Classes
Pre Ballet/Tap
Basic ballet vocabulary & movement including loco motor, elementary positions & musical rhythm along with creative expression, imagination & props! Includes basic tap skills, rhythm with right & left directions. Min 6/Max 10.
| 3-4 yrs | Burning Bush Community Center | Tuesdays | 4-4:45 pm | Sep 12-Mar 6 | #25606 $230R/$250N |
| 4-5 yrs | Burning Bush Community Center | Thursdays | 3:45-4:30 pm | Sep 14-Mar 8 | #25605 $230R/$250N |
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Learn the basics of ballet positions, barre work, feet & arm placement including proper body alignment, flexibility & strength. Basic tap steps will continue to be introduced working on clear sounds & combinations. Min 6/Max 12.
Beginner
| 5-6 yrs | Burning Bush Community Center | Danielle Gonzalez | Wednesdays | 4:45-5:30 pm | Sep 13-Mar 7 | #25603 $230R/$250N |
| 7-9 yrs | Burning Bush Community Center | TBA | Tuesdays | 4:45-5:30 pm | Sep 12-Mar 6 | #25602 $230R/$250N |
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Beginner-Intermediate Ballet
Continue your dance education in this continuing level class. Refine fundamental techniques, terminology, stretching & strength. Basics of leaps & turns are introduced. Must have completed 1 year of dance or new students may audition. Min 6/Max 12
| 9-11 yrs | Burning Bush Community Center | TBA | Tuesdays | 5:30-6:15 pm | Sep 12-Mar 6 | #25631 $230R/$250N |
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Intermediate Ballet
Begin to build on established fundamental skills. More complex combinations, added terminology, stretching, strength, and performance skills are worked on. Two years of dance experience required. Min 6/Max 12
| 11-14 yrs | Weiss Community Center | Fridays | 4:45-5:45 pm | Sep 15-Mar 2 | #25634 $215R/$235N |
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Competitive Team Information*
Competition Jazz & Performance Techniques Competition will both be competing in the Wilmette Park District’s Stars of Dance Competition in February along with performing in our Expressions Dance Recital in March
Team tryouts will be hosted on Thursday, August 31st at the Weiss Community Center at 6pm. Registration fro these classes signs your dancer up for the competition, and fees will be processed once the team roster has been finalized
Competition Jazz*
Competition Jazz is for the experienced dancer with at least 2 years of experience. Along with refining techniques such as body isolation, rhythm & pattern development, students will focus on performance quality through competition. Try out required. Min 5/Max 12.
| 10-14 yrs | Burning Bush | Mon & Tue | 7-8 pm | Sep 11-Mar 6 | #25681 $320R/$340N |
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Performance Techniques Competition*
For dancers who love to perform! Learn on & off stage etiquette, performance quality & stage presence. Students will get to have an extra performance in our annual recital, addition costume & other possible performance opportunities throughout the community. Must be taken in conjunction with Intermediate Ballet. Try out required. Min 6/Max 12.
| 10-13 yrs | Burning Bush | Mon & Fri | 5:45-6:45 pm | Sep 11-Mar 2 | #25679 $310R/$330N |
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Jazz!
Explore the world of jazz, appealing with its energy and variety of movements. Learn fundamentals through warm-ups, patterns across the floor and finish with a center combination of leaps and turns. Technique and style added to more advanced classes. Students may wish to include a Ballet class to improve balance and flexibility. Min 6/Max 12.
| 7-9 yrs | Burning Bush | Tuesdays | 6:15-7 pm | Sep 12- Mar 6 | #25633 $230R/$250N |
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Poms
Poms is a class designed to introduce dancers to the basics of proper jazz dance technique while including the sharp synchronized movements and visual effects of working with pom poms! Class will help prepare you for a competitive team, or a middle school or high school dance team. Min 6/Max 15.
| 8-12 yrs | Burning Bush | Danielle Gonzalez | Thursdays | 5:15-6 pm | Sep 14-Mar 8 | #25604 $230R/$250N |
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Hip-Hop
Wear your sneakers & join this high energy, upbeat hip hop class! Learn new, fun & exciting moves to music you hear on the radio. We’ll do strength work, stretching, isolations and foot work to inspire dancers to leave it all out on the dance floor! Learn exciting age appropriate choreography & create you own moves. No experience necessary. Mix 6/Max 12.
| 3-5 yrs | Burning Bush | Danielle Gonzalez | Wednesdays | 4-4:45 pm | Sep 13-Mar 7 | #25600 $230R/$250N |
| 6-8 yrs | Burning Bush | Danielle Gonzalez | Thursdays | 4:30-5:15 pm | Sep 14-Mar 8 | #25601 $230R/$250N |
| 9-11 yrs | Burning Bush | Danielle Gonzalez | Wednesdays | 5:30-6:15 pm | Sep 13-Mar 7 | #25599 $230R/$250N |
| 10-15 yrs | Weiss Community Center | Fridays | 4-4:45 pm | Sep 15-Mar 2 | #25598 $220R/$240N | |
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