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Students will be required to post photos or videos of their choreography to the classroom each week throughout the session. Teacher feedback will be given in response to each student's post, and students are encouraged to support each other by commenting on each other's posts.Evaluación
Students will be required to post photos or videos of their choreography to the classroom each week throughout the session. Teacher feedback will be given in response to each student's post, and students are encouraged to support each other by commenting on each other's posts.Experiencia de clase
Class Structure: - Tap Warm-up Exercises - Tap Technique - Ballet Warm-up Exercises - Stretches - Ballet Technique - Creative Movement Activities - Cool Down and Reverence Week 1 Creative Movement Theme: Body Awareness - Right and Left, and Dancing with all the different parts of our bodies. Week 2 Creative Movement Theme: Spacial Awareness, Changing Level - High, Medium, and Low Week 3 Creative Movement Theme: Spacial Awareness, Changing Direction - Forward, Backwards, and Sideways Week 4 Creative Movement Theme: Energy and Force - Strong vs. Gentle and Heavy vs. Light Ballet Steps learned include: Plié, Tendu, Temps Lié, Elevé, Passé, Chassé, Grand Battement, Piqué, and various skips, hops, and jumps, used alone and in combination. Technique will be taught through structured activities, as well as with creative movement games and "silly songs," to keep young dancers engaged throughout the class. We use the Al Gilbert Tap Syllabus. From SchoolworkHelper.net: "The Gilbert Syllabus has many merits as a teaching and learning tool. Because of the wide range of levels, it can be taught to any age category and any ability level. The syllabus is designed to accommodate the enthusiasm, as well as the lack of attention span of small children. In Primary, exercises introduce basic steps such as shuffle, hop, toe back, step, ball change, dig and marches. These elements are done slowly, with many holds. This allows beginning dancers to carefully execute new movements, and gives them the opportunity to concentrate, between each movement. The slow tempo also helps young dancers who have not developed acute fine motor skills." We will review ballet and tap steps learned each week, while reviewing and adding new creative movement activities each week. Students will be able to interact with the instructor and other dancers through the "challenge of the week," which may be a choreographic assignment or YouTube scavenger hunt. Assignments will be posted in the classroom so other learners can view, comment, and get to know each other.
Metas de aprendizaje
The students will learn the basics of ballet and tap technique, while also fostering the children's imaginations through creative movement. We will review ballet and tap steps learned each week, while reviewing and adding new creative movement activities each week.
Students will be able to interact with the instructor and other dancers through the "challenge of the week," which may be a choreographic assignment or YouTube scavenger hunt. Assignments will be posted in the classroom so other learners can view, comment, and get to know each other.
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Orientación para padres
To ensure safety, children should be supervised by a parent or guardian during dance class, and please make find a slip-proof area to dance. If dance shoes are not worn, bare feet are preferable over socks. We do not offer makeups or refunds for missed classes.
Lista de útiles escolares
Preferred materials: Ballet and Tap Shoes, but children may participate with bare feet or slip-proof socks. Please wear a leotard and tights or other athletic wear with hair pulled back from the face.
Idioma en el que se imparte la clase
Inglés
Experiencia y certificaciones del docente
"Miss Sarah" Johnston, who has been dancing since the age of 3, and teaching dance for 25 years, graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Arizona with a BFA in Dance Performance and Education. She also is a state-certified preschool teacher with a certificate in Early Childhood Education. She performed professionally in ballet, modern, and jazz productions with Paul Powell Productions in Tucson, Canyon Movement Company in Flagstaff, and with Watson Dance Company, and in "The Glory of Christmas" at the Crystal Cathedral in Orange County, CA. For 5 years, she danced at Disneyland: Parade of Dreams, A Christmas Fantasy Parade, Disney’s Electrical Parade, and Fantasmic. “Miss Sarah” has taught ballet, modern, jazz, lyrical, tap, hip hop, leaps and turns, and choreography for Momentum Dance Center, Pacific Dance Center, Canyon Dance Academy, Orange County Dance Productions, Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy, and Coconino Community College. She has taught and performed in Arizona, Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, the Netherlands, and Italy, as well as in New Mexico and Washington State with the American College Dance Festival. At the Disneyland Resort, she taught Physics and Leadership Workshops through the Youth Education Series, and stage managed children's performing groups from all over the world. Miss Sarah is a certified yoga teacher and a certified "Rhythm Works Integrative Dance" instructor for children with special needs. Miss Sarah is the Owner, President, and Lead Instructor for Showtime Dance, Inc., which brings dance classes to preschools and elementary schools throughout San Diego and Orange Counties in California. Her newest title is that of "Mom," to her own two tiny dancers, both 4 years old.
Reseñas
Clase grupal
10 US$
semanalmente o 40 US$ por 4 semanas4 semanas
Completado por 12 alumnos
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Edades: 3-6