Desert Chamber Ballet

PRICES AND FEES FOR KIDS AND ADULTS: (BALLET, POINTE, TUMBLING) 1 class a week (4 classes a month)……………………….$68.00 2 classes a week (8 classes a month)………………………..$112.00 3 classes a week (12 classes a month)………………………$142.00 4 classes a week (16 classes a month)………………………$176.00 5 classes a week (20 classes a month)………………………$200.00 Unlimited classes ……………………………………………..$250.00 FOR A SINGLE CLASS OR DROP-IN CLASS: .......................$20.00 REGISTRATION FEES: (FOR BALLET, POINTE AND TUMBLING) THERE IS A ONE TIME REGISTRATION FEE FOR EVERY NEW STUDENT TO JOIN THE STUDIO. 1 person...…………………………………………………….…. $25.00 A family of 2 people...…………………………………………... $35.00 each additional family member after 2.................................... $10.00 ALL THE PRICE PACKAGES ARE TO BE PAID ON THE FIRST FOR THE MONTH! AFTER THE 5TH, THERE WILL BE A 15.00 LATE FEE! NO EXCEPTIONS!

These are classes in which the students will be introduced to acting (speaking lines), dancing and singing. They will be taught how to use facial expressions, gestures and body movements according with their part or role. They will sing along with the music or songs given by the teacher, usually from a play, movie or story. And of course they will learn fun a choreography.

In these classes, kids will start off with some stretches for the arms, hands, legs and back. They will learn how to do basic flips, cartwheels, hand stands, head stands and more.

Lots of different turns will be taught like: Pirouettes en dehors, Pirouettes en dedans, Pirouettes in attitude front and attitude back, Pirouettes in arabesque, Piuet turns en dedans and en dehors, Chainees, Soutenus, Emboitees, Fouettes....etc.... Also many ballet and jazz leaps and jumps like: Grand Jetes, Tour Jetes, Cabriolets, Temps du Fleche, Straddle jumps, Stag leaps and more.

Jazz has a strong root in classical ballet and students must be enrolled for at least two ballet classes a week. These classes consist of a warm - up first, stretches, turns, diagonals (progressions), jazz steps and leaps and a short choreography at the end of the classes.

If you are serious about pointe: This class is a great opportunity to perfect your pointe work technique as well as the ability to flow through choreography and develop the tolerance on your toes and keep it! This level will help you to advance in becoming a pre - professional ballet dancer! In order to take pointe, students are required to take at least 3 ballet classes a week.

If you would like to improve and perfect technique for the next level up and get fast results, this class is for you! Feet, ankles and knees will become stronger and you will begin to feel more comfortable with your pointe shoes, acquiring more tolerance and keeping up with the exercises. In order to take pointe, students are required to take at least 2 ballet classes a week.

These classes have been carefully formulated to gradually warm up the feet and ankles for pointe as well as to build tolerance on the toes. Padding of the toes will be taught and suggested by the teacher so each student will learn how to best protect their toes. Exercises will be given at the barre and very few in the center. In order to start pointe, students will be required to take 2 ballet classes a week consistently and will have to be approved by the teacher first.

The students in this level and the next levels 5, 6, and 7 will have a more intense training. These levels help to focus and prepare them to become and achieve the pre-professional and professional levels.

In this level, students will develop gracefulness of the arms, hands, head and upper body, better balance, better posture, alignment, more flexibility and turn out, better coordination, more control of their bodies, more challenged jumps and turns, more focus and concentration, more perception, more discipline, better musicality, and more intrinsic choreography.

In this level, students will learn, acquire and develop more flexibility and turn out, better balance, better posture, coordination, more strength and control, longer adagio, the 8 directions of the body, faster pace jumps, ability to pick up rhythms, beats and sounds, and suitable choreography.

In this level, students will learn the 5 basic positions of the feet and arms, the 3 basic directions of the body, how to balance, exercises for flexibility and turn out, a short adagio, some basic jumps and steps, how to be aware of their own space and formation, and basic choreography.

Students will be introduced to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd positions in ballet. They will do a short ballet barre and some fun stretches on the floor for flexibility, followed by arm exercises in the center and a few jumps. They will learn the 3 basic directions of the body and how to be aware of their spaces in accordance with other students in class. They will also be introduced to "balancing" on 1st and 2nd positions.

This form of dance is a slight divergence of classical ballet, in which certain movements of the legs can be turned in instead of out, the elbows can be drooped among other modifications, but always having some classical ballet steps and movements in between these divergences. These movements or steps can be taught in either slow, medium or fast paces. Dynamic jumps and turns are a "must" in these classes. The music used for lyrical ballet is usually a song sung by singers (this is one of the reasons why it's called lyrical) or else instrumental. We recommend that students will have a good foundation of classical ballet first, in order to start learning lyrical ballet.

LYRICAL BALLET IS A COMBINATION OF CLASSICAL BALLET WITH SOME DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS, USUALLY EXPRESSING WHAT THE SONG IS SAYING WHEN THERE IS A SINGER SINGING IT. IF THE MUSIC IS JUST INSTRUMENTAL, IT'S UP TO THE TEACHER/CHOREOGRAPHER TO GIVE THE STUDENTS WHATEVER HE OR SHE WANTS TO PORTRAIT FOR THAT PARTICULAR MUSIC. IT HELPS TO DEVELOP THE EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS SO STUDENTS CAN HAVE BETTER STAGE PRESENCE WHEN PERFORMING.

WE OFFER POINTE CLASSES FOR ADULTS (BEGINNERS, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED) HOWEVER IN ORDER TO TAKE POINTE, STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE MINIMUM OF 2 BALLET CLASSES PER WEEK.

CLASSICAL BALLET WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH BENEFITS LIKE THESE: BALANCE COORDINATION CONCENTRATION DISCIPLINE FLEXIBILITY FOCUS ORGANIZATION PERCEPTION POSTURE SENSE OF DIRECTION TURN OUT SPEED IN LEARNING ANYTHING! POINTE WE OFFER POINTE CLASSES FOR ADULTS (BEGINNERS, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED) HOWEVER IN ORDER TO TAKE POINTE, STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE MINIMUM OF 2 BALLET CLASSES PER WEEK.