4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Popping foundations
Saniya Garvin · Studio A
Popping and hip hop in Upper Darby
Learn to hit it, then make it yours
Popping Studio teaches popping and hip hop to ages 9 to 15. A class is a row of dancers hitting the same step together, with a teacher at the end of the row, in groups of up to 14 on Monday to Thursday afternoons and on Saturdays. Come to one class and see the room before you decide.
This session
Classes by day
Two rooms, five days a week.
Fall session
Showing 11 of 11
Monday
5:45 pm – 7:00 pm
Popping and animation
Saniya Garvin · Studio A
Tuesday
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Hip hop foundations
Joey Cayabyab · Studio B
5:45 pm – 7:00 pm
Choreography lab
Hip hop · Joey Cayabyab · Studio B
Wednesday
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Popping foundations
Taj Vinson · Studio A
5:45 pm – 7:00 pm
Popping and animation
Taj Vinson · Studio A
Thursday
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Hip hop foundations
Najwa Safadi · Studio B
5:45 pm – 7:00 pm
Choreography lab
Hip hop · Najwa Safadi · Studio B
12 to 15ChoreographyFull
Saturday
10:00 am – 11:15 am
Popping and animation
Saniya Garvin · Studio A
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Popping foundations
Saniya Garvin · Studio A
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Open practice
Taj Vinson · Studio A
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Sample classes.
Times shift a little each session. The registration page has this week's.
Three ways in
Pick a class that fits
- Ages 9 to 15
Popping
Sharp hits to the beat, with waves and glides around them. Ages 9 to 11 start in foundations, and ages 12 to 15 move on to animation.
About popping classes - Ages 9 to 15
Hip hop choreography
Grooves and combinations, then a routine built across the session with the dancers' own ideas in it.
About choreography - Saturdays
Open practice
Saturday afternoons on the floor with a teacher, a circle and music dancers bring to try.
About open practice
In the room
On the floor
The stance, the boards and the marks we practice on.
Sample photos.
Teachers
Who you will dance with
Four teachers share the week, and each one teaches more than one class.
Saniya Garvin
Owner and lead teacher, popping
Saniya teaches the popping classes and opened Popping Studio so teens in Upper Darby would have a room that takes their style seriously. She still takes class every week, and she is the one who answers the studio phone on Saturday mornings.
Joey Cayabyab
Hip hop and choreography teacher
Joey teaches the hip hop foundations and the choreography lab. He builds each session's routine in the room with the dancers, so the moves are ones they chose.
Taj Vinson
Foundations teacher and open practice host
Taj has danced the funk styles for most of his life. He hosts the Saturday open practice, tells where a move came from and lets the dancers teach him theirs.
Najwa Safadi
Hip hop and warm-up teacher
Najwa teaches on Thursdays and leads the group warm-ups that start every class. She keeps the pace steady so that dancers of every age can follow.
Who is on the floor
The checks our teachers hold and how the classes are set up.
Ages 9 to 15
Staff checks and training
- Background checks
- CPR and first aid
Safety routines
A teacher on the floor
Every class and every open practice has a teacher on the floor from the first warm-up to the last circle.
Pickup and sign-out
Dancers under 13 are signed out to a grown-up named on their form. Dancers 13 and older leave on their own only when a parent has said so in writing.
Telling us things
Tell us about allergies or an injury before the first class. We ask privately once you register, never on the website form.
Sample details.
Family policies
Photos of your child
We ask your written permission before we share any photo of your child, on this site, in newsletters or on social media, and you can change your answer at any time. We never put a child's name with a photo, and the photos on this site are examples until we replace them with our own.
Watching class and recitals
Parents may watch the last ten minutes of any class on the first Saturday of the month, and all of open practice. The rest of the time, wait in the front room or outside so dancers can try things without an audience. The spring showcase is in May, with seats held for each dancer's family.
Phones, recording and music
Phones stay in bags during class so everyone is dancing, not watching a screen. Filming happens in a short block the teacher calls, and only dancers who have said yes are in the shot. Please don't post video of other people's dancers. Music in class is the clean edit, and dancers can suggest a song for the teacher to check first.
What to wear and bring
Clothes you can move in, a pair of clean flat-soled sneakers or socks, hair off the face and a water bottle. Take off rings and long necklaces before class. There is no uniform, and a sweatshirt is fine in winter.
Drop-off and pickup
Dancers 9 to 12 are signed out to a grown-up named on their form. Dancers 13 and older may leave on their own when a parent has said so in writing. The front door opens fifteen minutes before the first class, and we wait with any dancer whose ride is late.
Try a class
Come to one class first
Pick a class from the schedule and book a visit on our registration page. Wear clothes you can move in and clean flat-soled sneakers.