Ballet/Tap I

• Ages: 6 - 9
• Min. # Students: 5
• Max. # Students: 15
• Class Fee:  $18 per month
• Supply Fee: $30 costume fee due in January  **Please see my "Dance Notes to Parents" with my bio in the "GIFT Teachers" section of the website.

This class is suitable for students with minimal or no dance experience. We will learn the fundamentals of ballet theory and technique thru exercises at the barre, across the floor, and in the center.  Ballet is the foundation of all movement as it helps students develop proper body alignment, strength, flexibility, and coordination, thus offering superior cross training for all sports and other forms of dance.  Tap is an opportunity for dancers to become versed in another form of dance while applying the fundamentals learned in ballet.  We’ll learn basic tap steps through graded warm-ups, center floor excercises, progressions, and dance combinations.  I like jazz and hip hop, so be prepared because I will add as much as I can to our tap dances. 

• No prior dance experience is necessary
• Recommended dance attire:

          Girls - Pink leotard, pink tights, pink ballet choes and black tap shoes.  Optional: dance skirt

          Boys - White t-shirt, black shorts or sweat pants, black ballet shoe or jazz shoes and black tap shoes

• Please keep tutus and formal constumes to a minimum as they can be distracting and inhibit proper movement
• No jewelry (small stud earrings are ok)
• Please pull hair back off of face and shoulders
• A costume costing approximately $30 will be required for the Evening of the Arts.