Salem Family YMCA
YMCA of Marion & Polk Counties
All ages feel welcome at the YMCA

Dance

The Kells Room at the Salem Family YMCA is home to The Inspiration Dance Company (IDC). Through the Y, IDC offers high-quality and fun dance education for all ages.

Class Descriptions:

Creative Dance

This fun filled class teaches an understanding of music and rhythm while learning dance basics in Ballet, Jazz, and Hip Hop. Dancers are encouraged to use their imaginations and creativity as they explore these new dance styles.
Levels: Creative 1 (Ages3-4), Creative 2 (Ages 4-6), Creative 3 (Ages 5-6)

Combo Classes

These classes allow newer dancers to explore various styles within the dance world. Ballet, Lyrical, Jazz, and Hip Hop are all featured and give dancers a chance to find the styles that they like best.
(Ages 7-18)

Ballet

Technique is the foundation of dance! Our ballet classes focus on the proper technique, body alignment, gracefulness, flexibility and core strength required of a trained dancer.
Levels: Beginning, Ballet 1, Ballet 2, Ballet 3, Pointe, Adult (Except for Beg. Ballet, please contact Dance Director to determine which level is best for your current level of training)

Jazz

This class explores many styles of Jazz: Fosse, funk, thrash, contemporary, lyrical--each of these styles combine classic dance technique with innovative ways of movement. Jazz dance is a great style for the dancer that likes a faster pace than ballet, but also desires to learn foundational dance technique.
Levels: Beginning, Inter/Advanced, Adult

Lyrical

Characterized by movement reflecting the words or feeling of a song, lyrical makes music come to life. If you are a dancer that desires to grow in your performance skills and technique and have a desire to push yourself, this is the class for you.
Levels: Beginning, Inter/Advanced, Adult

Hip Hop

Get up and Dance! Come learn the hottest new street style moves to the best new R&B and Hip Hop songs. In these classes, dancers focus on performance skills, flexibility, core strength, stamina, and learn about spacing and dance technique such as turns, leaps and jumps.
Levels: Beginning (Ages 7-11), Adv. Beginning (12+), Inter/Adv, Adult

Latin

These classes incorporate various Latin styles such as merengue, salsa, cha cha, rumba and the cumbia. No partner is needed. Just come and get ready to do some hip shaking!
(Ages 6+)