Elementary Program: ages 3-7
Our elementary program, comprising Creative Movement and Elementary 1-2, is designed to prepare students for formal ballet training by building strength, flexibility, coordination, and musicality in a safe, age-appropriate format. Classes are structured to include improvisation and learning through play while teaching the seven basic movements of ballet: plier (to bend), éntendre (to stretch), glisser (to glide), relever (to rise), tourner (to turn), and élancer (to dart).
Creative Movement
Creative Movement is an introduction to dance and to the studio environment for 3-4 year olds. Creative Movement orients students to the ballet studio environment, instilling concepts of body control, personal space, and studio etiquette while dancers develop coordination, musicality, flexibility, and strength in a safe and nurturing environment. Students take one 30-minute class per week.
