Pre-Ballet K-1 (Monday - Session II)

Pre-Ballet K-1 (Monday - Session II)

Children & Teens | This class is completed

Grades Kindergarten & 1st

11/2/2020-12/14/2020

4:00 PM-5:00 PM PDT on Mon

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$108.00 USD

A fun and creative introduction to ballet class. Students explore developmentally appropriate ballet vocabulary and movement skills through the dance concepts. Musicality, improvisation, skill development, and the fundamentals of choreography are taught with an emphasis on nurturing the creative voice of each student.

  • Dress for comfort and ease of movement. Dance clothes such as leotards, footless tights, sweatpants/shorts, leggings, t-shirts, dance skirts, etc. Hair should be pulled back from the face. Ballet shoes optional for Kindergarten, recommended for 1st Grade.
Mansbridge, Anna

Anna Mansbridge (she/her) is Artistic Director of Kaleidoscope Dance Company and Mosaic Dance Company and a frequent choreographer for both companies. She has been on faculty at CDC since 1999, teaching dance to all ages. She holds a First Class Honors Degree in Dance and Education from Bedford College, UK, and an MFA in Choreography and Performance from Mills College, CA. Anna co-directs the one-week Summer Dance Institute for Teachers with Terry Goetz, and she gives workshops in Brain-Compatible Dance Education both locally and internationally. She is Founder and Artistic Director of Seattle Early Dance and has directed/choreographed a number of early operas and concerts. Anna is the former Chair of dance and the Child international (daCi) USA.