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Spring 2024 Registration Open Nov. 1!

Our Spring Semester runs for 17 weeks between January 3 - May 12, with no classes the weeks of Spring Break.

Safety First: The safety of our students, instructors, staff, families, and community is our top priority. Every decision is made with care and intention to keep us all safe and dancing. We will hold classes in person with as many students as we can safely have in a studio at a time, keeping distances according to current guidelines.

Level Placement: Classes up to Level 1 are by age as of September 5. New students should contact us to assess initial level for registration. Especially at the beginning of the semester, students’ levels may be adjusted to provide them with the best opportunity to grow.

Tuition: All tuition is for one semester - 17 weeks of classes. Check the School Year Calendar for dates.

•Please Note: The Spring Semester is 4 weeks longer than the fall semester and your tuition will reflect this difference.

Upon registration, you have the option to select from three payment options: paid in full, 5th, or 25th. Should you select paid in full, your payment will be processed in full on the next processing day. If a day of the month was selected, your total balance will divided into four equal parts. Each part will be drafted on your selected date beginning in the month of January.

Jackrabbit login: a reminder to previously enrolled families to use your existing login and update any changed information.

We know this can be confusing. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions and check back here frequently. We will be updating this page as new information becomes available.

Performance Opportunities: All students in Basics-Level 6 are welcome to participate in our annual Winter Production! An $85 production fee will be applied to all student accounts who choose to participate.

Youth Classes

Ballet & Modern Basics

Ballet & Modern Basics is a 60-minute class for 8 year-olds that meets twice per week. Students will learn, explore and deepen their knowledge of ballet and modern technique. Each class focuses on vocabulary, alignment, strength, flexibility, balance, grace, focus, discipline, musicality and self-expression. Ballet & Modern Basics prepares students for Level 1.

*Please note that Ballet and Modern are the core of the curriculum at Dancers' Workshop.

Core Curriculum

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Ballet and Modern dance are at the core of Dancers’ Workshop’s curriculum. It is recommended that students study ballet and modern simultaneously.

Students advance through a carefully developed curriculum designed to teach the technique of each discipline while exploring nature, music, art, and human emotions as impetus for movement. Proper alignment and use of breath are emphasized and progress into investigating quality of structural form, oppositional energy, moving through space, directional changes, fall and recovery, speed, and performance quality.

These classes all meet twice a week in 6 levels.

Ballet Classes

Ballet students learn the highly technical language of ballet, emphasizing correct alignment, strength, flexibility, balance, grace, focus, discipline, musicality, and self-expression.

Pointe can be added as students age and their fundamental technique gains strength and consistency. While some ballet class work may be done on pointe, we encourage enrollment in Pointe technique class for more focused work.

Modern Classes

Modern dance explores movement, space, rhythm, and the dancers’ own creativity with emphasis on deliberate use of gravity.

Electives

Jazz & Hip Hop

Pre-Pointe, Pointe, and Variations

Pointe classes are available for Level 4 and higher. New pointe dancers will start with pre-pointe (pointe class in ballet shoes) and can add shoes at the invitation of the School Director. We intend to have two levels of pointe but the registration is the same.

Junior Repertory Company

JRC members are chosen by audition. This program offers our most dedicated students more performance opportunities and requires higher commitments of time, discipline, and focus. More information about JRC can be found here.

Enrollment in the following classes will be added following a successful audition.



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