In Discovering Ballet, children will explore different ways to move their bodies through space. Dancers will learn fundamental ballet skills including pliés, relevés, and leaps. In class, students will utilize props such as scarves to enhance their dancing experience. Dancers should be ready to play, laugh, move, and discover. Together we will dance!

Teacher: Daisy Hodge

In this class series, your dancer will explore movement through a modern dance lens. We will practice moving as a class and as individuals with focus on upper/lower isolation, body-half coordination, locomotor/non-locomotor movements and the power of stillness. As we grow, we will develop communication and collaboration through sharing the space with our peers. We will encourage and facilitate growth in body awareness, sense of community and self-confidence in addition to moving with control using the modern dance vocabulary.

Teacher: Emilie Raleigh

In this class series, your dancer will explore movement through a modern dance lens. We will practice moving as a class and as individuals with focus on upper/lower isolation, body-half coordination, locomotor/non-locomotor movements and the power of stillness. As we grow, we will develop communication and collaboration through sharing the space with our peers. We will encourage and facilitate growth in body awareness, sense of community and self-confidence in addition to moving with control using the modern dance vocabulary.

Teacher: Lydia Banuelos

Let’s move and shake together! In this Introduction to Jazz class, we will explore the fundamentals of jazz technique. We will do this by starting with an energizing full-body warm-up which will then lead us to move across the floor. Then, we will learn a dance phrase (choreography) in the center of the space. Every class will end with a cool down to thank our bodies for all the hard work. In this class, we will laugh, sweat, explore, and dance to all different styles of music while working on our strength, alignment, and technique!

Teacher: Daisy Hodge

In this class, we will explore the basics of modern dance movement and ethos. Students will be introduced to a variety of classic modern techniques and practices, inviting them to tune into their bodies and discover their own potential. Exercises will focus on improving coordination, building strength and flexibility, and honing musicality through fundamental modern dance principles, such as somatic awareness and partnering. In addition to technical development, class time will be devoted to creative exploration as well. Through structured improvisation and choreographic tasks, students will grow their artistic voice, both individually and collaboratively. Let’s have some fun, try something new, and grow together!

Teacher: Becca Gargiulo

This class will focus on teaching fundamental ballet technique and vocabulary. It will introduce the students to barre work and simple center exercises aimed to build coordination, balance and alignment.

Teacher: Kahlila Brown

In this class series, we will grow our understanding of dance fundamentals focusing on movement skills, creation, and collaboration. We will work on upper/lower body and left/right coordination, musicality, low/middle/high levels, and more beginner modern technique skills. While working on these specific elements, we will improve our ability to communicate, collaborate, and create as a class and in smaller groups through choreography lessons. I will foster an encouraging environment that allows dancers the freedom to explore moving with control in a variety of different ways, while developing a sense of community with their peers.

Teacher: Lydia Banuelos