Children’s Dance Program

Ages 3-6

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Enrolling through February!

The Program

Our Children’s Dance Program has a well researched curriculum called “Leap ’N Learn”. This program is sensitive to children’s physical, emotional, and cognitive development. Leap ’N Learn was originally developed to help young dancers prepare for formal ballet classes. Since then, it has grown into a program that encourages creativity, self-expression, and fundamental movement skills.

Students learn to take turns, how to make basic formations (lines, circles, etc.), basic ballet terminology, posture and how to work with a partner(s). They work on musicality and rhythm as well as stretching and strengthening their muscles.

They work on gross motor skills and as they grow older, they fine tune these.

Creative games are played so that the children can learn without realizing it, so it’s fun! These games are also played so that the child can reach into their imagination and think on their own as well as outside the box.

Everything is age appropriate and the children are taught in a manner that coincides with how they are developing mentally.

Class Placement

If your child is:

3 years old by Oct. 15, 2011 – class level = Children’s Dance 1

4 years old by Oct. 15, 2011 – class level = Children’s Dance 2

5 years old by Oct. 15, 2011 – class level = Children’s Dance 3

6 years old by Oct. 15, 2011 – class level = Children’s Dance 4

Student Concert

The Student Concert is on May 12. Your dancer is only required to be there 1-1.5 hours out of the day. The students wear their class uniform and Greensboro Ballet provides a tutu for them that they get to keep AT NO CHARGE TO YOU.

Each class makes up a story. The instructor then creates a little dance to go with their story – essentially together with their teacher, the dancers have made up their own story ballet!

After, there is a cookies and punch mixer with a carnival where the children can play games and win prizes!