Cem Catbas, Artistic Director

Elysabeth Muscat, Managing Director

10534 York Road, Suite 201
Cockeysville, MD 21030
(410)-667-7974

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2010-11 Classes

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Pre Children's Classes  

2010-11 Baltimore Ballet Calendar

Date

Classes Begin

Tues. Sep. 7

Thanksgiving Holiday

Thurs. Nov. 25 – Sun. Nov. 28

Baltimore Ballet & BSO at the Meyerhoff

Fri. Dec. 3 – Sat. Dec. 4

Baltimore Ballet’s Nutcracker at Goucher

Sat. Dec. 11, Sun. Dec. 12

Winter Holiday

Mon. Dec. 13 – Sun. Jan. 2

Classes Resume

Mon. Jan. 3

Baltimore Ballet at the BMA

Feb. TBA

Spring Break

Mon. Mar. 14 – Sun. Mar. 20

Spring Performance and End of Session

Sun. May 15

Summer Session Begins

Mon. June 13

 

 

Preprofessional Ballet Classes     

 

Adult and Teen Classes  

Jazz, Modern, Character

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Children’s Classes

Class Attire:  Pink leotard, ballet pink footed tights (no cut-off tights), pink leather ballet slippers.  Ballet/tap students also bring black patent leather tap shoes.  Hair in a bun.

 

Baby Ballerinas
A fun, introductory 45 minute dance class for 3-4 year old beginners.

Baby Ballerina classes are split into 2 sessions:

Sep. 7 – Dec. 4, 2010: $225

Jan. 3 – May 15, 2011: $300

 

Tuesday 3:45 - 4:30 pm

Wednesday 4:15 - 5:00 pm

Saturday 9:15 - 10:00 am

 

For the following classes, please consult the Tuition page.


Ballet/Tap 1
A combination of ballet and tap, for students 4-5 years old.

Thursday 4:15 - 5:15

 

Ballet/Tap 2

A combination of ballet and tap for students 6-7 years old.

Thursday 5:00 - 6:00

Basic Dance
A 60 minute basic dance class for 4-5 year olds. Students will learn creative movement, stretching, and beginning ballet movements and terms.

Tuesday 4:00 - 5:00

Saturday 9:30 - 10:30 am

Pre Ballet A
A 60 minute pre ballet class for 5-6 year olds. A continuation of the basic dance class, students will learn more variety of terms and movements.

Monday 4:30 - 5:30

Tuesday 5:30 - 6:30

Saturday 10:30 - 11:30

Pre Ballet B
A 60 minute pre ballet class for 6-7 year olds. A continuation of Pre Ballet A, this class prepares students for formal ballet classes with barre, center, and across the floor exercises.

Tuesday 5:00 - 6:00

Wednesday 5:00 - 6:00

Saturday 11:30 - 12:30 am

Adult and Teen Ballet Classes

Class Attire:  Any color leotard, black or pink tights, ballet slippers, hair pulled back off the face.  No dangly jewelry.  Wrap-around skirts are optional.

 

Adult Beginner Ballet
The slowest class for adult dancers. For beginners, or those who have taken ballet before but want a slow, easy class with mostly barre work.

Monday 7:00 - 8:15 pm

Thursday 7:00 - 8:15 pm

 

Teen Beginner Ballet

A beginner ballet class for teens.

Thursday 7:00 - 8:00 pm


Adult Elementary Ballet
A more advanced class than the beginner level, a more challenging class for those with previous study.

Tuesday 7:00 - 8:15 pm

Adult Intermediate Ballet
An intermediate ballet class with faster combinations, jumps, turns, petit allegro and grand allegro.

Monday 6:00 - 7:15 pm

Wednesday 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Adult Advanced Ballet
An advanced, professional class. Minimum length, 90 minutes.

Monday 10:00 - 11:30 am

Wednesday 10:00 - 11:30 am

Friday 10:00 - 11:30 am

Saturday 10:00 - 11:30 am


Pre-Professional Ballet Classes

Class Attire:  Each level has its own specific leotard color (see below); ballet pink fully footed (or convertible) seamless tights, ballet slippers (see below), hair must be in a neat bun, no jewelry in class.

 

Pre-professional classes based on the Russian Vaganova style. The first levels emphasizes proper placement, posture, turnout, strengthening the feet, balance, and flexibility. As students develop and progress into higher levels, the technical difficulty of the exercises increases to include center adagio, petit allegro, turns, and grand allegro. Students may begin pointe work with the permission of the Artistic Director during Level 3. At the highest level, students combine all of the technical aspects with artistry to be a more complete dancer.

Level 1 (once weekly minimum)  Light blue camisole leotard, pink leather ballet slippers.

Minimum age:  7 years old with one year previous training, or 8 -10 year old beginners.

Tuesday 4:30 - 5:30

Thursday 6:00 - 7:00

Saturday 10:00 - 11:00


Level 2 (twice weekly minimum)  Red camisole leotard, pink leather ballet slippers (ribbons not necessary.)

Ages 8-11 with two years previous training.

Monday 5:30 - 6:30 - FULL

Wednesday 6:00 - 7:00

Saturday 11:00 - 12:00

Level 3 (twice weekly minimum)  Royal blue camisole leotard, pink canvas ballet slippers with ribbons.

Ages 9 - 12 with three years previous training.

Monday 6:30 - 7:45

Thursday 5:15 - 6:30

Saturday 12:15 - 1:30

 

Beginner Pointe (only with permission from the Director, and only when enrolled in 3 weekly ballet technique classes)

Saturday 1:30 - 2:00

Level 4 (three times weekly minimum)   Purple camisole leotard, pink canvas ballet slippers with ribbons.

Ages 10-16 with four years previous training.

Monday 4:30 - 6:00

Wednesday 4:30 - 6:00

Thursday 4:30 - 6:00

Friday 4:30-6:00

Saturday 12:30 - 2:00


Level 4 Pointe Only with permission from the Director in conjunction with weekly ballet classes.

Thursday 6:00 - 6:30

Saturday 2:00 - 2:30


Level 5 (four times weekly minimum)   Black camisole leotard, pink canvas ballet slippers with ribbons.

Ages 10-16 with five years previous training.

Monday 4:30 - 6:00

Tuesday 4:30 - 6:00

Wednesday 4:30 - 6:00

Friday 4:30 - 6:00

Saturday 11:30 - 1:00


Level 5 Variations

Tuesday 6:00 - 6:30

 

Level 5 Pointe

Tuesday 6:30-7:00

Friday 6:00 - 6:30

Saturday 1:00 - 1:30

 

Level 6 (only open to students taking unlimited classes)

For advanced students 12 and older.

Monday 7:15 - 8:45

Tuesday 6:30 - 8:00

Wednesday 6:00 - 7:30

Thursday 6:30 - 8:00

Saturday 1:30 - 3:00

 

Level 6 Pointe

Monday 8:45 - 9:30

Saturday 3:00 - 3:30


Pas de deux

Students learn the art of partnering and learn pas de deux from famous ballets.  Open only to Level 6 students.

Thursday 8:00 - 9:00


Repertoire (Variations)  Open only to Level 6 students.

Students learn variations from Swan Lake, La Bayadere, Paquita, Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Les Sylphides, and other famous ballets.

Wednesday 7:30 - 8:30


(In November and December, Repertoire and Pas de deux Classes may be used for Nutcracker variations.)


Jazz, Modern Character:

 

Class attire for jazz:  any color leotard and tights with black jazz shoes

Beginner Jazz

An introductory jazz class for 7-10 year olds.

Tuesday 6:00 - 7:00

 

Intermediate Jazz
A higher level of jazz class for 10-12 year olds with at least 1-2 years of previous experience, based on Luigi style, with emphasis on syncopation, and individual expression of the music.  Class attire same as beginner jazz.  Students must also be enrolled in ballet classes.

Monday 6:00 - 7:00

 

Adult Jazz

A beginner jazz class for older teens and adults.

Friday 6:30 - 7:30


Class attire for Character:  Black character skirt and black character shoes (low heel) with any color leotard and pink tights

Character (for Level 3 and 4 students)
Students learn traditional folk dances (often used in famous classical ballets) such as czardas, flamenco, mazurka, tarantella, waltz, etc.  Students wear black character shoes.

Thursday 6:30 - 7:00

 

Class attire for modern:  any color leotard, convertible tights, bare feet or foot pads

Beginner Modern (for Level 4 and 5 Ballet students) 

An introduction to modern dance technique based on Martha Graham style.

Wednesday 6:00 - 7:00

 

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