• Current Adult Class Schedule

    Day Class Time
    Monday Zumba® 12:10-12:50pm
    Hoop Dance 6:00-7:00pm
    Tuesday Nia™ 7:45-9:00pm
    Wednesday Studio Jam 12:10-12:50pm
    Zumba® 6:00-7:00pm
    Saturday Hoop Dance 9:00-10:00am
    Zumba® 10:00-11:00am

    Current schedule through May 26, 2010. Classes subject to change. Adult rates range from $10-$12 per class with a punch card. If you plan on attending more than one time per week you can save per class by utilizing our adult unlimited monthly rate of $48.

Pointe

These classes teach basic to advanced Pointe work for the experienced Ballet dancer. Students must be currently enrolled in another Ballet class to participate. Any student wishing to enroll in Pointe must first exhibit the required skills necessary to participate and acceptance into the class is by instructor permission only.

Registration is closed for the current Academic Season running September 1 – May 18.  Pointe meets twice weekly Monday & Wednesday from 8:30-9:00 pm and must be attended along with Ballet level 5. 

Pointe Terminology

Point Shoes: The satin ballet shoes used by dot clear Pointedancers when dancing dot clear Pointesur les pointes. dot clear PointeThe ballet shoes of dot clear PointeMarie Taglioni, the first major dot clear Pointeballerina to dance on her dot clear Pointepoints, were not blocked but dot clear Pointewere padded with cotton wool. dot clear PointeLater (about 1862) the toes of dot clear Pointethe ballet slippers were dot clear Pointestiffened (blocked) with glue dot clear Pointeand darned to give the dancer dot clear Pointeadditional support. Today the dot clear Pointetoes of pointe shoes are dot clear Pointereinforced with a box dot clear Pointeconstructed of several layers dot clear Pointeof strong glue in between dot clear Pointelayers of dot clear Pointematerial.

Releve: Raised. A raising of the dot clear Pointebody on the points or dot clear Pointedemi-pointes, point or dot clear Pointedemi-pointe. There are two dot clear Pointeways to relevé. In dot clear Pointethe French School, dot clear Pointerelevé is done with a dot clear Pointesmooth, continuous rise dot clear Pointewhile the Cecchetti method dot clear Pointeand the Russian School use a dot clear Pointelittle spring. Relevé dot clear Pointemay be done in the first, dot clear Pointesecond, fourth or fifth dot clear Pointeposition, en attitude, en dot clear Pointearabesque, devant, dot clear Pointederrière, dot clear Pointeen tournant, dot clear Pointepassé en dot clear Pointeavant, passé en dot clear Pointearrière and so dot clear Pointeon.

Terms and definitions from American Ballet Theatre.