Dance
Ballet
I: Learn the standard ballet vocabulary, the positions, port de bras,
and other ballet techniques. This class consists of work at the barre, combinations
in center-floor and across the floor. Students develop flexibility, strength,
discipline and a good technical foundation, the elements necessary for all forms
of dance. Dress Code - Ladies: Black leotard, pink tights, ballet shoes, hair
securely pulled back off the face; Gentlemen: T-shirt, dance pants, ballet flats
or jazz shoes.
Open Ballet: This class is designed to enhance a student’s basic technique and classical
ballet training. Various levels of experience are accommodated in the class, from
beginners to advanced. This class is especially beneficial to drama and musical theatre
high school/college students who have never studied ballet and need the technique to
enhance their other performing arts skills. Dress Code - Same as Ballet I.
Ballet-Jazz I & II: These combination classes of ballet and
jazz technique cover isolations, flexibility and strength exercises, with strong
emphasis on turns, combinations in center-floor and across the floor that engage
styles of jazz, funk, and Broadway dance from musical theatre productions. Prerequisite:
For Ballet- Jazz I, you must be at least eleven years of age with a minimum
of two consecutive years of Ballet within the last three years. Ballet-Jazz
II is more advanced. Dress Code - Ladies: Dance pants can be added to the ballet
attire, jazz shoes or sneakers (nothing bulky); Gentlemen: T-shirt, dance pants,
and jazz shoes or sneakers (nothing bulky).
Beginners' Tap I: Learn tap vocabulary, basic tap steps
and rhythms. This class starts with tap exercises at the barre, then moves to
center-floor and across the floor covering simple combinations and turns; Tap
II is slightly more advanced. Dress Code - Ladies: any color leotard and tights
or t-shirt and dance pants, tap shoes; Gentlemen: T-shirt and dance pants, tap
shoes.
Tap II/III: This class goes beyond Beginners' Tap.
Students focus on syncopated rhythms and syllables, more complex combinations
and turns in center-floor and across the floor. Prerequisite: Minimum of two
consecutive years of Beginners' Tap. Dress Code - Same as Beginners' Tap I.
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