Dance & Fitness Classes

Ballet | Combination & Single Dance Classes

Yoga | Pilates Mat Exercise

The Dance Program at Fine Arts:

The Fine Arts Dance Program allows students to enter at any level and/or style appropriate to both ability and age. Beginning students with no previous experience may enter classes marked "No previous training required." Students new to Fine Arts with previous experience will be scheduled into a placement class by appointment with the teacher. Contact Jeannie Fleming-Gifford, Director of Education at (440) 951-7500 x118 to schedule an appointment. Students are evaluated annually to continue proper placement in a challenging class setting.

As a young dancer, a student is offered creative movement and ballet/tap combination classes which provide a basic foundation of dance terminology and movements. Through using familiar locomotor and non-locomotor steps, students develop increased coordination and special awareness.

Dance Experience I and II provide the dance student with three different styles: ballet, tap, and an introduction to jazz. After studying at these levels, it is typical for a student to continue their dance education in either classical ballet or tap and jazz. Serious dancers should consider pursuing study in all three styles, as the demands of the profession require versatility. For tap, jazz, and modern students, parallel study in ballet is strongly recommended as dancers refine placement/alignment while performing demanding stylized choreography.

Students studying in the upper levels will develop technical proficiency, style and performance qualities as they are challenged by advanced vocabulary and complex combinations.

All dance classes are progressive and continue for the full school year (September through June). Fall Session students need to re-register for Spring Session.

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Beginning & End Dates for 2008 Fall Classes and Lessons

Ballet

The Ballet Program introduces and develops the skills and understanding of ballet technique and cultivates artistic expression and enjoyment of movement. A clearly defined structure allows learning to take place in the context of safe dance practice. The progressive training ensures that steps and skills learned at lower levels prepare for a more complex movement as students progress.

Beginning students with no previous study may enroll in the ballet program starting in the combination classes marked "No previous training required."

Students new to Fine Arts with previous training are scheduled into a placement class by appointment with the teacher.

Contact Jeannie Fleming-Gifford, Director of Education at (440) 951-7500 x118 to schedule an appointment. All students are progressed by age, ability and the desired amount of time commitment or class frequency.

Dress requirements:

• Females: Black leotard, theatrical pink tights & pink leather ballet slippers. Hair neatly secured off the neck and away from the face.
• Males Black tights, fitted shirt & black leather ballet slippers.

Please also enter the student's first name(s) for each class below before adding the class to the cart.

Please complete the Registration Form once before cart check out.
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Combination and Single Dance Classes

Creative Preschool Dance dress requirements:

Females/Males: Dress children comfortably for creative movement. Formal dancewear not required (though welcome). No jeans or skirts please. Ballet slippers or soft-soled shoes.

Ballet/Tap dress requirements:        

• Females: Pink tights, pink or black leotard, pink ballet slippers, black tap shoes. Hair neatly secured off the neck and away from the face.
• Males: Black dance pants, fitted shirt, black ballet slippers, black tap shoes.

Tap/Jazz/Modern dress requirements:

• Females: Black leotard, pink, black or tan tights or black jazz pants, split sole black jazz oxfords, black flat style tap shoes.
• Males: Black dance pants, fitted shirt, split sole black jazz oxfords, black tap shoes.

Please also enter the student's first name(s) for each class below before adding the class to the cart.

Please complete the Registration Form once before cart check out.
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Yoga

Yoga Class Preparation: Please wear stretchy or loose fitting clothes. Eat nothing or only a light snack two hours prior to the session. Bring a yoga mat and a cushion.

Please also enter the student's first name(s) for each class below before adding the class to the cart.

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Pilates Mat Exercise

Pilates is a conditioning program based on the work of Joseph H. Pilates. This method improves muscle control, flexibility, coordination, strength and tone. Participants become more aware of their bodies, improve alignment and breathing and increase efficiency of movement. In a sequence of carefully performed movements, each exercise is designed to stretch and strengthen the muscles involved, opening the joints and releasing tension.

Dress requirements:

• Women: Dancewear, leggings, bike pants, t-shirt. NO SHOES
• Men: Bike pants or track pants and fitted shirt. NO SHOES

Bring an exercise mat.

Please complete the Registration Form once before cart check out.
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