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Dance Class Information
Dance
Program: Dance Director: Donna Richards
Hip Hop & Tumble Dance Instructor: Shannon Grant
Tumble Dance Class of 2007/2008
Tumble Dance – A 45 minute class that combines tumbling and
dance concepts into a high energy class.
This class is suitable for ages 2 – 3
years old.
It prepares students for a more structured creative movement and dance class at age 4.
Students in the tumble dance class will
hop, skip, jump, learn basic dance and tumbling moves
and develop motor skills
necessary for the next phase of dance and/or tumbling.
Beginner Dance/Creative Movement Class 2007/2008
Creative Movement/Beginner Dance - A 45 minute class that consist of beginning
dance skills and pre-ballet concepts.
This class prepares students for the
Level 1 Ballet/Tap combination class.
This class is ideal for students who are
at least 3 and have completed
tumble dance or students who are 4 and 5 year
old beginner dance students.
Level 1.Ballet/Tap – Class of 2007/2008
Level 1: Ballet/
Tap –
a one hour class that develops two dance styles.
The class is divided in half
and addresses the vocabulary and movements skills for both ballet and
tap.
Students in this class are placed there by the teacher.
Typically these students
are students who have completed beginner dance or be at least 5 1/2 - 7 years
old.
Level 2: Ballet/Tap -
a 1 hour and a half class that continues to
develop
two dance styles.
Students in this class advance to a one hour ballet class and tap is offered for
30 minutes.
Students in this class will study more advanced technical dance
skills.
Students are placed in this level based on age and their previous
experience level.
Placement is at the discretion of the instructor.
Intermediate Ballet Class 2007/2008
Apprentice/Dance Theater Ballet Class 2007/2008
Levels 3 and up – Two hours of ballet per week recommended. * Required for pre-pointe students.
Placement is at the discretion of the instructor.
Petite Jazz
Ages ( 4-8), and enrolled in ballet class. These students will study and perform jazz combinations and jazz concepts.
Intermediate Jazz – Class of 2007/2008
Jazz – a one hour class for ballet enrolled students between the
ages of 8 and 11.
Students are placed in classes with students relatively close in age and
abilities.
Jazz Performance Troupe: Class of 2007/2008
For the jazz student 12 and up the classes are one and a half
hours long. Jazz dance consists of smooth,
syncopated or unexpected moves that require the isolated movement of various
body parts.
This is a swing flavor type dance style found in most Broadway stage
productions.
All movements within the jazz classes are age appropriate with "no outwardly
sexual undertones" for the younger students.
Advanced Tap - Class of 2007/2008
Tap – a half hour class for beginning students between the
ages of 5 and 10: and a 45 minute class for students11 and up.
Tap produces rhythmic patters with the feet as an additional percussive
accompaniment to the music.
Hip Hop Jr. Class of 2007/2008
Hip Hop - a 45 minute class offered in addition to a Jazz technique class.
Students must be 9 years old and all hip hop students must take a jazz class in
addition to hip hop.
Hip Hop is the style of dance most commonly seen on music videos.
Private Classes
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