Classes

Classes begin Monday, September 8, 2008 and end Saturday, June 13, 2009

Schedule 2008 - 2009

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Monday classes held at the Cresskill Senior Activity Center*	3:30 - 4:30 Ballet Beginnings (Age 4)	11:30 - 12:15 Princess Dance (Age 2-1/2 - 3)	3:30 - 4:30 Intro to Hip-Hop (Age 5-8)	3:30 - 4:15 Princess Dance (Age 3)	9:30-10:15 am BrainWorks (Age 3-5)
4:00 - 5:00 Theater Games, Acting (Age 5-9)	4:30 - 5:30 Intro to Jazz & Tap (Age 5-7)	3:30 - 4:30 Pre Ballet (Age 5-6)	4:30 - 5:45 Preteen Modern	4:15 - 5:15 Tap 1	10:15 - 11:15 Ballet Beginnings (Age 3-4)
5:00 - 6:00 Creative Choreo. & Audition (Age 8 – 14)	5:30 - 6:30 Intro to Hip-Hop (Age 5-8)	4:30 - 5:30 Ballet 2	5:45 - 7:00 Preteen/Teen Theater Dance	5:15 - 6:15 Inter. Tap	11:15 - 12:15 Ballet 1/2
6:00 - 7:00 Broadway Song Time Musical Theater (Age 8 - 14)	6:30 - 8:00 Preteen Inter. Ballet	5:30 - 6:45 Jazz Inter.	7:00 - 8:15 Preteen Hip Hop	6:15 - 7:30 Preteen/Teen Broadway Dance	12:15 - 1:15 Ballet 2/3
7:00 - 8:00 Preteen/Teen Acting	8:00 - 9:30 Teen/Adult Beginner Tap	6:45 - 8:00 Preteen Funk Jazz	8:15 - 9:30 Inter. & Teen Hip Hop		1:15 - 2:30 Jazz 2/3
		8:15 - 9:30 Inter. & Teen Funk Jazz			2:30 - 3:30 Yoga for Kids
TROUPE WILL HAVE CLASS Wednesday 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. & Saturday 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Senior Center *schedule subject to change

Class Descriptions

Princess Dance (2-1/2 - 3 year olds) With lots of game playing, our youngest dancers learn how to take dance class with ballet & creative movement designed just for them!

BrainWorks (age 3 - 5) This special class, for both boys & girls, combines music, movement, kinesiology, and playing rhythm instruments.

Ballet Beginnings (age 4) Students learn to express themselves with grace, mastering basic ballet positions, using props and imagination.

Preballet (age 5 - 7) The continuation of this traditional dance form includes barre, center & across the floor for our young ballerinas.

Intro to Jazz & Tap (age 5 - 7) Enhance your child's physical development with the coordination of jazz & tap...lots of fun included.

Intro to Hip-Hop (age 5 - 8) A dance class for a new generation: combine upbeat music with coordination, rhythm, and dance terminology.

Tap 1, Intermediate Tap, Teen/Adult Beginner Tap: Depending on experience and level, get your rhythm on and make some noise!

Theater Games, Acting (age 5 - 9) This is a great way to start "acting" class. Sensory exercises, improvisation, music & movement are all part of expanding the self-confidence & imagination!

Ballet 1/2, Ballet 2 (age 6 - 9) Students develop grace, coordination, strength, balance...ballet stresses technique & alignment.

Preteen Intermediate Ballet (age 8 - 14) Continuing their training, students work on vocabulary through more advanced movement, focusing on clean technique.

Jazz Intermediate & Jazz 2/3 (age 8 - 14) Once the basics are mastered, jazz dance becomes more syncopated and even more focused on style.

Preteen Modern: Modern dance, with elements from jazz, Native American dance, "free dance," and more, this expressive dance form focuses on flexibility, coordination, strength, and body awareness to allow freedom of expression. Floor work and bare feet are paramount!

Preteen/Teen Funk Jazz: Sandwiched right between jazz & hip-hop, this class includes work on dance technique as well as funky style.

Preteen Hip-Hop/Intermediate Teen/Adult Hip-Hop: Dance for the MTV generation, well-edited current music and the latest dance moves are mastered while having fun.

Preteen/Teen Theater Dance & Preteen/Teen Broadway Dance: These are jazz classes focusing on dance styles used in musicals, both onstage and in film. These performers also use their voices & acting skills, working on the "triple threat."

Broadway Song Time (age 8 - 14) A group musical theater class, we focus on singing for both voice and acting technique, "putting it together" for musical theater performance.

Preteen/Teen Creative Choreography & Audition: For students bursting with creativity, we challenge them to invent choreography, combine acting with music, and tell stories through performing.

Preteen/Teen Acting: Exercises for the actor, including preparation students need to succeed with monologues & scenes. Costume pieces, props, and lots of imagination required!

Yoga For Kids: (age 7 - 14) De-stress and gain strength, balance, and agility with this ancient practice.




DRESS CODE
Princess Dance, Ballet Beginnings: Any leotard with pink tights, pink ballet slippers.

Intro to Jazz & Tap, Intro to Hip-Hop, all Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop and Theater Dance classes: Any leotard or dance top with black dance pants or leggings. Appropriate dance shoes: jazz, tap, hip-hop.

Ballet classes: Pink or black leotard, pink tights, pink ballet slippers.

Hair should be pulled off the face neatly for all classes. No jewelry in class, please.
Boys wear a white t-shirt and black jazz pants with appropriate dance shoes.
Students may purchase dance clothes & shoes at Cresskill Performing Arts.

Payment Options
Option A: Payment in Full
This option includes full tuition, $60 costume fee per class, and $25 registration fee per family per year.

1 class/week: $594 (tuition); total: $679
2 classes/week: $1152 (tuition); total: $1297
3 classes/week: $1620 (tuition); total: $1825
4 classes/week: $2016
(tuition); total: $2281

Option B: Monthly
This option includes full tuition divided into 10 payments. A $66 costume fee per class and $30 registration fee are paid in the first month. Example: For 1 class per week, the first month is $157; all remaining payments are $61