DANCE
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Winter/Spring Course Offerings 2009

Dance at Imagination Stage releases each student’s innate creativity through movement with the understanding that dance is a means of communication. In a progressive, age-appropriate dance curriculum, students learn technique, choreographic principles and critical and creative thinking skills.

Elementary-aged students develop kinesthetic awareness and concentration while learning basic dance technique including partner skills. Students also investigate the narrative structures of dance, using stories or themes to create sequences. Students progress from copying moves to improvising and creating dances based on their own ideas. As they mature, high-order skills in technique are developed and the intellectual concepts of interpretation and criticism are introduced.

Teens incorporate Veronika Farkas’ philosophy of Dance as a means of communication as they refine their technique, apply and demonstrate critical and creative thinking skills, and explore the relationship between movement, rhythm and music. Creation, analysis and critique form the cycle of the Dance process. Teens can take classes and/or audition for the dance ensemble (ISDE) or conservatory. In Conservatory and ISDE, teens gain a combination of high technical dance education and intellectual understanding of dance across history and cultures.

Dance Class Attire
Imagination Stage does not require dance students to wear specific dance wear. Each class has a recommended attire>>

Winter/Spring 2009

Please note: All listed classes are available for registration EXCEPT for those noted as "Closed". Website information is updated every day, at least once.

Grades K-1

Story Ballet: Swan Lake
Using the stories and characters from the well-loved fairytale and ballet Swan Lake as a springboard, students learn beginning ballet steps through creative and fun activities that cultivate motor skills and develop spatial awareness. <<back to top>>

Tap: Tiny Feet on 42nd Street
The perfect class for all budding "tappers!” Students learn developmentally appropriate tap steps building on their understanding of rhythm, coordination and basic foot work.
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Story Ballet: Cinderella
Using the stories and characters from the well-loved fairytale and ballet Cinderella as a springboard, students learn beginning ballet steps through creative and fun activities that cultivate motor skills and develop spatial awareness. <<back to top>>

Mini Musical Theatre Dance Prep
Designed for students who wish to develop musical theatre dance technique, this class covers jazz and tap technique while developing students’ performance skills. <<back to top>>

Broadway Song & Dance
Students learn jazz dance techniques and age appropriate vocal skills in this fun foray into the world of Broadway-style musical theatre. <<back to top>>

Non-Stop Hip Hop
This high energy workshop uses fun and age appropriate pop music to introduce young children to rhythm and the basic elements of hip hop dance. The class will use original stories such as Hip Hop Anansi and Zomo the Hip Hop Rabbit to encourage expression as well as learning the technique of hip hop. <<back to top>>

Grades 2-3

Broadway Jazz & Tap
Students develop jazz and tap techniques, rhythm and\ musical skills in this exciting introduction to Broadway style musical theatre.
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Hip Hop
This high energy class is a fun workout for all students who like to move! Students learn hip hop skills including isolation, floor work and breakdancing. <<back to top>>

Broadway Song & Dance
Students learn jazz dance techniques and age appropriate vocal skills in this fun foray into the world of Broadway-style musical theatre. <<back to top>>

Ballet & Jazz Technique
Students learn the fundamentals of ballet technique and vocabulary and how they translate into jazz dance. Through barre center work and across-the-floor work students learn not only the essence of ballet and jazz technique and styles but also improve flexibility, coordination and muscle strength. <<back to top>>

Mini Jazz Performance Troupe
This class is for returning students only. This year long class will perform outside of Imagination Stage as well as the STUDENTS ON STAGE FESTIVAL. (By Permission) <<back to top>>

Grades 4-5

Broadway Jazz & Tap
Students develop jazz and tap techniques, rhythm and musical skills in this exciting introduction to Broadway style musical theatre.
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Broadway Song & Dance
Students learn jazz dance techniques and age appropriate vocal skills in this fun foray into the world of Broadway-style musical theatre. <<back to top>>

Hip Hop
This high energy class is a fun workout for all students who like to move! Students learn hip hop skills including isolation, floor work and breakdancing. <<back to top>>

Dance Technique Fusion
This class offers students the opportunity to experience working in several dance styles such as Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, and Modern dance. After mastering technique in each discipline, exploration of the fusion across styles will be introduced. Students gain strength, flexibility, and understanding of dance styles. <<back to top>>

Teens

Dance Technique Fusion
This class offers students the opportunity to experience working in several dance styles such as Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, and Modern dance. After mastering technique in each discipline, exploration of the fusion across styles will be introduced. Students gain strength, flexibility, and understanding of dance styles. <<back to top>>

Ballet & Jazz Technique
This class builds on the basics of ballet to introduce students to the flow of jazz. Students develop their skills in barre and center-floor work to gain flexibility and strength. <<back to top>>

Hip Hop
This high energy class is a fun workout for all students who like to move! Students learn hip hop skills including isolation, floor work and breakdancing. <<back to top>>

Musical Theatre Dance Prep
Designed for students who wish to improve their musical theatre dance technique, this class covers jazz and tap technique and develops students’ performance skills. <<back to top>>

Music Video Dance (Inter.)
Returning students learn the hottest steps from the latest popular music videos in this high-energy class. They expand technique, diverse movement skills and body strength in true Hip Hop style. Students continue expanding their technique, style and strength.
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Beginning Pointe Ballet
This class is created for teens who are comfortable with ballet and have danced but never worked in pointe. The class will consist of classical ballet work at the barre, center adagio work, across the floor allegros while training the feet to do all of the above on pointe shoes. <<back to top>>

Modern Dance Technique
This class builds on the basics of ballet and jazz to introduce students to the flow of modern dance. Students expand their skills while developing strength and flexibility. <<back to top>>

Teen Hip Hop Troupe
This advanced class is for returning students only, originally designed for students who have taken and completed either the Music Video or Urban Funk classes or have previous Hip Hop experience. It incorporates more complicated isolation and floor work, including break dancing moves. This class is designed as a 2 semester program including an opportunity for performance in the spring semester. Tuition is per semester. <<back to top>>

Workshops

Stretch It
Dancers develop core and over all body strength along with flexibility in this conditioning class for dancers—great for athletes too!
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Fight Choreography
An exciting and stimulating introduction to the techniques of stage fighting. Students will learn the principles of safe physical interaction on stage by working on pre-choreographed fights (hand-to-hand and basic weaponry). This challenging workshop develops physical discipline, focus and concentration. <<back to top>>

ISDE
See Conservatories & Ensembles

Dance Conservatory
See Conservatories & Ensembles

Classes begin January 17. Late registration is subject to availability and suitability of the class.

Questions?
Contact your mentor:

Veronika Farkas
301.280.1643
vfarkas@imaginationstage.org

Imagination Stage
Students learn:

Grades K–3:

• Flexibility
• Coordination
• Rhythm
• Body Awaremess
• Poise
• Physical Strength

Teens:

• Dance Technique in
  Ballet,Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop,
  Modern, Step (course
  specific)
• Performance Skills
• Choreography &
  Composition
• Artistic Style
• Physical Strength