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Pre Children's Classes  

Pre-professional Ballet Classes     

Adult and Teen Classes  

Jazz, Tap, Modern, Character

Company Classes

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. 6 – Dec. 4, 2011: $225

Jan. 2 – May 13, 2012: $300

Tuesday 3:45 - 4:30 pm

Wednesday 3:45 - 4:30 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 4:30 - 5:30 pm

Ballet/Tap 2

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

Thursday 5:30 - 6:30 pm

Jazz/Tap

A beginner combination class including both jazz and tap for 7-9 year olds.

Thursday 5:30 - 6:30 pm

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 4:30 - 5:30 pm

Saturday 10:00 - 11:00 am - CALL FOR AVAILABILITY.  Alternate choices:  Tuesday Basic Dance, Thursday Ballet/Tap, or Tuesday or Wednesday Baby Ballerinas

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.

Tuesday 4:30 - 5:30 pm

Saturday 10:00 - 11:00 am - CALL FOR AVAILABILITY - Other options:  Pre Ballet B.

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.

Monday 4:30 - 5:30 pm

Tuesday 5:30-6:30 pm

Saturday 9:00 - 10:00 am

Adult 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 7:30 - 8:45 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 Beginner Pointe

Must be taken in conjunction with the Wednesday Adult Intermediate Ballet Class.

Wednesday 8:30 - 9:00 pm

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

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 5:30 - 6:30 pm

Thursday 6:30 - 7:30 pm

Saturday 11:00 - 12:00am

Level 2 (twice weekly minimum)  Red camisole leotard, pink leather ballet slippers.

Ages 8-11 with two years previous training.

Tuesday 6:30 - 7:30 pm

Thursday 6:30 - 7:30 pm

Saturday 12:15 - 1:15 pm

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

Ages 9 - 12 with three years previous training.

Monday 5:30 - 6:45 pm - WAIT LIST ONLY

Wednesday 4:45 - 6:00 pm - WAIT LIST ONLY

Saturday 11:00 - 12:15 pm - ALMOST FULL

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

Monday 6:45 - 7:15 pm

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 pm

Wednesday 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Thursday 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Saturday 12:15- 1:45 pm

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

Thursday 6:00 - 6:30 pm

Saturday 1:45-2:30 pm

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 pm

Tuesday 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Wednesday 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Friday 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Saturday 11:30 - 1:00 pm

Level 5 Variations

Tuesday 6:00 - 6:30 pm

Level 5 Pointe

Tuesday 6:30-7:00 pm

Wednesday 6:00 - 6:30 pm

Friday 6:00 - 6:30 pm

Saturday 1:00 - 1:30 pm

Level 6 (only open to students taking unlimited classes)

For advanced students 12 and older.

Monday 7:15 - 8:45 pm

Tuesday 6:30 - 8:00 pm

Wednesday 6:30 - 8:00 pm

Thursday 6:30 - 8:00 pm

Saturday 1:30 - 3:00 pm

Level 6 Pointe

Monday 8:45 - 9:30 pm

Saturday 3:00 - 3:30 pm

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 pm

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 8:00 - 9:00 pm

(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

Jazz/Tap

A beginner combination class including both jazz and tap for 7-9 year olds.

Thursday 5:30 - 6:30 pm

Intermediate Jazz
A higher level of jazz class for 11-14 year olds with at least 2-3 years of previous experience, based on Luigi style, with emphasis on syncopation, and individual expression of the music.  Students must also be enrolled in ballet classes.

Monday 6:00 - 7:00 pm

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 and character skirts.

Wednesday 6:00 - 7:00 pm

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

Intermediate Modern (for Level 4 and 5 Ballet students) 

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

Friday 6:30 - 7:30 pm

Company Classes:

Advanced adults may pay the walk-in fee of $25 to attend company classes, but by audition only.  Company classes will be held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings 10:00 - 11:30 am.  Please call if you are interested.

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