Classes & Policies

Ballet Arts
School of Dance
Established 1975

Home of Ballet Arts Ensemble

Classes & Policies

DANCE CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Creative: Age 3 yrs
PreBallet: Ages 4-7 yrs
     Develops a foundation in dance by
     working large & small muscle groups while
     learning rhythm, spacial awareness, and
     improvisation.
Ballet: Ages 7-adult

Red: 1st year of formal study

Yellow: 2nd year of formal study

Green: 3rd year of formal study

Blue: 4th year of formal study

Teen: Beginning level of study

Prepointe: Prepares for pointe work

Intermediate I: Comprehensive
technique class

Beginning Pointe: 1st year of pointe;
taken with Intermediate I

Intermediate II: Technique & pointe

Variations: Dance variations on pointe

Advanced: Technique and pointe

Cecchetti: Ages 10-adult
Ballet class syllabus based on Enrico Cecchetti

Boys: Ages 7-12yrs
     Athletic approach to movement and dance
Jazz: Ages: 7-adult
Tap: Ages: 7-adult
Character: Green-Intermediate
     Blending of classical ballet and multicultural
     folk dance
Adult:
     Ballet, tap & jazz

DANCEWEAR

PreBallet: solid color leotard, pink tights & slippers

Classical ballet: black leotard, pink tights & slippers

Tap: leotard, tights & black tap shoes

Jazz: leotard, tights & black jazz shoes

Character: leotard, tights & character shoes

WEATHER CANCELLATIONS

Ballet Arts will cancel day and evening classes when Kalamazoo Public Schools are closed

Saturday cancellations: listen to WKZO or call the studio

BALLET ARTS BOUTIQUE

Classic leotards: toddler-adult; children's ensembles

Tights: pink child-adult

Ballet slippers: children's sizes 9-5

Also skirts, sweaters, bags, gifts and dance accessories

BAE SHOE EXCHANGE

Exchange gently used shoes for a sale/exchange fee to the Ballet Arts Ensemble (see office for details)

RECITALS
Ballet Arts offers 3 types of recitals:

PreBallet Recital: Offered every year for dancers in Creative and PreBallet classes.
Production Recital: Offered in "even" years. A story ballet with full costumes and set. Non ballet classes during the 2nd half in full costume. Professional photography is available at the dress rehearsal.
Demonstration Recital: Offered in the "odd" years. Dancers demonstrate steps and styles of dance. Dancers purchase skirts and other simple costumes.

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