Gainesville School of Ballet

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      But first a school!  

              ~ Balanchine

Instilling Integrity, Character & Discipline for over 40 Years ● Quality Counts!

Class Code:  Primary IV & Primary V

Primary Ballet (Ages 6-8) &  Secondary One Ballet ( Age7+)

Advanced Level & Junior/Senior Company Level Classes

    Senior Company dancers typically take class four to five times a week and rehearse three to four times a week.  Participation in the annual summer intensive is required.

Enrollment in advanced level classes is based on a placement class.  Membership in the Junior and Senior Company is by audition only.  Please call  the studio for more information. 

    Dancers in the Junior Company take class three to four times a week and usually rehearse one  to two nights a week.  Participation in the annual summer course is required.  Junior Company members are eleven and older. 

TAP   -  Ages 5 and up

 

HIP-HOP Ages 7

and up.

 

JAZZ  -  Ages 6 and up.

Intermediate Ballet  (Ages 8 & older)

    Your child will learn the basics of the ballet barre and some center work.  One to two ballet classes and one jazz class a week are recommended.  Some students opt for an additional tap or hip-hop class.

    A further expansion of the basic barre techniques.  Increased centre work to develop a dance vocabulary.  Two ballet classes a week are required and one jazz class is highly recommended.  Students in the Intermediate III level are evaluated for pointe work in December.

Classical dancing is like being a mother:

if you’ve never done it,

you can’t imagine how hard it is.

 ~ Harriet Cavalli

Class Code:  Primary I - Primary III

The early childhood program promotes the love of dance through the joy of movement combined with music.  Simple dance concepts are taught beginning with the identification of body parts, coordination skills, and movement patterns.  The basics of ballet are introduced along with the development of critical rhythm skills, strength, and the ability to follow directions.  These creative and imaginative classes broaden every young child’s love of dance and the performing arts.  At this age, children typically take one hour a week although a few choose to take more frequently.  We offer Saturday and evening classes for working parents.

Early Childhood Programs (Ages 3-6)

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Let us first teach little children to breathe,

to vibrate, to feel, and to become one

with the general harmony  and movement of nature.

Let us first produce a beautiful human being,

a dancing child.

 ~ Isadora Duncan

 

Class Code:  Intermediate I-III

Over 40 Years  ~  Quality Counts!

 

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