Youth Division
Classes for the school year begin the first Tuesday after Labor Day and end the first Saturday in June.
The Dancing Arts Center is a caring school that nurtures each student's desires and enhances each student's love of dance through creative expression, exploration, and discovery. Our hallmark is teaching the individual, not the class. Addressing the learning style of each young artist with visual, auditory, and kinesthetic approaches establishes easy success and builds confidence. A variety of hands-on materials is key to rounding out each student's learning experience. Props may include: scarves streamers, balls, bean bags, magic wands, percussion instruments, stretchy bands, puppets and so much more! a lesson may draw upon age-appropriate nutrition and dance history. Why? to compliment awareness of movement while engaging the body, mind, spirit of each emerging dancer! The four levels guide the preschooler toward refinement, not through mimicry, but through thoughtful caring discernment.
The Youth Division Faculty specialize in the gentle development of the young child's mind, body and spirit. These master teachers carefully guide each student's artistic growth to build a firm foundation on which children can successfully transition to our upper school. Our teachers' love of their work is seen in the faces of our students.
While DAC provides appropriate performing opportunities for youth division students, a single annual production is not our year-long goal. 'Peek Weeks' are intimate studio presentation for parents and guests that are scheduled at regular intervals throughout the year. These observation days allow parents to witness their child's growth while providing opportunities for discussion with the instructor.
While the Youth Division is uniquely designed to promote self- confidence and creativity in our young dancers, it also serves as the foundation for DAC's upper school.The Youth Division and the Upper School work together, under one director, to insure each artist a smooth confident transition onward. As students move through the four formative levels of the Youth Division, they develop cumulative skills for classical ballet, modern, character, jazz, pointe, and pas de deux. As students then progress through the Upper School toward graduation, they are given both world class opportunities and the help they need to succeed in those artistic endeavors.
Dress Code
• Girls: pale pink leotard (no skirts or ruffles attached), pink non-seamed tights, pink ballet slippers, and hair in pony tail or pig tails.
• Boys: white T-shirt or short-sleeved, scoop-neck leotard, black stretch pants or tights, and black ballet slippers.
Movement Experiences is a joyful introductory class for 3-year olds only.
This class develops natural movement instincts through activities appropriate to the students' innate creativity and physical skills. Children express themselves primarily through movement, but also through music and dramatic activities. A variety of hands-on materials in related arts and sciences are incorporated to enhance each child's learning experience. They may include: scarves, streamers, balls, bean bags, magic wands, percussion instruments, stretchy bands, skeletons and so much more! This gentle class begins to develop awareness of musicality, body parts, space and pathways, weight, flow, and class etiquette with other dancers.
Classes for the school year begin the first Tuesday after Labor Day through the second Saturday in June. This class meets once a week for 30 minutes on Wednesday at 3:40, Thursday at 11:30, and Saturday at 9:00. Additional classes will be added when these are filled. If you like this program, but don’t see a fitting time and day, please ask about the potential of additional classes.
Dress Code
- Girls: pale pink leotard (no skirts or ruffles attached), pink non-seamed tights, pink ballet slippers, and hair in pony tail or pig tails.
- Boys: white T-shirt or short-sleeved, scoop-neck leotard, black stretch pants or tights, and black ballet slippers.
Application fee: $40.00
Cost: Tuition is prorated mid-year $315.20 for the year, with four payment options:
- Lump sum of $315.20 due September 1
- Two-payment plan of $157.60 due September 1 and January 1
- Four-payment plan of $96.80 due September 1 (includes $18 one-time processing fee), and $78.80 November 1, January 1, and March 1
- Eight-payment plan of $75.40 due September 1 (includes $36 one-time processing fee), and $39.40 due October 1, November 1, December 1, February 1, March 1, April 1, and May 1
Enrollment: Classes will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. To reserve a space for your child, please return:
- the attached sheet with your class and payment options selected
- completed application form
- payment of $100.00 ($40.00 non-refundable application fee and $60.00 deposit that will be applied toward tuition) as soon as possible
Creative Movement I is for boys and girls 4-5 years of age.
This fun class further develops natural movement instincts through activities that combine innate creativity and physical skills (ie: floppy movements that bounce in a curvy path). This gentle class continues to widen awareness of musicality, body parts, space and pathways, weight, flow, and class etiquette with other dancers. Children express themselves primarily through movement, but also through music and dramatic activities. A variety of hands-on materials in related arts and sciences are incorporated to enhance each child's imagination and learning experience. They may include: scarves, streamers, balls, bean bags, magic wands, percussion instruments, stretchy bands, skeletons, story books and so much more!
Classes for the school year begin the first Tuesday after Labor Day and ends the second Saturday in June. This class meets once a week for 45 minutes on Tuesday at 3:45PM, Wednesday at 10:30 or 1:15, Thursday at 9:45AM or 1:00PM, and Saturday at 9:30 or 11:15. Additional classes will be added when these are filled. If you like this program but don’t see a fitting time and day, please ask about the potential of additional classes. .
Dress Code
- Girls: pale pink leotard (no skirts or ruffles attached), pink non-seamed tights, pink ballet slippers, and hair in pony tail or pig tails.
- Boys: white T-shirt or short-sleeved, scoop-neck leotard, black stretch pants or tights, and black ballet slippers.
Application fee: $40.00
Tuition Cost: tuition will be prorated mid-year: $443.00 for the year, with four payment options,
- Lump sum of $443.00 due September 1
- Two-payment plan of $221.50 due September 1 and January 1
- Four-payment plan of $128.75 due September 1 (includes $18.00 one-time processing fee), and $110.75 November 1, January 1, and March 1
- Eight-payment plan of $91.38 due September 1 (includes $36.00 one-time processing fee), and $55.38 due October 1, November 1, December 1, February 1, March 1, April 1, and May 1
Enrollment: Classes will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. To reserve a space for your child, please download and return:
- the attached sheet with your class and payment options selected
- completed application form
- payment of $100.00 ($40.00 non-refundable application fee and $60.00 deposit that will be applied toward tuition) as soon as possible
Creative Movement II is for boys and girls, 5-7 years of age.
This class extends the range of understanding and ability that a student acquires in Creative Movement I. Concepts continue to be combined in greater complexity with the challenge to clarify of movement and expression. A continuation of basic anatomy, physiology, and nutrition supports the blossoming dancer’s knowledge. A variety of hands-on materials in related arts and sciences inspire and enhance each child’s learning experience. They may include: scarves, streamers, balls, bean bags, magic wands, percussion instruments, stretchy bands, skeletons and so much more! Pre-Modern and Pre-Ballet lessons are introduced in the latter part of the program to ease the transition to the next level.
Classes for the school year begin the first Tuesday after Labor Day and ends the first Saturday in June This class meets once a week for one hour on Tuesday at 4:30, Wednesday at 9:30 or 1:30, Thursday at 10:30 or Saturday at 10:15. Additional classes will be added when these are filled. If you like this program but don’t see a fitting time and day, please ask about the potential of additional classes.
Dress Code
- Girls: pale pink leotard (no skirts or ruffles attached), pink non-seamed tights, pink ballet slippers, and hair in pony tail or pig tails.
- Boys: white T-shirt or short-sleeved, scoop-neck leotard, black stretch pants or tights, and black ballet slippers.
Application fee: $40.00
Tuition Cost:tuition is prorated mid-year $590.50for the year, with four payment options:
- Lump sum of $590.50 due September 1
- Two-payment plan of $295.25 due September 1 and January 1
- Four-payment plan of $165.63 due September 1 (includes $18.00 one-time processing fee), and $147.63 November 1, January 1, and March 1
- Eight-payment plan of $109.81 due September 1 (includes $36.00 one-time processing fee), and $73.81 due October 1, November 1, December 1, February 1, March 1, April 1, and May 1
Enrollment: Classes will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. To reserve a space for your child, please download and return:
- the attached sheet with your class and payment options selected
- completed application form
- payment of $100.00 ($40.00 non-refundable application fee and $60.00 deposit that will be applied toward tuition) as soon as possible
The Pre-beginner program is for boys and girls, 6-9 years of age.
This 2-tiered program extends the range of understanding and ability that a student acquires in Creative Movement II to refine skills and begin developing proper alignment. Concepts continue to be combined in greater complexity with the challenge of clarifying movement and expression. A continuation of anatomy, physiology, and nutrition supports the blossoming dancer’s knowledge. The PreBallet class includes introductory barre work the exploration of four ballets (Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, and Coppelia or Firebird) and beginning character dances. PreModern class includes simple falls and recoveries, creative improvisation, center progressions, simple locomotors and combinations. Students develop independent, cooperative skills, the beginnings of performance skills using fundamental concentration and discipline. The opportunity to participate in The Nutcracker and other concerts is by invitation.
Classes for the school year begin the first Tuesday after Labor Day, running through the second Saturday in June. Students in this level meet at least twice a week (once for PreBallet and once for PreModern). Each class is one hour. You may choose from the following sets of classes:
- Tuesday PreBallet at 4:00 and Thursday PreModern at 4:00
- Saturday PreBallet at 11:15 and PreModern at 12:30
- Monday PreBallet at 5:30 and Wednesday PreModern at 5:30 (NEW TIME SLOT)!
Additional ballet and/or modern classes may be added at no additional cost to your child’s schedule with the director’s recommendation. In addition, your child may include the following optional classes if they do not conflict with the core program:
- Choreography Workshop that meets twice per week from January to February on Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30, Thursdays 5:20-6:20, and Saturdays 1:30-2:30 for an additional $100.00 one-time fee.
- Improvisation class that meets once per week from February to April on Saturdays from 1:30-2:30 for a one time fee of $70.
Dress code:
- Girls PreBallet: pale pink leotard (no skirts or ruffles attached), pink non-seamed tights, pink Capezio, Bloch, or Freed ballet slippers, and hair in a bun.
- Girls PreModern: pale pink leotard (no skirt or ruffles attached), pink convertible tights, bare feet, hair in pony tail.
- Boys PreBallet: white T-shirt or short-sleeved, scoop-neck leotard, black stretch pants or tights, and black Capezio, Bloch, or Freed ballet slippers.
- Boys PreModern: white T-shirt or short-sleeved, scoop-neck leotard, black stretch pants or convertible tights, bare feet.
Application fee: $40.00
Cost for pre ballet and pre modern: Tuition is pro-rated mid year
$1,071.20 for the year or for pre modern only$551.25 with four payment options to choose from:
- Lump sum of $1,103.34 (2+ classes per week) or $590.50 for 1 class per week due September 1
- Two-payment plan of $551.67 (2+ classes per week) or $295.25 for 1 class per week due September 1 and January 1
- Four-payment plan of $293.84 (2+ classes per week) or $165.63 for 1 class per week due September 1 (includes $18.00 one-time processing fee), and $275.84 (2+ classes per week) or $147.63 for 1 class per week November 1, January 1, and March 1
- Eight-payment plan of $173.92 (2+ classes per week) or $109.81 for 1 class per week due September 1 (includes $36.00 one-time processing fee), and $137.92 (2+ classes per week) or $73.81 for 1 class per week due October 1, November 1, December 1, February 1, March 1, April 1, and May 1
Enrollment: Classes will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis with preference given to children enrolled in the full program. To reserve a space for your child, please return:
- the attached sheet with your class and payment options selected
- completed application form
- payment of $100.00 ($40.00 non-refundable application fee and $60.00 deposit that will be applied toward tuition) as soon as possible
