Carlos Garland

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Carlos Garland is trained in and versatile with Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Breaking, Lyrical, Contemporary, Improvisation, various world ethnic dances as well as acrobatics and martial arts.

Carlos began his dance trainingwhen he was 13 years old at Lavilla School of the Arts, and went on to graduate from Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, studying dance all four years. During that time he performed in the First Coast Nutcracker as the lead Russian Doll. In his ...read more

Class Descriptions

CONTEMPORARY JAZZ

In class, dancers will work on endurance, stamina, balance, muscle strengthening, and flexibility with a cardio/mini floor barre/conditioning and stretch warm up. Following will be a Contemporary/Jazz combination that tests and builds the dancers abilities in movement aesthetics, quality of movement, personal artistry, musicality beyond basic counting, and comprehension of detailed choreography.

The goal of the class is to challenge and prepare students for current and developing trends in dance. Students will leaving inspiration that will last for dancers to work harder, develop more personal style/creativity, to have fun, and to overall increase their love of dance.