Find Your Style, Discover Your Level
CHOOSE YOUR DANCE LEVEL
Our Dance Levels Explained
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Start here if you’re brand new to dance, trying a new style, or returning after a long break. Classes focus on foundations, body awareness, and confidence building.
👉 Years of experience: 0–1 year -
Suitable for both newer dancers and those with some training. Instructors offer modifications and progressions so everyone can grow at their own pace.
👉 Years of experience: 1–2 years (flexible depending on comfort and style). Try beginner classes first. -
For dancers ready to move at a quicker pace with more complex choreography and performance quality. Strong foundations in the style are expected.
👉 Years of experience: Typically 2+ years in that specific style -
Designed for experienced dancers, often with performance or competitive backgrounds. Advanced classes assume technical proficiency, stamina, and quick learning ability. No class time taken for instruction in technical abiliity.
👉 Years of experience: 3+ years dedicated training in that specific style
DANCE STYLES
HIP HOP
THE STYLE:
Hip Hop dance emerged in the 1970s within African American and Latinx communities, growing alongside the broader culture of Hip Hop. It is one of the four original pillars of Hip Hop culture (alongside DJing, MCing, and graffiti art). The style is rooted in music, social connection, and self-expression, and is built on foundational elements like bounce, rock, and groove. Hip Hop includes a wide range of techniques such as breaking, popping, locking, and party dances, all grounded in rhythm and individuality.
OUR APPROACH:
At Intuit, Hip Hop classes are offered in a variety of levels and supportive, focusing on fundamentals, groove, and confidence. Dancers learn steps, combinations and choreography while also being invited to experience the cultural practice of cyphers—a circle-based exchange where dancers take turns sharing movement. We emphasize Hip Hop as both a technical dance form and a cultural practice, celebrating individuality and creativity.
BENEFITS OF HIP HOP TRAINING:
Hip Hop training develops rhythm, coordination, and musicality while encouraging confidence and self-expression. It builds cardiovascular endurance and body awareness, and fosters a sense of community through shared movement and dance cyphers. Beyond physical benefits, Hip Hop empowers dancers to connect with music in a personal, expressive way.
CULTURAL NOTE:
Hip Hop is deeply rooted in African American culture and history. While instructors may not have lived experience within this culture, we work to honour its roots through knowledge, education, and respect. Our instructors and classes are inspired by the art form, and we teach with gratitude to the communities that created and continue to shape Hip Hop.
CONTEMPORARY
THE STYLE: Contemporary combines ballet and modern dance with a focus on fluidity, individuality, and expression. It often incorporates grounded floorwork, extended lines, and creative transitions.
OUR APPROACH: At Intuit, contemporary is about exploring personal artistry while building strength and technique. Classes include improvisation, expressive combinations, and fluid transitions, encouraging dancers to move authentically and with emotional connection. Youth and adult programs are tailored to ability level, ensuring inclusivity and accessibility.
BENEFITS OF CONTEMPORARY: Contemporary builds versatility by teaching dancers to move seamlessly between strength and softness, control and freedom. It enhances flexibility, core strength, and musicality while developing creativity and emotional expression. For youth dancers, contemporary provides an outlet for storytelling and artistry; for adults, it offers a physical workout and a chance to connect more deeply with movement and emotions.
LYRICAL CONTEMPORARY
THE STYLE:
Lyrical contemporary blends ballet foundations with the expressive freedom of jazz and modern dance. Movements are fluid and emotive, often performed to music with strong lyrics that inspire storytelling.
OUR APPROACH:
At Intuit, lyrical contemporary classes encourage creativity and artistry in a supportive space. Dancers explore flowing transitions, beginner floorwork, and expressive choreography, balancing technique with emotional connection.
BENEFITS OF LYRICAL CONTEMPORARY TRAINING:
This style develops strength, flexibility, and coordination while fostering confidence and self-expression. Dancers learn how to interpret music and connect emotionally with movement, making it both technically enriching and artistically fulfilling.
BALLET
THE STYLE: Ballet is a classical form of dance known for its elegance, precision, and technical foundation. It develops posture, alignment, flexibility, and musicality, and has influenced and is foundational in nearly every other Western dance style.
OUR APPROACH: At Intuit, ballet is taught in a supportive, age-appropriate environment. We focus on building strength, coordination, and technique while keeping space for artistry and individual pace. Classes cover positions, barre and centre work, turns, jumps, and movement quality—without rigid dress codes or formal ballet culture.
BENEFITS OF BALLET TRAINING: Ballet provides dancers with a strong technical base that supports every other style, from hip hop to contemporary. It builds body awareness, strength, and discipline while enhancing balance, coordination, and musicality. Just as importantly, ballet encourages focus and confidence, giving dancers tools they can carry into both performance and everyday life.
FLOORPLAY
THE STYLE:
Floorplay is a floorwork-based dance style inspired by strip plastique—a Russian performance form that emphasizes sensuality, strength, striking lines and athletic, acrobatic floorwork.
OUR APPROACH:
Floorplay is Intuit’s signature take on strip plastique. Classes focus on musicality, fluid transitions, and acrobatic floorwork such as rolls, slides, inversions, and leg lines. Beginner classes establish foundations; Intermediate builds toward dynamic, acrobatic, performance-ready choreography.
BENEFITS OF FLOORPLAY TRAINING:
Floorplay builds strength, flexibility, and body control while encouraging sensual expression. It challenges dancers physically while offering a unique, empowering style of performance-based movement.
CULTURAL NOTE:
Floorplay is inspired by strip plastique and commercial performance culture. While our instructors adapt this style for accessibility and empowerment, we acknowledge its performance-based roots and honour the artistry of its originators.
SASS HEELS
THE STYLE:
Heels dance is a commercial performance style that blends elements of jazz, hip hop, K-Popand street dance—all performed in high-heeled shoes. Known for its bold struts, clean lines, and expressive power, the style highlights both strength and sensuality. Its roots are tied to femme performance culture and commercial stage work, with strong influences from jazz, jazz funk, and ballroom communities, while rooted in technical ballet foundations.
OUR APPROACH:
At Intuit, Sass Heels is inclusive, body-positive, and confidence-focused. Classes are progressive, teaching posture and alignment, foundational footwork technique, turns, spins, isolations, floorwork, and full-song choreography. We emphasize both technical control and expressive artistry, with the goal of helping dancers feel more at home in their bodies and more confident in their performance presence.
BENEFITS OF HEELS TRAINING:
Heels develops body awareness, strength, and coordination while refining performance skills such as musicality, stage presence, and expressive detail. Just as importantly, it provides an empowering space to explore sensuality, artistry, and self-confidence in a supportive community setting.
CULTURAL NOTE:
Heels as a dance form is shaped by commercial dance, femme expression, and LGBTQ+ ballroom culture. While our instructors draw from these influences, we acknowledge and respect their origins. At Intuit, we approach Sass Heels as both a technical and expressive art form, taught with gratitude to the communities that inspired it.
SASS HOP
THE STYLE:
Sass Hop is a commercial fusion style that draws from hip hop, street jazz, dancehall, K-Pop, and vogue femme. It emphasizes musicality, sharp isolations, and expressive performance quality. Commercial dance forms like this are often seen in music videos and live stage work, designed to showcase both technical skill and personality with big, bold energy.
OUR APPROACH:
Sass Hop is the swagger-dripped sister of our OG Sass Class. Classes focus on progressive choreography that builds week to week, blending groove with fierce stage presence. We emphasize empowerment and individuality, encouraging dancers to bring their own flavor while learning clean, high-energy combinations. The atmosphere is inclusive, supportive, and performance-driven.
BENEFITS OF SASS HOP TRAINING:
Sass Hop develops rhythm, coordination, and body control while teaching dancers how to command space with confidence. It strengthens musicality, builds stamina, and enhances performance skills, leaving dancers with a sense of power, self-assurance, and artistry.
CULTURAL NOTE:
Sass Hop is a commercial style influenced by multiple cultural dance forms, particularly hip hop and dancehall, which originate in Black communities. While our instructors do not represent those cultures directly, we teach with respect and acknowledgment of these roots, and we approach this fusion style with inspiration and gratitude for the traditions that shaped it.
STREET DANCE FOUNDATIONS
THE STYLE:
Street dance is an umbrella term for dance styles that evolved outside of formal studios, often in clubs, streets, and community gatherings.
Hip Hop originated in African American and Latinx communities in the 1970s, rooted in music, groove, and individuality, with foundations like bounce, rock, and groove.
House dance developed in Chicago and New York clubs in the 1980s, grounded in house music culture, with fast footwork, fluid torso movement, and improvisation as its core.
Shuffle dance grew out of Melbourne’s underground rave scene in the 1990s and is characterized by sliding footwork, kicks, and flowing patterns to electronic dance music.
Each of these styles carries its own cultural lineage and context, but they share common threads of rhythm, groove, and community.
OUR APPROACH:
At Intuit, Street Dance Foundations introduces students to the core movements and principles of Hip Hop, House, and Shuffle, creating a supportive space to explore rhythm, groove, and footwork. Classes focus on foundations, repetition, and combinations while encouraging dancers to bring their individuality to the movement. Our aim is to provide both technical skills and cultural awareness, giving dancers an appreciation for where these forms come from.
BENEFITS OF STREET DANCE TRAINING:
Street Dance Foundations develops rhythm, stamina, and coordination while strengthening improvisation and musicality. It gives dancers versatility by exposing them to multiple styles and movement pathways, while also encouraging creativity and personal expression. It’s physically engaging, community-focused, and an accessible entry point into the broader street dance world.
CULTURAL NOTE:
Each style within Street Dance Foundations carries its own cultural and historical significance: Hip Hop is rooted in African American culture and history, House comes from Black, Latinx, and queer club culture, and Shuffle evolved from rave and electronic dance music communities. Our instructors do not represent all of these lived cultural experiences, but we approach this class with respect, education, and acknowledgment of the communities that created and continue to shape these forms. We teach with gratitude, and our goal is to inspire students through these styles while honouring their origins.