Dance
The Dance Department at River Hill is a special place! A place where you are guaranteed to make life long memories and friends, all while creatively expressing yourself and
learning who you are as a person and a dancer.
learning who you are as a person and a dancer.
Dance I - IV:
GT Company:
GT Dance Seminar
Dance For Athletes
- We create engaging, purposeful artistic expression through a variety of styles including: Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical, Contemporary, Modern, Ballet, and a Student Choreography unit.
- All dance classes perform several numbers in our Winter and Spring Dance Concerts.
- At least one educational field trip is planned for students enrolled in a dance class.
- OPEN TO ALL GRADES and ALL LEVELS!! I promise there is a place for you! This is a full year class.
GT Company:
- Both Junior and Senior Company are performance based groups.
- They perform in all of the pep rallies, assemblies, Winter and Spring Concert, Howard County Dance Festival....
- Company members get to dive into their creative and expressive outlets as half of their performance numbers are expected to be student choreography.
- Company members are provided with an out of town/ over night trip opportunity to expand their dance knowledge.
- These groups are also provided the opportunity to work with special guest artist brought in from all around.
- OPEN TO ALL GRADES BUT MUST AUDITION TO BE CONSIDERED FOR COMPANY PLACEMENT. This is a full year class.
GT Dance Seminar
- This is open to upper classman with approval from Ms. Byrd. This is a full year class.
- Dance Seminar students get to really dive in and learn what it is like to run a dance department. They will learn what all it takes to produce an entire production.
- Seminar students are expected to help lead Dance I-IV classes as well as contribute through choreographing.
Dance For Athletes
- This is open to 10th-12th graders and is a semester class.
- In DFA we explore the benefits of cross training.
- Regardless of your sport of choice, DFA will provide you with the upper hand on the field, court, track..........
- Students enrolled in DFA can expect to increase their flexibility, balance, strength, reaction time, and over all sport ability.