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TECHNIQUE CLASSES
(ages 6-18)



Curriculum based courses strengthen the dancer's technique as well as develop artistic skills. The language of dance, as well as knowledge of correct structural and muscular placement, becomes second nature as students begin a concentrated focus in the different disciplines. There are no prerequisite classes or minimum class requirements; however, students are placed according to both age and ability.

Classes Offered: Ballet, Jazz, Theater Dance, Tap,
Hip Hop, Horton Based Modern Technique, Comedy Improv

Int/Adv Theater Ballet
Saturdays 1:00-2:00 PM
Matt Williams
Broadway choreographer, Matt Williams and pianist Vladimir Shinov offer this exciting new technique class. Class begins with a ballet barre with non-traditional theater and jazz music and ends with new ballet-based choreography set to music from composers such as Bernstein,Ellington, Gershwin, Cole Porter and more.

Read more about Matt at www.mattwilliamschoreographer.com

Pilates
Saturdays 1:30-2:30 PM
Robin Powell
Strengthening and stretching exercises with emphasis on alignment.
Benefits include:
  • Strengthens the core
  • Alleviates back pain
  • Enhances, lengthens and tones the muscles
  • Improves flexibility, posture and over all body awareness.
  • A perfect complement to any dance training.

  • Develop your performance versatility
    The Song and Dance Workshop Workshop Ages 12-18 yrs
    Thursday 7:30-8:45
    Jeff Edmond and Lawrence Rush

    The Song and Dance Workshop Workshop Ages 9-12 yrs
    Friday 5:00-6:15
    Jeff Edmond and Lawrence Rush
    Musicals require multiple skills from their performers. Lead actors/singers must also be able to dance in production numbers. Chorus dancers must also be able to sing and act at a high caliber. These workshops offer students the opportunity to develop these skills. "Triple Threat" is not just a catch phrase it is a necessity.

    Comedy Improv Ages 12-18
    Friday 6:15 -7:30
    Jeff Edmond
    Improvised performance is as old as performance itself. In this course students learn performance techniques used in film, television, theater and stand up comedy. Students must meet age requirement by September 1, 2009.

    Placement:
    New students are required to take a placement class before registering in any Intermediate or Advanced classes. Returning students will be provisionally placed in class based on an evaluation from the previous academic year. However, the teacher has the authority to reassign a class level, following an evaluation of the student's first class.

    General Level Breakdown:
    Basic classes (ages 6-7)
    Graded level classes (ages 7-18)
    Teen classes (ages 12-18)


    Class Schedule
    Schedule subject to change and updates.

    Registration is Closed for all classes except where noted Open in blue.
    BALLET
    BASIC BALLET  dress code
    Monages 6-75:30-6:30Chapman    
    Thuages 6-74:00-5:00Salgado    
    Sunages 6-710:30-11:30Pierce
    BALLET 1   dress code
    Wedages 8-105:30-6:30Carpenter    
    Sunages 8-1010:30-11:30Magario    OPEN
    BALLET 2   dress code
    Wedages 10-126:15-7:15Gunther    
    Sunages 10-1211:30-12:30Magario
    BEGINNING TEEN BALLET  dress code
    Monages 12-186:30-7:30Moretton    OPEN
    Tueages 12-186:30-7:30Loyfman    
    Satages 12-1812:30-1:30Belton    
    INTERMEDIATE TEEN BALLET  dress code
    Tueages 12-187:30-8:45Loyfman
    Wedages 12-187:00-8:15Gunther    
    Sunages 12-181:00-2:15O'Brien    
    INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED TEEN BALLET  dress code
    Thuages 12-186:00-7:00Moretton
    Sunages 12-1810:30-12:00O'Brien
    INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED THEATER BALLET  dress code
    Satages 12-181:00-2:00Williams
    ADVANCED TEEN BALLETdress code
    Monages 12-185:30-7:00O'Brien
    Tueages 12-185:15-6:30O'Brien
    Friages 12-186:45-8:00Gunther
    ADVANCED TEEN POINT  dress code
    Sunages 12-1812:00-1:00O'Brien

    TEEN EXERCISE   dress code
    TEEN PILATES
    Satages 12-181:30-2:30Powell    OPEN

    JAZZ   dress code
    BASIC JAZZ
    Tueages 6-74:00 -5:00Guggino    
    Friages 6-74:00 -5:00Harvie    
    Sunages 6-72:00 -3:00Pierce    
    JAZZ 1
    Monages 7-94:00-5:00Harvie    
    Wedages 7-94:45-5:45Roshe    
    Satages 9-1212:00-1:00Harvie
    JAZZ 2
    Tueages 8-104:30-5:30Roshe    
    Wedages 9-124:00-5:00Fischer    OPEN
    Thuages 9-124:30-5:30Fischer
    Satages 8-1010:00-11:00Harvie    OPEN
    JAZZ 3
    Wedages 9-125:00-6:00Fischer
    Thuages 9-125:30-6:30Fischer    OPEN
    BEGINNING TEEN JAZZ
    Thuages 12-187:15-8:15TBA
    BEG TEEN THEATER JAZZ
    Satages 12-1810:00-11:00Gerson
    BEG/INT TEEN THEATER DANCE
    Sat ages 11-142:00-3:00Williams    OPEN
    INTERMEDIATE TEEN JAZZ I
    Sunages 12-182:30-3:30Gerson    OPEN
    INTERMEDIATE TEEN JAZZ II
    Thuages 12-186:30-7:45Fischer    
    INT/ADV TEEN JAZZ
    Friages 12-185:30-6:45Harvie
    ADVANCED TEEN JAZZ
    Thuages 12-187:30-9:00mathes    OPEN

    HIP HOP  dress code
    HIP HOP 1
    Monages 12-186:30-7:30Barak    
    Thuages 9-125:00-6:00Barak    OPEN
    Friages 9-125:30-6:30Guggino    
    Satages 9-122:30-3:30Meade    
    Sunages 9-122:00-3:00Barak
    HIP HOP 2
    Monages 12-185:00-6:00Gayle    
    Tueages 10-125:00-6:00Guggino
    Satages 11-151:00-2:00Gayle
    HIP HOP 3
    Monages 12-186:00- 7:00Gayle
    Thuages 11-155:00- 6:00Barak
    HIP HOP 4
    Monages 12-187:45-8:45Barak
    HIP HOP 5
    Thuages 12-186:00-7:15Barak
    HIP HOP 5 REP
    Sunages 12-181:00-2:00Barak


    TAP  dress code
    BASIC TAP
    Monages 6-7 4:00-5:00Huff
    Thuages 6-7 5:00-6:00Pierce
    TAP 1
    Monages 9-115:00- 6:00Huff    
    Thuages 7-94:00- 5:00Pierce    
    Satages 10-1211:00-12:00Harvie    
    TAP 2
    Wedages 8-124:00-5:00Harvie
    Friages 8-124:00- 5:00Huff
    TAP 3
    Friages 11-155:00-6:00Huff
    Satages 9-1210:00- 11:00Edmond
    TAP 4
    Tueages 11-154:00- 5:00Edmond
    TAP 5
    Satages 12-1812:00-1:00Edmond
    TAP 6
    Tueages 12-185:00- 6:15Edmond
    Satages 12-1811:00- 12:00Edmond
    ADV TAP REP
    Tueages 12-187:30- 8:45Edmond
    Wedages 12-185:00-6:15Harvie

    OTHER TECHNIQUES
    COMEDY/IMPROV  dress code
    Friages 12-186:15-7:30Edmond    OPEN
    SONG AND DANCE WORKSHOP  dress code
    Thuages 12-187:30-8:45Edmond    OPEN
    Friages 9-125:00-6:15Edmond    OPEN
    HORTON BASED TECHNIQUE  dress code
    Satages 9-1211:00-12:00Gayle
    HORTON BASED TECHNIQUE 2  dress code
    Satages 12-1812:00-1:00Gayle
    HORTON BASED TECHNIQUE - Intermediate  dress code
    Tueages 12-186:00-7:00Gayle




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