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Hip Hop

Grooves, foundations and choreography to clean music, with a freestyle circle at the end that nobody is forced into.

Ages 6 to 17 · from $62 a month
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A crew of teenage hip hop dancers in caps and sneakers striking a pose on a studio floor

About Hip Hop

Good for

  • Kids who say dance is not for them
  • Boys looking for a crew
  • Dancers who want a second, looser style

Hip hop is often the class that brings a kid into the studio who never thought dance was for them. We teach it properly: the bounce and rock first, then the foundations, then choreography.

Breaking Basics adds toprock, footwork and safe freezes on our sprung floor. Every song is a clean edit, and every move suits the age of the room.

7 classes a week across 6 days. See them

Levels

Five, six, seven, eight: one class, start to finish

  1. Count 5: Groove warm-up

    Bounce and rock to a steady beat until the whole room is on count.

  2. Count 6: Foundations

    One named groove or move, broken down slowly.

  3. Count 7: Choreography

    Eight counts at a time, then the whole piece.

  4. Count 8: Cypher

    An optional freestyle circle. Watching counts as joining in.

Hip Hop on the schedule

Full schedule

What to wear

  • Comfortable clothes you can move and sit on the floor in
  • Clean indoor sneakers that have not been worn outside
  • No jeans, hoods up or loose jewellery
  • A water bottle (it gets warm)

For a trial class, comfortable clothes and bare feet or clean sneakers are fine.

What it costs

from $62 a month

Hip Hop 1 and Breaking Basics are 45 minutes a week. 60-minute classes (Hip Hop 2, Teen Hip Hop, the Friday Jam) are from $74.

Second classes are 10% off. Siblings are 10% off. The first class is always free.

Every rate and fee

Who teaches hip hop

  • Jordan Okafor

    Hip hop and breaking

    Jordan grew up battling in community centre gyms and has taught hip hop to kids and adults for over ten years. His classes start with grooves and end with a freestyle circle, and nobody is made to go in the middle.

Meet all six teachers
"My son swore dance was not for him. Hip hop with Jordan changed that in one class. Clean music, and nobody forced him into the circle."
Renée D. · Parent, Hip Hop 1

Sample review for this demo.

Hip Hop: questions

My son has never danced. Will he feel out of place?

Unlikely. About a third of our hip hop dancers are boys, and Hip Hop 1 and Breaking Basics are built for total beginners. The free trial is the easy way to find out.

Is the music clean?

Always. Jordan edits every track himself, and the lyrics and moves suit the age of the class.

Is breaking safe for kids?

We teach it on a sprung floor, build strength before freezes, and never let a dancer try a power move they are not ready for.

All studio questions

Try hip hop free

Pick a real class time, tell us a little about the dancer, and we will save the spot. No card, no commitment.

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