All ballet classes have a required dress code with a leotard

2.5 years - 6 years

Dancers will be in class all on their own. We also begin dress code with a leotard and tights that must be purchased at MPA. Dress Code creates responsibility and discipline in the classroom.

What Does My Dancer Learn?Ballet and Tap Vocabulary

Basic Ballet skills such as turn out, plie, releve, passe, saute and more.

Basic Tap skills such as brush, step, stamp, march and shuffle.

Parts of the body, foot and shoe.

Body Awareness

Spatial Awareness

Motor Development

Locomotive Movement

Improvisational Dance

Musicality

When Does This Class Meet?Monday 4-4:45pm (2.5-3.5yrs)

Monday 5:00-6:00pm (5yrs)

Monday 4:45-6pm (6yrs)

Tuesday 1:30-2:15pm (3-5yrs)

Thursday 5:30-6:15pm (4yrs)

Saturday 10:45-11:30am (2.5-5yrs)

7 years - 10 years

This class is for the dancer that has taken dance class before, or is at least 8 if they haven't taken ballet before.

What Does My Dancer Learn?

Ballet Terminology continued

Use of ballet positions in combinations

Variation of port de bras while using their legs

One hand on the barre

Full barre, center and across the floor

Proper use of turnout

Begin turns like chained and pirouettes

Leap and Jump variations

Types of combinations in ballet (adage, petite allegro, grande allegro)

When Does This Class Meet?

Monday 6:00-7:00pm

Thursday 4:15-5:15pm

9 years - 13 years

This class is for the dancer that has taken dance before, or is at least 10 years old if they haven't taken ballet before.

What Does My Dancer Learn?Ballet Terminology continued

Use of ballet positions on and off the barre

More focus on center work

Use of technique in choreography

Full barre, center and across the floor

Chaines, Pirouettes

Preparation for Fuettes

Leaps and JumpsCombinations to remember from one week to the next

When Does This Class Meet?

Tuesday 5:30-6:45pm

Thursday 6:15-7:30pm

Sunday 12:00-1:00pm

12 years - 18 years

This class is for the dancer that has already taken many years of ballet.

What Does My Dancer Learn?

Complete combinations by only being told the choreography rather than shown

Perform combinations with turn out and technique

Grande Leaps and Jumps

Fuettes

Multiple skills in a row

Changing up combinations more often

When Does This Class Meet?

Tuesday 6:45-8:15pm

Sunday 12:00-1:00pm

11 years - 18 years

This class is for the dancer that has already taken many years of ballet.

What Does My Dancer Learn?

Complete combinations by only being told the choreography rather than shown

Perform combinations with turn out and technique

Grande Leaps and Jumps

Fuettes

Multiple skills in a row

Changing up combinations more often

When Does This Class Meet?

Thursday 5:15-6:15pm

Sunday 12-1pm

9 years +

This ballet class should be in addition to one of the above level classes. Dancers will use Exercise balls and Therabands to learn a deeper understanding of how to feel and use their bodies throughout dance. Exercises increase awareness for turn out, foot articulation, spinal placement, core use and arm/leg strength and placement. Technique only will be focused on here.

When Does This Class Meet?

Monday 7:00-8:00pm

Wednesday 7:45-8:45pm

9 years + (pointe shoe dancers must be at least 10)

This ballet class has to be taken with a leveled ballet class above. Dancers must be approved by our instructors to use pointe shoes during class.

Dancers not on pointe, will work on foot articulation and strengthening, use of their ankles and lower leg muscles and proper placement and flexibility in the foot for a pointe shoe.

Pointe dancers will work on their flat ballet skills on pointe shoes.

When Does This Class Meet?

Tuesday 6:45-8:15pm (Pointe 2)

Thursday 6:15-7:30pm (Pointe 1)