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Dance 2011-2012

LEVEL I:

 2.5 - 4 Year Olds

Friday                  10:15-11:00                       Tap/Ballet

3-4  Year Olds

Monday              1:30 - 2:15                           Tap/Ballet

Thursday            5:30-6:15                            Tap/Ballet

5-7 Year Olds

Monday               3:30-4:15                            Tap/Ballet

Thursday            6:15-7:00                            Tap/Ballet

8-10 Year Olds

Tuesday              5:45-7:00                            Tap/Ballet/Jazz

Hip Hop Age 8 & up

Tuesday              5:00-6:00                           

LEVEL II (by invitation):

6-7 Year Olds

Monday               5:30-6:30                            Tap/Ballet/Jazz

8-10 Year Olds

Monday               4:15-5:30                            Tap/Ballet/Jazz

Hip Hop Age 8 & up

Tuesday              5:00-6:00

LEVEL III (by invitation):            

Tuesday              6:00-7:00                            Jazz/Hip Hop

Tuesday              7:00-8:30                            Tap/Ballet

LEVEL IV (by invitation):

Tuesday              7:00-8:00                            Modern

Tuesday              8:00-9:00                            Jazz/Hip Hop

Thursday            7:00-8:30                            Ballet/Prepointe

Thursday            8:30-9:00                            Tap

***Class times subject to change

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Did you know?

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Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year are:

  • 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement
  • 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools
  • 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair
  • 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance
  • 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem
Young artists, as compared with their peers, are likely to:
  • Attend music, art, and dance classes nearly three times as frequently
  • Participate in youth groups nearly four times as frequently
  • Read for pleasure nearly twice as often
  • Perform community service more than four times as often
("Living the Arts through Language + Learning: A Report on Community-based Youth Organizations," Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University and Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching, Americans for the Arts Monograph, November 1998) The facts are that arts education... 1) makes a tremendous impact on the developmental growth of every child and has been proven to help level the "learning field" across socio-economic boundaries (Involvement in the Arts and Success in Secondary School, James S. Catterall, The UCLA Imagination Project, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA, Americans for the Arts Monograph, January 1998) 2) has a measurable impact on at-risk youth in deterring delinquent behavior and truancy problems while also increasing overall academic performance among those youth engaged in after school and summer arts programs targeted toward delinquency prevention (YouthARTS Development Project, 1996, U.S. Department of Justice, National Endowment for the Arts, and Americans for the Arts) Businesses understand that arts education...