Dance
Hip Hop
Beginning hip hop will be geared toward all ages as a breakdown of the basics. This class will be a safe, energetic, action packed class teaching rhythm and original choreography with fun ground work incorporated.
Intermediate and Advanced Hip Hop will learn a new dance each session and perform for friends and family at the end of the 8 weeks. Learn great new moves with a fun teacher.
Ballet, Tap and Jazz
Our developmental program is wonderful for teaching the basics of ballet, tap and jazz while exposing other forms of dance that get your child excited to move. We offer beginning and intermediate ballet, combo classes with ballet and jazz, and combo classes with ballet, tap and jazz. Classes are available for ages 3 and up.
Instructors
Francesco Severini is a renowned performer, dancer and choreographer in the world of dance and the entertainment industry who studied with the San Francisco Ballet. He has a whole string of accomplishments including being in the Broadway musical “Peter Pan” with Cathy Rigby (remember her?). Francesco is also an expert in Kinesiology and loves teaching kids, teens and adults how and why their bodies move. He teaches many of our Ballet and Combo classes here at Aspire.
Casey Chapel has been working at Aspire since 2001. In addition to being the Upward Bound Program Director, she has also coached in the Tumblebugs program, various teams, and at summer camps. Casey has an extensive past in the sport of gymnastics. She competed level 9 in St. Louis, Missouri and has been coaching since 1996. She is also a hip hop dancer with the entertainment crew “Foot Klan”. Casey teaches our Hip Hop classes here at Aspire.
