Ages 11-14

w/ Recommendation or by assessment

Thursdays 4:30-5:30

Instructor: Tiana

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

● Students will participate in an assessment if they would like to be considered

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

● 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 due to unexcused absence in order to be eligible to stay in the program the following year

● 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

-Tuesday 5:00-6:30 pre-pro flat in Concord w/ Zoe

Tuesday 6:45-7:45 pre-pro pointe in Concord w/ Mary

Also required:

Monday 6:45-7:45 adv ballet [flat] at LDB w/ Amy

Thursday 6:30-7:30 adv pointe at LDB w/ Clarissa

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 due to unexcused absence in order to continue to participate in the track

To be taken in conjunction with Pre-Pro Track

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

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