Ages 10-14 w/ Recommendation or by assessment

Fridays 4:30-5:30

Instructor: Tiana & Zoe

A preparatory track as dancers prepare for a pre-professional track

Assessments may be ongoing throughout the year, meaning students could enter the track midyear on a case-by-case basis.

Requirements & Criteria:

-Come in “uniform” (black leo, pink tights, hair in bun, dance skirt)

-Must also enroll in at least 2 other dance classes per week

-Cannot miss more than 3 classes per term

The following skills should be mastered or emerging:

-Clean single pirouette with emerging clean double

-Precise, consistent technique

-Flexibility standards: (can do a split to one or both sides, heel stretch, can get leg to top barre without lifting hip)

-Solid demi pointe, can balance without barre for at least 10 seconds without compensating or wobbling

Can learn and execute at least 2 full counts of 8 with 1 or less mistakes

Ages 15+ w/ Recommendation or by assessment

Tuesdays 5:00-6:30 in Concord w/ Zoe

Thursday 4:30-5:30 at LDB w/ Clarissa

Level 2 Pointe Thursdays 5:45-6:45 w/ Zoe

Must enroll in all required classes

The following skills should be mastered or emerging:

-Clean double pirouette to both sides

-Can learn and execute at least 3 counts of 8 across the floor, making no more than 1 mistake

-Full split both sides

-Holds leg at 90 degrees to front, side, and back for at least 10 seconds without lifting hip

-Solid demi pointe, can balance without barre for at least 20 seconds without compensation or wobbling

-Reliably uses technique (ex: pointed feet, straight knees, controlled arms)

-Prepared for class wearing appropriate ballet attire

-Adherence to attendance policy - cannot miss more than 3 classes per term

To be taken in conjunction with Pre-Pro Track

Tuesdays 6:45-7:45 at Dance Prism w/ Mary

Must also take Level 2 Pointe Thursdays 5:45-6:45

This class will be run as an advanced ballet class with the expectation that pointework is executed with precision and technique