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Cultural Arts/ Leisure Classes

Arts

Kids Canvas Paint Class

Come join our painting crew as we prepare for the holidays. Paint a work of art that will fill your home with warmth and cheer this festive season!

Dance

Ballet & Tap

The ballet and tap combination class is designed to encourage and motivate the new dancer to have fun, build body strength and have better balance and coordination.

Hip Hop Dance Classes

This beginning hip hop class is designed to encourage and motivate the new dancer to have fun, build body strength, and have better balance and coordination.

Jazz Class

This high energy class consists of pop music for children, focusing on musicality and rhythm. Jazz dance is a fusion of ballet, hip hop, and modern dance. Like ballet, jazz builds body strength and helps with balance and coordination. This class will also focus on flexibility conditioning technique, and progressions including turns, kicks and leaps.

Parent & Me Music & Movement

This class is designed for children to have early exposure to music and movement. It has been shown to stimulate brain development in preschool aged children. Children will participate in the magical world of song and melody through this parent and me style class. Children will move and dance to interactive music & songs written especially for them. Both new and familiar music will encourage vocabulary growth & interaction.

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Prince and Princess Ballet

Attention boys and girls! In this class, participants will build fundamental ballet techniques such as body awareness, flexibility and strength. Participants will also develop an awareness of this style of dance and its music.

Salsa Beginner/ Intermediate

Come and learn this elegant and sensual Latin dance- LA style! You will learn basic moves such as turns, cross body leads, open breaks, etc. You will learn musicality, timing and how to lead and follow. Louie Angon is a professional fitness instructor, choreographer and performer with over 20 years' experience. His unique teaching system makes it easy to learn to dance with grace and style.

Educational

Tiny Tots

This enrichment program is designed to prepare your child for kindergarten by focusing on introducing shapes, colors, numbers, and the alphabet. It’s a great opportunity for “little ones” to learn to socialize and share with others in a group.

Sign, Say & Play

Join the Sign, Say & Play class where infants can learn to use simple hand gestures or sign language to communicate their needs. Help bridge the gap of communication for you and your young ones. Using sign allows your child to be expressive even before being able to speak.

Fitness

Barre Cardio

This one hour class offers a full body workout that will lift, tone and burn your body while concentrating on small movements. This low impact workout will consist of using your own body weight to target your abs, arms and thighs in addition to stretching.

Group Fitness & Exercise

This program offers training in a variety of formats, including Aqua Zumba, Pilates and Yoga. This cardiovascular workout is driven by upbeat music with foot stomping movements targeting heart, lungs and lower body toning.

Gymnastics

Beginners

Children are introduced to acrobatic moves on gym mats, balance beams, spring boards and floor techniques, while simultaneously incorporating all five components of physical fitness.

Intermediate/Advanced

This gymnastics class follows the United States Gymnastics Federation advance level floor level exercises, bars, beam, vault and power incline trampoline while simultaneously incorporating all five components of physical fitness.

Hatha Yoga

Yoga practice enhances health and well-being. Movements include relaxation while stretching, strengthening by holding weight-bearing poses, breathing awareness and working together in rhythm. It promotes skill building, fitness, strength and relaxation.

Healthy El Monte Do Well Family Fitness Session

The Family Fitness Sessions with POWER offer the opportunity for families to exercise together. Come along and take part in the fitness sessions and take advantage of healthy resources. Let’s get moving El Monte!

Physical Fitness for Older Adults

Designed for older adults, this physical fitness class provides training on maintaining range of motion and coordination, building muscle and increasing flexibility. Class topics include nutrition, effects of aging, safety factors and memory skills.

Tai Chi

Tai Chi is a great form of low impact exercise that helps improve strength, flexibility and balance. It focuses on slow movement, reduces stress and produces a calm mind while incorporating various breathing techniques.