Happy New Year from Studio Go! Our theme for January is “Leaping into the New Year”. Depending on the type of class your child is in, he/she will either be focusing on Swan Lake or Leaps, jumps and tricks.
Our Ballet and combo classes will take this month to learn about Swan Lake. We’ll take a few minutes of one class to read a very shortened version of the story. They’ll dance to the beautiful sounds of Tchaikovsky. and will use their little imaginations to perform their own version of the beautiful ballet.
Our syllabi are progressive. We sometimes get asked why your child is still doing plies and releves. Dancers always do plies and releves! This is true, even if he/she one days dances with the New York City Ballet. However, we begin to layer on and make things more complex. For instance, instead of piques, your child may now be doing pique, pique, pique, passe, tendu, close first. The combining of technique helps prepare them for learning recital dances next month. They’re also working on more complex formations and patterns of movement.
In Hip Hop it’s all about leaps, jumps, and tricks. They are literally leaping into the New Year. We’re kicking it up a notch with their tricks and adding them to fun music. Their combinations are becoming more challenging and this is aiding in recital preparation for the dances they’ll begin to learn in February.
We’re so excited to be dancing with you in 2017! Next month we begin to work on our recital preparations (can you believe it’s already that time?) and it’s going to be great. We have some new things we’re trying out this recital season, and we can’t wait to share those with you closer to time.
Thank you for sharing your children with us!