Levels 4-6 (ages 11-18, by audition only)

Level Overview
Students in this class typically have 4-8 years of ballet experience and demonstrate strong ability in both technique and performance. Our goal for them (as well as students in all other levels of the Upper School) is to train them to be professional dancers/performers for professional Christian companies. 

Training includes:

• Perfecting an advanced ballet syllabus and pointe classes
• Participation in contemporary dance class
• Learning and performing choreography for fall and spring productions, our annual conference, and our community events company productions
• Seasonal pas de deux class

Mandatory Classes (Most attend all three days plus scheduled privates before class on one of the days below)

• Mondays: 10:30-1:50 Technique, pointe, and contemporary
• Tuesdays: 10:30-1:50 Technique; choreography for the large productions and community events)
• Wednesdays: 10:30-1:50 Curriculum technique, curriculum pointe, variations practice
• Once a month on preselected Saturdays 9:00-12:20 (except when we have a community performance on a non-class day during a week)  

Suggested Classes

• Mondays
  • 1:55-2:35  Teen Tap
  • 5:00–7:30 – Senior Musical Theater (by audition)
    
    

Your child’s full school-year tuition covers:

• Participation in two productions 
• Access to your child's online performance videos
• One production t-shirt per performance
• Use of costumes, sets, props, and stage
• Free family admission to both productions
• A hardback memory book at the end of the year
  • (Paperback for students attending second semester only)