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Fall Session
September 14 - November 16th
10 weeks
Ballet + Modern
Mondays, 3-4 p.m.
Polish up your points and pirouettes with Design Dance’s virtual Ballet + Modern Combo Class for 8-12 year olds. In our Virtual Ballet + Modern Combo Program, dancers will develop their flexibility, strength and agility while enhancing vital social-emotional skills in self awareness, self management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision-making. These live dance classes will review the structure of both a ballet + modern dance class with new and returning students, while exploring the technique of each dance style. Our professional dance educator will lead dancers through lessons that cover technical dance drills, improvisational movement games and activities, self-expression exercises, and choreography building. At the culmination of this program, students will showcase their learnings to families and friends in a final celebration of class!
Class Core Competencies:
Gross and fine-motor skills
Self Awareness
Creativity
Control
Bonus - Flexibility Training, Strength Building, Coordination, Accumulation Practice
In each session, families will receive a secure Zoom link with a Meeting ID and Passcode to use on a phone, tablet, laptop or computer for each lesson. Dancers will be muted, with cameras off upon entry. Students will be given the opportunity to turn their cameras on, however, it is not required that dancers participate with their video feed. Dancers are encouraged to wear clothes they are comfortable moving in. While leotards, tights, and ballet slippers are recommended, they are not required for class.
Musical Theatre
Tuesdays, 3-4 p.m.
Lights, camera, action! Explore your interests in drama and theatre in Design Dance’s virtual Musical Theatre Dance Class for 8-12 year olds. In our Musical Theatre Dance program students will explore popular, classic and contemporary musicals while learning the basics of dance and theatrical performance technique. Not only will students develop an appreciation for musicality, but they will also practice coordination, rhythm, flexibility, spacial awareness and collaboration. Students will also gain vital social-emotional skills as they engage in theatre-related team building exercises, self-expression prompts, choice-based improvisational activities, and creative confidence games. Working with our professional musical theatre educator, students will learn choreography to popular musicals or design a piece of their own! At the culmination of this program, students will showcase their learnings to families and friends in a final celebration of class!
Class Core Competencies:
Gross and fine-motor skills
Self Awareness
Relationship Skills
Empathy
Creativity
Confidence
Bonus - Flexibility Training, Coordination Control, Accumulation Practice