Weather update (2/20) – All morning, afternoon, and youth classes are cancelled due to inclement weather. We will post an update about evening classes by 4 PM.
Youth Performance Companies
Youth Performance Companies (YPCs) are training programs for young dancers (Grades 3-12) who love to be onstage. Joy of Motion offers nine companies, spanning freestyle, jazz, hip hop, and tap, for students in Grades 3-12. Companies meet twice weekly and perform around the DC region.
Students can audition in late spring or summer to join a company for the following school year OR in December to join a company just for the Winter/Spring.
For more information on company styles and grade levels, please scroll down.
Hip Hop Companies
Rhythmix (Grades 3-7)
Company Director: Jasmine Andrews
Rhythmix is a company for budding dancers who show interest in performance at an early age. Rhythmix dancers train in an environment where each individual’s unique abilities are respected and cultivated, in addition to learning to dance as one strong unit. Through rehearsals and company training classes, Rhythmix company members learn and understand the history of hip hop culture and how we continue to mold and recreate it today. Choreography learned for performances not only serves as a fun and high-energy entertainment, but it also expands the members’ knowledge of hip hop culture. Company members learn both old- and new-school movement and perform choreography that can be shared with audiences of all ages.
Vibe Tribe (Grades 5-9)
Company Director: Jasmine Andrews
Vibe Tribe explores many techniques and sub-genres within hip hop, exploring the cultural origins and subtleties of this varied dance form. Through their performances, Vibe Tribe inspires youth in the community to view hip hop and other urban dance styles as a positive, creative way to understand each other and to express their authentic selves.
Hype Company (Grades 8-12)
Company Director: Ayden Elder
Hype Company offers dancers diverse hip hop training cultivated through exposure, education, and performance. Hype Company members learn both old- and new-school movement while developing an appreciation for hip hop as a rich and growing art form. The dancers have the opportunity to work with other professional choreographers and perform at an array of noteworthy events, while developing their own individual voices as unique and talented dancers!
Jazz Performance Companies
Jazz Corps (Grades 3-6)
Company Director: Samantha Greymont
Jazz Corps aims to help young dancers set a foundation of jazz technique and performance. The company is exposed to choreography in various genres of jazz dance including Broadway jazz, swing, classical jazz, pop, and more. In a nurturing environment, young dancers learn the expectations and hard work of company-level performance, setting the stage for them to dance throughout their lives.
Jazz Factor (Grades 6-9)
Company Director: Sara Herrera
Jazz Factor company members develop their technique and performance presentation skills as they grow into more mature dancers. This high energy company encapsulates the excitement of jazz hands!
The Pulse Street Jazz Company (Grades 9-12)
Company Director: Maurice Johnson
In this exciting company, students’ artistry and range will be challenged through street jazz. Embodying funk, jazz, and commercial hip-hop with cutting-edge choreography, this high-energy style deeply influences popular artists such as Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, and more.
Multi-Style Companies
Shades Company (Grades 4-10)
Company Director: Krystal Odom
Shades is Joy of Motion Dance Center’s one and only interdisciplinary Youth Performance Company. A celebration of various styles of dance and the beautiful shades of each dancer, Shades focuses on ballet, jazz, and hip hop on a rotating schedule over the course of the year.
Tap Companies
Soles of Steel (Grades 9-12)
Company Director: Stephanie Vadala
Soles of Steel pushes the limits of tap! This explosive company continues to build upon rhythm tap skills in a range of styles and techniques by infusing traditional tap with contemporary choreography.
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