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Arts - Stage Arts is specifically designed for the young
pre-school student. Stage Arts is a one hour class and consists
of pre-ballet, tap, basic tumbling and rhythmic movement. Students
will be required to have pink ballet shoes and bark Mary Jane
tap shoes.
5/6 Year-Old Combo Class - This is designed for the
young school age dancer. It is a 1 hour class consisting of
30 minutes of ballet and tap. Every other week a 20 minute
jazz class will be incorporated into the class. Dancers will
need pink ballet shoes and bark Mary Jane tap shoes.
Ballet - Ballet is the foundation for all forms of
dance. It is essential to the development of poise, grace,
balance and discipline required to become an excellent dancer.
Students must wear a black leotard and pink tights with
pink ballet shoes. Hair must be worn in a French braid,
bun or ponytail.
Pointe - Pointe will be offered to students who show
the necessary strength, technical ability. In addition to
an hour of pointe, students are required to take an additional
hour of ballet each week. Students will be placed in the pointe
class at the teacher's discretion.
Tap - Tap class will consist of fundamental barre
work, rhythms, and proper tap technique. Elementary classes
will be required to wear Bark Mary Jane tap shoes. Intermediate
classes will be required to wear jazz taps.
Jazz - Based on ballet and folk dancing, jazz is a
stylized theatrical kind of dancing.
Acrobatics - Acrobatics consists of beginner, intermediate
and advanced levels of tumbling integrating dance movement
and stressing flexibility, control, and strength. Beginning
acrobatic classes will not perform in the recital.
Baton - Baton twirling is an art form that combines
dance steps with twirling a baton. It utilizes twirling with
both hands, hand-eye coordination, gracefulness and rhythm.
Hip-Hop - Hip-Hop is a freestyle, dynamic type of dance. It is also connected to urban street jazz.
Modern - A style of theatrical dance that rejects the limitations of classical ballet and favors movement deriving from the expression of inner feeling.
2 Year Old Class - A class consisting of basic warm-up, ballet, creative movement and tumbling for the beginner 2 year old.
Creative Dance - A class consisting of ballet interspersed with creative movement and imagination exercises. This class is designed for the young elementary student.
Honors Ballet - Susan Potts oversees our very popular Honors Ballet
Program. Each student enrolled takes at least one additional ballet class
per week, in addition to their regular ballet class. Each student is
first evaluated by the instructors and then placed in our graded Honors
Ballet program. Students perform excerpts from the Nutcracker each holiday
season and participate in a one week Ballet Intensive during the summer.
For further information about the program, please see Ms. Susan. |
