Ballet and Tap Dancing for age range 5-8

This eight week course teaches students ages 5-8 the fundamentals of ballet and tap dancing. Each class will be divided into two parts; one half devoted to ballet technique and the other to tap.

New students will be exposed to the following in ballet:

• The five main positions

• French terminology

• Barre exercises including port de bras, plies, tendus, frappes, and battements

• Floor exercises and combinations

Returning students will be exposed to the following in ballet:

• Review of the beginner positions and steps

• French terminology

• New steps including pirouettes, assembles, glissades, and echappés

• Floor exercises incorporating the new material

• Combinations using learned techniques

New students will be exposed to the following in tap:

• Rhythm and timing

• Steps including taps, flaps, stomps, flaps, and shuffles

• Combinations set to contemporary music using the previously learned steps

Returning Students will be exposed to the following in tap:

• Review of rhythm

• Review of the beginner steps

• New advanced steps such as: paddle and rolls, pull backs, draw backs, waltz clogs, time-steps, buffalos, and maxie fords

• New combinations putting the steps to different rhythms

The course will conclude with a short demonstration on the eighth week.

Dress Code: Girls- leotard, dance slippers, and hair must be tied back. Boys- t-shirt, jazz pants and dance slippers.