CLASSES OFFERED BY BALLET ARTS SCHOOL OF DANCE
JAZZ
Ages 6-adult
Rhythmically complex and syncopated movements with the use of body isolations such as head, shoulders, ribs, and hips.
CREATIVE
Ages 3-4 yrs
Dancers will explore and express themselves through movement while gaining balance, coordination, and spatial awareness.
PRE-BALLET
Ages Kindergarten-1st grade
Develops a foundation in dance by working large and small muscle groups while learning rhythm, spatial awareness, and improvisation in preparation for classical ballet.
TAP
Ages 6-adult
Creating percussive rhythms with your feet using shoes with metal plates on the toes and heels.
CONTEMPORARY
Ages 11-adult
A style of innovative and interpretive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including modern, jazz, lyrical, and classical ballet. Emphasis is on the use of gravity, breath, contraction and release, and fall and recovery.
BALLET
Ages 7-adult
Formalized movement emphasizing gracefulness, agility, lightness, and long lines. The foundation is based on turnout of the legs and positions of the feet, arms, head, and body.
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Red: 1st year of formal study
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Yellow: 2nd year of formal study
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Green: 3rd year of formal study
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Blue: 4th year of formal study
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Teen/Adult: Beginning and continuing level of study
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Prepointe: Prepares for pointe work
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Intermediate I: Comprehensive
technique class -
Beginning Pointe: 1st year of pointe;
taken with Intermediate I -
Intermediate II: Technique & pointe
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Variations: Dance variations on pointe
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Advanced: Technique and pointe
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Cecchetti: Ages 10-adult
Ballet class syllabus based on Enrico Cecchetti
MOVEMENT IMPROV
STRETCH & CONDITIONING
Ages 9-adult
Teaches the elements and concepts of dance through the use of structured and improvised exercises. These tools guide dancers in the creative process that leads to the creation of movement and choreography.
Ages 11-adult
Stretching and strengthening exercises that complement a dancers training so they can meet the demands of different dance genres. Dancers will have an increased understanding of anatomy and alignment while gaining flexibility and strengthening their entire body.
GROWNUP&ME
Ages 2-5 yrs
Children with an adult explore movement games with energetic music and props to reinforce dance vocabulary, body articulation, movement choices, color recognition, and so much more.
CHARACTER
Level I-Green Ballet and any new students to Character
Dance
Level II-Blue Ballet through Intermediate Ballet
Blending of classical ballet and multicultural folk dance
TEEN/ADULT
Ballet and tap offered at beginning and continuing levels.