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.
Derrick Broussard started dancing in 1993 at age 11. He whitnessed a group of dancers break dancing and popping during a lunchtime session at school. He was exposed to hip hop culture while living in California. Shortly after moving to Phoenix in 1995, he joined the Foot Klan dance group. While dancing at the 2003 Hip Hop Awards in Los Angels, CA, he was approached by the Bobby Ball talent agency to damce professionally, and was with them for 2 years. While working in LA, he performed in several music videos and commercials. Derrick teaches our Hip Hop classes here at Aspire.
