Creative Seeds is a unique place to experience the arts.
Highly trained and talented teachers have the freedom and vision to plant ideas from their hearts and spirits in their students and see how the ideas grow. For students, it is a place where they can nourish a vision and work towards its fruition, whether it be through a visual art piece, the learning of a drum pattern, creation of a dance, writing a play, or the crafting of a poem.

Class Prices:

Baby and Me
[mamas, papas, caregivers]

Baby-lates with Ashley Thompson

Baby-lates is for the multi-tasker in all of us. This class incorporates your baby into your workout. It’s workout, play time, and social time for Parents and Babies...all at once! Recommended for newborn - toddler.

Creative Movement with Tatiana Johnson

This class is open for all levels and welcomes children who are either beginning or continuing to explore various ways in which the body can move. We will be practicing various dance techniques, examining how the body can discover different ways of expression through improvisation, stillness, and a variety of loco-motor movements. Students will learn how to express themselves using all parts of the body, including facial expressions and the singing/speaking voice. They will explore the interaction between music and dance and realize the ways in which they are connected. In each class students will study a basic modern dance combination in which the various skills they are learning will be present.

Creative Movement with Ashley Thompson

Great for children of all ages. This class is a wonderful exploration of ideas, every day movements, and dance forms ranging from Ballet to Jazz, Modern to African. The concept of movement/dance as another form of language is introduced and expanded on with themes such as animals, space journeys, colors, working together, basic science concepts such as the phases of water, and MUCH MORE. Once basic ideas are introduced, children will be asked for their ideas and choreography to make dances for the class. Your child will learn, create, express themselves, and I promise, come home having worked off some energy!

Bebe y Yo classes with Ashley Thompson

Dance and Spanish at the same time! Through movements and dance we will teach little ones spanish fundamentals. Topics such as Animals, Numbers, Feelings, and Colors will be introduced.

Baby and Me Movement and Sign Language with Ashley Thompson

Dance is a form of communication. Sign Language uses the body to speak. In this class we take signs that baby can begin to use at home and in the world and turn them into movements and dances. We teach baby sign language and begin to express ideas and tell stories by making the signs a little bigger and adding motion to them.

Baby and Me Music with Musiic Galloway

Ages newborn - 4yrs.
Come love, learn, and play music with your child for a wonderful parent child music experience. Learn rhythms through movements and introduce your child to their first instruments. Teach your child to love music in an atmosphere where adults are singing and dancing to the tunes that we love!

Itsy Bitsy Yoga with Khefri Riley

Itsy Bitsy Yoga is a nurturing yoga program where parents learn to help their babies and tots unfold their motor skills, sleep better, feel happier, and blossom with creativity. Come be nurtured, sing, discover movement, and celebrate life together!

Dance

African Sweat with Nzingha Camara

This class will have your heart soaring and your body sweating. Live drums, along with West African Dances, move your body along the floor and lift your spirit in the process. Until Nzingha returns, come and share in the spirit with some of her students. Great for Beginners and Advanced students.

Beginning/West African Dance with Tatiana Johnson

This class is for those who seek a basic understanding of West African dance. The variety of authentic dances that will be taught are mostly from the Malinke cultural traditions which come primarily out of Guinea, Senegal, and Mali. Students will acquire basic information about the traditional and spiritual implications of each dance being taught. They will learn the various drum rhythms which are associated with specific dances and gain an understanding of the important relationships that exist between the musicians and the dancers. This class will also explore ways in which traditional West African dance can transform into contemporary movement and thereby open the possibility of discovering fresh new ways of expression through dance.

Ballet/Modern with Raelle Dorfan

We will plant the roots of traditional ballet technique and modern dance through barre warm-up, technical footwork exercises, traveling across the floor movement and fun-filled combinations. Students will improve upon coordination skills, posture and gracefulness, as well as improving their strength, coordination and flexibility while focusing on correct body alignment. We will indulge in the essence that dance is designed to develop mind, body and spirit through expressive movement. Ballet shoes recommended, no experience neccessary. Disney, classical and modern music of today will be used.

Ballet/Modern with Nicole La Cour

Ballet/Modern combo class incorporates the two dance styles to create lyrical, staccato, linear as well as curved movements set to contemporary and ‘old school’ music. Dancers will be asked to contribute to the creation of movement phrases throughout the session. Tight fitted attire and bare feet are recommended.

Belly dance with Rosanna Rizutto

Belly dance is fun, celebratory, and suitable for all ages, males and females.
Belly dance is a Western name for a style of dance developed in the Middle East and other Arabic-influenced areas. Belly dancing occurs when a person exercises their abdominal area into a movement said to entice its viewers. In this class we will work on technique and combinations adding a touch of jazz and hip hop..

Jazz/HipHop with Raelle Dorfan

Using the foundation of jazz technique to stretch and strengthen, we will prepare our bodies to learn dynamic, funky and lyrical combinations, blending European and African influences. Through a tailored warm up and across the floor movements, emphasis will be placed on isolation of body parts, lyrical movement and coordination skills. Students will also be challenge to improve technical and performance skills in a fun energetic environment through short combinations. Modern music of today used, sneakers/jazz shoes required. All levels welcome!

Jazz/Hip Hop with Nicole La Cour

Jazz/Hip Hop combo class incorporates both styles of dance, linking jazz technique with hip-hop to create a fun, yet challenging class for those willing and anxious to groove and try new things. Dancers will be asked to contribute to the creation of movement phrases throughout the session. Loose, comfortable clothing and jazz sneakers (or flexible street sneakers) are recommended.

Beginning & Advanced Salsa with Cesar Garfiaz

Class description will be added soon.

Mat Pilates with Ashley Thompson

Pilates aligns your mind and body through breath and smooth continuous movements. While focusing on the core, it gently trains several muscles and simultaneously gives you a challenging workout.

For those looking to up their workout, some of our mat classes include a 25min. a cardio portion.Most of us need as much stretching, toning, leaning, and sweating as we can possibly fit into an hour! With this class, you maximize your workout and get the best of both worlds!

Reformer Pilates Private Sessions with Ashley Thompson

Yoga

Yogic Arts with April Clark

Yogic Arts™ integrates the core strength and joint conditioning elements of Buddhist Gung-Fu [healing martial arts], the fluidity and purification of Ashtanga Vinyasa [breath-motion yoga], and the healing touch of traditional Thai Therapy [yoga massage].

The Yogic Arts™ system is comprised of the sequencing of classical standing asanas [poses], infused with martial art and modern dance stance integrations, therapeutic kicking drills, a core floor workout, a deeply therapeutic hip and shoulder opening sequence, and a traditional vinyasic finishing practice, which includes elements of Thai massage and guided meditation. Each practice focuses on different aspects of the respective integration of massage, martial arts, and yogic technique, as we explore the evolution of asana and vinyasa [posture and movement].

Yoga with Bradley Martin

Great for Beginners and those wanted to redefine their practice.

Pre and Post Natal Yoga with Khefri Riley

Pre and Post Natal Yoga classes are a place to celebrate your pregnancy and motherhood! Replenish and strengthen yourself in a caring environment. Come and meet other moms, dance, relax and restore your body and mind with Kundalini yoga and meditation.

Music

Guitar with Dante Pascuzzo

Class info coming soon.

Rhythmics with Ben Hansen

Rhythmics is the main element in Street Beat KIDZ using a street drumming setting inspired by the big theatrical success STOMP! Students will get to work with a variety of metal and plastic objects as percussion instruments like auto parts, water drums, trash cans, paint buckets, pots and pans etc. This contemporary, fun and inspiring environment increases the student interest in learning the rhythmic language.

Theatre with Melissa Bryant

VOICEBOX™ is a unique stage class designed to help young performers find their voice as artists. Students will develop their theatrical, oratory and writing skills to create original fusions of spoken word, music and movement.

Fitness

Burn and Firm with April Clark

You’ll move, groove, and sweat...work the body and unwind your mind. Get ready to move to the music and maximize your muscles. April gives a full body workout in this class using your own body weight and movements to burn away what needs to go and firm up what stays!

Core Kick with April Clark

Tone and elongate your body with fun and easy to follow movements from traditonal kickboxing. This class will have you working from the core while also working out your legs, gluts, and arms.

Capoeira

Capoeira Angola with Janaina Santos

Class information coming soon.

Arts & Crafts

Art Fundamentals with Joe Galarza

Class description will be added soon.

Crafts with Marisol Torres

Class description will be added soon.

Family

Family Drumming with Hanif

Hanif makes drums, plays drums, and teaches drums! In this class, using traditonal African Drums he'll teach drum patterns, rhythms and songs. And leave room for free drumming, jammin' out, and havin' a free and fun time with the entire family.

Family Salsa with Maya Zellman

Class description will be added soon.

Family Yoga with Khefri Riley

Family Yoga is a wonderful way to get twisted with one another! Discover fun and calming poses and techniques you and your children can do together. Breathe together, Work together, Grow together

North side of Pico, just west of Hauser– map/directions