Leaps & Turns Technique 
A Class to Enhance the Dancer in Various Leap and Turn Elements
(A class that emphasizes certain techniques for Company level, Dance Teams, Cheer Teams, & College Dance Teams)

This class will provide additional detailed instruction in all forms of Leaps and Turns sequences. This particular class can provide detailed technique to be used in various genres & levels of Dance including Company level, Dance Team, Cheer Team & College Dance Teams.

​Pictured: (L to R) Gabby Marques - Professional Contemporary Dancer, Award Winning Choreographer, GAD Contemporary Director
Alison Caspersen - Guest Leading Artist of Georgia Dance Theatre Performing Company & GAD Rehearsal Director

We train for excellence in dance from Dance Team to Performing Company Levels


Did you know?

Countless local Dance Team dancers - past and present - received their foundational dance training from Artistic Director Sherri Davis at Georgia Academy of Dance & the Performing Arts through a comprehensive dance curriculum with emphasis on Ballet and the Contemporary. Several of our alumni have continued their Dance Team careers both collegiately and for professional sports teams, where they have danced for the University of Georgia Dance Dawgs, Georgia Tech Goldrush, and Atlanta Falcons cheerleading squad.

Presently, the majority of current (2023) & past Starr's Mill Dance Team members received their training from Georgia Academy of Dance & the Performing Arts.
In addition, throughout the years we have trained the majority of the dancers on the McIntosh Chiefettes in dance technique.
And Georgia Academy of Dance & the Performing Arts has provided the formal training for local private competitive teams as well.

​Our Company level training has been consistently commended for its' high level of quality training and presentation by the Georgia Council of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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We believe our emphasis on sound technique, dancer self-confidence, and a supportive educational environment are the foundation for these continued results. 

Pictured below are a few of the various dancers who were trained at Georgia Academy of Dance & the Performing Arts
​Teams Represented
* UGA * Georgia Tech * Atlanta Falcons * McIntosh * Starrs Mill * Whitewater* Local Private Competitive Teams

We are honored to be able to provide a safe and proven path to achieve Dance Team status locally and at the collegiate level.


​What specific technique requirements will be taught?

· Right, Left, & Middle Leaps
· Right & Left Switch Leaps
· Pirouettes (Singles, Doubles, & Triples)
· Right, Left, & Center Splits
· Toe Touches
· Axles
· Calypsos
· Fouettes
· Fouettes a ‘la seconde (in second postion)
· Spinning Discs
· “C” Jumps
· Pirouettes, Chaines Turns


DRESS CODE
Any color leotard, black leggings, Capezio Half Ballet Shoe. Hair in ponytail or bun.