Kid's Hip Hop Ages 5-7

No Snootiness allowed : )

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American Dance Institute's Moira Bugler is leading one of our popular kid's hip hop classes in at our Greenwood location.

In addition to the class offerings here, American Dance Institute offers teen hip hop classes for ages 11-14, hip hop classes for kids ages 8-10, and adult hip hop classes.

Kid's Hip Hop Classes Are All About Movement, Improvisation & Physical Conditioning

Kid's Hip Hop dance has entered mainstream culture. Our kids, teens, and now adult dance classes are swelling with eager students. We teach the best elements of this fun, stylish and forgive us, 'hip' dance style.

FITNESS: Kid's Hip Hop dance classes are easy to dismiss as just a fad dance. However, to learn and execute dance moves requires a very strong set of core muscles. Your child will be receiving substantial physical training in every class. All the kids know is that they are having fun. We start with a thorough warm up and begin to build your child's core strength and improve their body control. We introduce the latest funk and hip-hop moves, followed by lots of choreography to develop the expressive abilities of the dancers. We observe that after learning just a few moves, a child's confidence and enthusiasm grows substantially.

FAMILY FRIENDLY: And of course, we play only clean music selections that are always family friendly.

Summer Hip Hop Dance Class Schedules

We willl continue live streaming most classes through the summer. Any in-studio classes will be limited to five students and will adhere to Washington Department of Health COVID-19 guidelines.

Summer Class Schedule

Our State Of The Art Live Streaming Technology.

ADI's State of the art live streaming technology

Mihkai Wickline in an onine ballet class at home.

The Quality Online Class Room Experience - At Home.

All studio broadcasts are via hard wire ethernet connections to insure best broadcast quality.
Large TV screens that allow teachers to clearly see their students.
Teachers make student corrections very effectively.
Allows students to see and visit with each other mainting friendship bonds.
Excellent voice quality allows students to clearly hear teacher.
Excellent music transmission quality allows students to hear music in real time (without lags).

Instructor Jazerelle Kellough leading our first hip hop class for kids in Shoreline, WA.

Kid's Hip Hop Dance Classes Attire

No need for expensive dance costumes or outfits at ADI. Children can wear comfortable or loose fitting dance clothes and clean sneakers that are only worn inside.

Four Convenient Studio Locations

Our In-Studio Classes Are Temporaily Closed To Stop The Spread Of Coronavirus

Shoreline, WA

1240 NE 175th Street, Shoreline, WA 98155

Greenwood

8001 Greenwood Ave North, Seattle, WA 98103

Magnolia

3116 West Smith Street, Seattle WA 98199

Wedgwood

NE 7500 25th NE, Suite 1, Seattle, WA 98115

Our Shoreline dance school dance studios 1 and 2 are located very close to the corner of NE 175th Street and 15th Ave Northwest, in the North City neighborhood. Enter the 2nd floor dance studio by the door nestled in the middle of this L shaped building.

Our Greenwood dance school dance studios 1 and 2 are located at the corner of 80th and Greenwood Ave North, catercorner to Diva Espresso. Our office is in the back of the building as are the studio entrances. If you are new, check in at the office and say hello!

Our Magnolia dance school dance studio is located at the corner of 32nd and West Smith Street, across the street from Rite Aid. There is lots of street parking. Enter the 2nd floor dance studio by the side alley door.

Our Wedgwood dance school dance studio is located at the corner of NE 75th and 25th NE across the street from Shell station, and just 1/2 block from Dahl Playfield. There is some parking lot and plenty of street parking. Hoping to open June/July 2020.

Shoreline from NE 175th Street

Greenwood

Magnolia

Wedgwood

Go here for hours of operation, contact info and maps.

Kid's Hip Hop Dance & Fitness Training

The kids in this video clip with instructor, Jazrelle Kellough, demonstrate the fitness training that is incorporated into each class.

Meet Our Hip Hop Dance Instructors

Margaret Behm

Jazrelle Kellough

Morgan Thompson

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Ranita Hollinshead

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Margaret Behm

Margaret's Bio

Originally from Fort Collins, CO, Margaret holds a BFA in Dance and a Minor in Women & Gender Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder. She has been a member of Louder than Words Dancetheatre in Denver, CO and most recently with Keshet Dance Company in Albuquerque, NM.

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Margaret has directed the pre-professional programs at Mountain Dance in Fort Collins, where she also grew up dancing. At Keshet Dance Company, her teaching experience was diverse and included teaching Adaptive dance, working with dancers with disabilities.

Margaret is a dance and teaching artist with an affinity for improvisation, and a desire to explore the infinite ways her body moves. As a teacher, she takes pride in guiding others’ discoveries of their dancing bodies, and wants everyone to feel empowered to take up space in the world.

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Margaret is new to Seattle and incredibly excited to get involved with the dance community and to be joining the staff at ADI.

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ADI instructor Margaret Behm with students Sara, Jessica, Carly, Sophia and Ann at our first Junior/Teen Intermediate Jazz class at our new Magnolia studio. Great work tonight girls. So happy to have you in our ADI family.

Jazrelle Kellough

Jazrelle Kellough trained at the Pacific Northwest Ballet for 8 years as well as training with Alonzo Lines Ballet in San Francisco, Houston Ballet and Ballet Austin.

She has performed in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Coppelia, The Nutcracker and Snow White. After her years of classical training, she began studying hip-hop at Westlake Dance Center and is choreographing for D&G dance and other open doors around the greater Seattle.

Jazrelle joined American Dance Institute in January of 2018.

Morgan Thompson

Dancing has been an integral part of Morgan Thompson's life since he was 8 years old. He's studied ballet, contemporary, lyrical, jazz, and Hip-Hop.

It became clear that hip hop was his strength and he audition for and performed with Breaking Point Dance Company (BPDC) for five years. He's since been a part of many performing companies in Washington: DC9, Next Edition, Bad Kids, and Kontagious. The latter most company I started teaching for at the age of 16.

He then attended and was graduated from Eckerd College with a degree in Arts for Theater. While there, he maintained his teaching focus at FYI dance studio. He also taught at a school for underprivileged children and provided after school classes. Upon graduating Morgan made his way back home to the great Pacific Northwest and is spreading the love of dance once more.

"I loved learning the basic fundamentals of hip hop, says Morgan, and I pass that on to my students. In my class we’ll not only learn hip hop, but we’ll learn about the different styles of hip hop: Popping, Locking, Krumping, Breaking, Modern Studio and more. I love bringing positivity and energy to my classes so prepare to wake up and get moving when you’re with me!"

Morgan's been teaching Hip Hop for American Dance Institute since 2018.

Ranita Hollinshead

Ranita has been dancing for almost 10 years training primarily in hip hop. At the age of 12, Ranita started taking classes at Westlake Dance Center. She instantly knew that she found her passion in dance and later decided to join her high school dance team, Shorecrest Hip Hop at the age of 15.

Aside from hip hop Ranita now trains in ballet, contemporary, jazzfunk, commercial dance and heels every so often. She is also apart of a brand new street dance company called Rythmetic Progressions put on by Massive Monkees where she trains in waaking, street hip hop, breaking and locking.

Ranita’s dance style switches off between hard hitting and grooves. She’ll usually warm the class up with a few grooves and then execute hard hitting choreography.

In the future Ranita hopes to travel to new cities and train. She also hopes to start teaching advanced level hip hop, and go on tour with a few celebrities.

American Dance Institute Shoreline 1240 NE 175th Street, Shoreline WA 98155

Kid's Hip Hop Ages 5-7

Kid's Hip Hop Classes Are All About Movement, Improvisation & Physical Conditioning