Ages 1-3 Classes

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Warm-Up with Taps

We usually begin this class by drumming with our hands and feet and learning the teacher's signals for attention. This is accomplished through progressive tapping, drumming, reaching, and stretching. --Oh, and laughing. Dancers learn how to act as a group member, get a chance to speak in front of the circle, and practice waiting their turns during fast-paced activities. This is a great time to watch the warm-up video, if you're interested. You're welcome to help your little one through the activities at the same time. If you don't have drums at home, grab a bucket or bowl. If you don't have bells or rattles, make them out of two cups, beans and tape. (Watch out for choke hazards!)

Tap Barre, Floor, & Games

We don't call this class: "Pre-Dance" because we believe dancing is dancing. Have you ever seen a toddler shake it 'till his diaper falls off? That's "dancing" if I've ever seen it. So, during this section, we help elicit the dance moves that are already packed in that tiny container you call your child. We teach them real moves and try to speak whatever movement language each kid needs in order to understand the skills. That often requires the recruitment of stuffed animals, dress-up hats, balls, and hula hoops too!

"Time to 'Ballet'!"

As one of my Little Bitties says after about 20 minutes of tap dancing class, "Yay, yay! It's time to ballet!" Changing shoes makes a nice, brief water beak. It also gives kids' focus a small reprieve so that they will be even more attentive when their attention span gets to be stretched back on the dance floor. Classes differ weekly, depending on the students present and their dynamic, but we generally begin the ballet segments by reviewing how to properly point and flex, understanding posture and knee placement, what first and second position looks like, how to plie and relive, etc. This is also the time students begin to hear and develop an appreciation for classical music -- one of Mozart's pieces having been proven to improve brain function and intelligence

(according to the MIND Institute.)

2019 Spring Showcase beginning ballet demonstration of skills

Floorwork

We really do want these students to perform in the biannual showcases. Sometimes, the group ages and dynamic disallow for such a goal. But it is great for kids that young to begin learning how to memorize and recall steps, and how to apply strands of things they've learned in a cohesive manner. (Here, that would be learning a dance.) We also learn and practice beginning ballet technique across the floor.

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About This Class

Warm-Up with Taps

Tap Barre, Floor, & Games

"Time to 'Ballet'!"

Floorwork

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