This class is for students new to ballet and ages 7+ or who have completed Pre-Ballet III by instructor approval.
Students are introduced to barre work, and develop basic ballet elements and conditioning in a controlled and structured setting. In addition, they continue to development of coordination, musicality, fine and gross motor skills, posture, balance, coordination and self expression.
Average Time of Level Completion: 1 Semester
Students who are ready to participate without a parent or guardian.Using songs, imagination, and age-appropriate movement, dancers learn basic ballet technique.
Pre-ballet helps develop children's gross motor skills, class discipline, musicality, balance, posture, flexibility, focus, and spatial awareness.
Class Placement: Completed Mommy/Daddy & Me by Instructor Approval or 3 yrs old by July 1, 2025.
Average Time of Level Completion: 2-3 Semesters
This class builds upon the pre-ballet curriculum taught in Pre-Ballet I and introduces new ballet steps, vocabulary, and classroom etiquette and transitions. It focuses on developing children's fine and gross motor skills, class discipline, musicality, balance, posture, strength and flexibility, focus, and spatial awareness.
Class Placement: Completed Pre-Ballet I by Instructor Approval or 5 yrs old by July 1, 2025.
Average Time of Level Completion: 2-3 Semesters
This class builds upon the pre-ballet curriculum taught in Pre-Ballet II and introduces new ballet steps, vocabulary, and concepts. Students continue to develop gross and fine motor skills, strength and flexibility, rhythm, musicality, discipline, body and spatial awareness, balance, posture, coordination, cooperation, working with a partner, creativity, stage directions and patterns, and self-expression.
Class Placement: Completed Pre-Ballet II by Instructor Approval
or 6 yrs old by July 1, 2025.
Class Placement: Ages: 6-13
Ballet Beyond Barriers is an inclusion program designed for children of all abilities and needs. It is ideal for both girls and boys who are interested in exploring a new way of movement through dance, and will focus on rhythm, musicality, and gross motor skills, while pushing the barriers of the child’s everyday capabilities.
Multi-week sessions will include an in-studio showcase for families.