekend. This class is focus on connecting and making sure we laugh before we leave x
Femme Fusion Drip in confidence & finesse, this class is all flavour, fire and feminine energy
Hip Hop is our upbeat, engaging, street style n grooves from old school to new school.
Jazz Fusion is a fusion of the Jazz Funk, Commercial Dance and Jazz Technique giving dancers foundation training alongside upbeat and expressive modern jazz choreography.
Lyrical Dance Our graceful goddess who embodies fluidity of motion, poise and interpretation that allows our dancers to express the songs emotion through movements.
Slow Jam Feel the music not the rush, Slow Jam is where sensual meets soulful.
Heels Styles Program
Burlesque celebrates sexuality & sensual empowerment through choreography, comedy, theatre, tease, strip tease, roleplay, & burlesque styling, to create intimate & powerful storytelling through dance and theatre.
Burlesque Fusion is a beginner friendly class, exploring the fusion, technique and foundations of theses styles. A glamorous blend of tease and charm with a sprinkle of cabaret lines & poise.
Cabaret Fusion is a nod to the cabaret of nightclubs, sensual flair, glitter and sparkle, it is is sexy and slinky, with poise, feminine styling, & jazz fundamentals that create intimate cabaret performance. Think Jazz technique, cabaret heat and showgirl sparkle and charm.
Commercial Dance is high energy, upbeat and passionate. This industry favourite is a fusion of street jazz & urban dance that creates dynamic, sexy and expressive choreography with strong feminine styling.
Friday Feels Heels is our weekly Friday evening heels dance class, designed to shake off the week, allow yourself and hour to replenish and honor yourself - with feel-good vibes to take you into your weekend feeling amped!
Heels Grind is our spiciest class. An erotic & exotic freaky flow of twerk, sultry, sass, pump, grind, hit the floor hardcore. Our Red Light Grind is where the heat and spice is dialled all the way up to empower every part of your senses.
Heels Sensual is alluring, seductive & suggestive, this class focuses on sensual and sexy flow celebrating the softer side of femininity with smooth commercial choreography to indulge your senses.
Hip Hop in Heels is sassy, sexy and powerful urban choreography celebrating you, hip hop & rnb culture. A strong emphasis on rhythm, energy, attitude, hairography, expression and sistahood, that develops you into a confident and agile urban goddess.
Hot Sauce Heels is our spiciest Heels Fusion dance class, in an open class format you’ll learn different sexy and sensual heels dances from week to week -focusing on empowered movements and a smoking hot vibe.
Jazz Fusion is a fusion of the Jazz Funk, Commercial Dance and Jazz Technique giving dancers foundation training alongside upbeat and expressive modern jazz choreography.
Sunday Sweat Sessions Our monthly 3 x heels classes jam packed with energy, love and community - with rotating dance styles and teachers every month xox
THRIVE - ACTIVE AGERS CLASSES 60+
We believe you are never too old to learn to dance, and never too old to dance xox
Claire has been teaching Forever Young active Agers dance classes for ten years, and is hugely passionate about giving her parents generation access to active aging dance classes.
We focus on building community and connection while working on memory, stability, and increasing co-ordination, mobility and movement range while learning to dance.
Thrive Ballet is gentle ballet class for those in their golden years. In this class we absolutely have fun sharing the passion of dance, while keeping fit and staying young at heart, and work on poise, balance, strength for those aged over 60.
Thrive Hip Hop is gentle urban street dance class for those in their golden years. In this class we absolutely have fun sharing the passion of dance, while keeping fit and staying young at heart, and create gentle hip hop routines for those aged over 60.
Thrive Jazz is gentle jazz class for those in their golden years. In this class we absolutely have fun sharing the passion of dance, while keeping fit and staying young at heart, and create jazz, jazz funk, and gentle cabaret routines for those aged over 60.
Thrive Pilates is our Chair, Barre & Mat-based Pilates class for active agers - focusing on core strength, balance, stability & mobility, posture, flexibility and breath control, we work together to create strong and stable active agers balancing and maintain muscle groups for a better quality of life in our golden years.
Join our Active Aging community and feel connected, expressed and fit!
