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Sarah Kennedy Ballet for Young People
Welcome to Ballet!
Calendar for Fall 2018 - Classes resume 9/15
Special events are TBD.
I use Facebook as well as e-mail to communicate. Please Check FB for snow days and other special communications!
You can see our FB page directly from this site, even if you do not have FB.
Class fees: (Subject to small changes in the coming fall 2018)
Tuition per 18 week semester is due at registration.
Registration fee $25 each semester with your registration of:
Saturday Preschool Ballet $250 (plus $25, is $275) per semester
Beginning Intermediate, one class/week: $300 plus $25 registration fee ($325) per semester
Ballet and Repertiore - for dancers youth and adult - $685 for two classes/18 weeks, with divided payment options) 2 class days: Three hours per week minimum, $660 plus $25 registration fee, ($685) per 18 week semester. (Four class days are currently available: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.)
Adult classes by 5 or 10 class card are $15 per each class.
Drop-ins - are by permission of instructor only.
2018 Weekly Ballet Class Schedule
August Ballet in the Park -
Saturdays at 10:30, (45 min.) Pre-school and K, 1, 2 dancers/families
Thursdays - 5:30, Elementary ages and families
(Please send a text on Thursday and Friday if you would like to participate, (203) 494 - 2492)
Autumn - Spring
Monday
9:00 Adult Stretch and Tone
4:30 - 5:30 Beginning Ballet (Kindergarten ages)
5:30 - 7pm - Ballet and Repertiore -Intermediate - adv. ballet/pointe (any solid color leotard, youth and adult)
Tuesday
4:45 - 5:30 - Drama favorite stories/social dance for kids (perform your favorite stories, learn basic salsa, swing...)
5:30 - 6:45 - Beginning/Intermediate Ballet (elementary school age, Lilac/lavender leotard)
7:00 - 8:00 -
Wednesday
4:45 - 5:30 - Drama favorite stories/social dance for kids (perform your favorite stories, learn basic salsa, swing...)
5:30 - 7:00 - Ballet and Repertiore, Intermediate -adv. ballet/pointe (youth/adult)
Thursday
4:00 - 5:30 Boys-only ballet and athletic dance (or 6:45)
5:30 - 6:40 Beginning-Intermediate ballet, elementary school ages
Friday
9:00 Adult Stretch and Tone
5:30 - 7:30 Private Lessons in ballet/pointe - or beginning social, smooth ballroom and latin dance
Saturday
9:30 - 10:05 Adult Dance-fitness
10:10 - 10:55 Preschool Ballet (Ages 3 and four, older dancers are welcome.)
11:10 12:10 Beginning Ballet for dancers in grades K, 1 & 2.
12:15 - 2:30 Private Lessons (in ballet, social, latin or ballroom by appointment)
Color Level dress code for your class -
Pre-school Ballet: Any solid color for class.
Beginning ballet for K, 1 and 2 ages: a Pink leotard with a pink ballet-skirt if desired.
Beginning/Intermediate elementary ballet: Lavender/Lilac
Intermediate-adv. teen and pre-teen Any solid color ballet leotard, hair in a ballet bun.
Private lesson ballet dancers wear a solid color, ballet style leotard.
Policies in Class
When you enter the ballet studio you are a ballet dancer:
The outside doors are locked for your safety, if you have been accidentally locked out of the building, please knock on our window, (right next to the door) so I can let you in. :-))
Your progress is directly affected by your effort, attention, congenial attitude, and the amount of regular practice you put in. By the age of seven and eight, two ballet classes per week is the appropriate minimum amount of practice for a young student.
We follow a school year calendar with regular registration and attendance.
Arrive ready to participate!
There is a bathroom/changing room down the hall. Use it before class. Parents are responsible for you when you arrive and before class begins. Please arrive for class with your ballet clothes/shoes on and your hair pinned up and back. (Do not arrive at your class time and then go to the changing room to prepare, You will miss half of your class that way.) Boys are requested to wear ballet slippers in black or white, and non-cumbersome fitness attire: ballet slippers, socks, shorts and T-shirt are great.
Dancers who are seen to observe our standards of diligent attendance, class preparedness/attire, and effort without fuss or complaint, will be given preference when special opportunities arise. More importantly, from their own efforts, young dancers will have the benefit of marked improvement in their dancing and self-esteem.
Effort, respect, gratitude, politeness, friendship and support for each other, are our most important standards.
2) Practice at home, including stretching and strengthening, is expected of all dancers:
Practice for your own success. Technique gives freedom!
3) Observance of proper class attendance, attire, and hair/dress code shows respect, and commitment to learning and personal excellence: You will also gain the added benefit of seeing the marked improvement that this small but significant effort will have on your dancing!
Notes on Classes
Participation Expectations: Intermediate and advanced dancers are expected to attend two classes per week. You are welcome and encouraged to attend more than two classes, and when you do, there is significant benefit to your dancing.
The philosophy is to provide a respectful but interactive ballet class experience that supports our young people in learning to see and move in the world beautifully, and to be a groundwork that will stay with them for life.
Every class has an age-appropriate balance of creativity (and make-believe) and technical discipline. Through ballet, you may also be studying the arts and the humanities, and hopefully become inspired to gain thoughtful new insights about yourself and the world.
Performances: Children are regularly asked to contribute to our creative projects/performances, as we are all making art together. We perform to make art together, and to engender experiences of surprise, delight, and discovery through performance.
Special excursions are often a part of what we do to supplement our understandings and development, and to inspire questions and imagination! These have been trips to the ballet, to the wildlife center, walks in the woods, and to the museum, as well as creating our own artwork and choreography (dance-making at home.)
Please be prepared to participate in as many supplemental events (mentioned above,) as you can!
Performances
There will usually be two main All school performances per school year (and some special performances – see below.)
All dancers will be expected to prepare for and participate in these two performances, for which there will be a non-optional performance fee that helps to cover the expense of the venue and performance.
Volunteering and Collaborating!
Young Musicians - and older young musicians: We love to collaborate! Please volunteer to play music for us - even just one little piece, in class or in performance. We love it! Tell us what you would like to play...
Any families who can help with scenery making, costumes, costume making, stage management, box office, chaperoning – etc. are invited to let me know you are interested, and what your availability is: time, place, type of skill.
Much thanks for all the volunteer support that you have brought to us!
Welcome to Ballet!
Calendar for Fall 2018 - Classes resume 9/15
Special events are TBD.
I use Facebook as well as e-mail to communicate. Please Check FB for snow days and other special communications!
You can see our FB page directly from this site, even if you do not have FB.
Class fees: (Subject to small changes in the coming fall 2018)
Tuition per 18 week semester is due at registration.
Registration fee $25 each semester with your registration of:
Saturday Preschool Ballet $250 (plus $25, is $275) per semester
Beginning Intermediate, one class/week: $300 plus $25 registration fee ($325) per semester
Ballet and Repertiore - for dancers youth and adult - $685 for two classes/18 weeks, with divided payment options) 2 class days: Three hours per week minimum, $660 plus $25 registration fee, ($685) per 18 week semester. (Four class days are currently available: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.)
Adult classes by 5 or 10 class card are $15 per each class.
Drop-ins - are by permission of instructor only.
2018 Weekly Ballet Class Schedule
August Ballet in the Park -
Saturdays at 10:30, (45 min.) Pre-school and K, 1, 2 dancers/families
Thursdays - 5:30, Elementary ages and families
(Please send a text on Thursday and Friday if you would like to participate, (203) 494 - 2492)
Autumn - Spring
Monday
9:00 Adult Stretch and Tone
4:30 - 5:30 Beginning Ballet (Kindergarten ages)
5:30 - 7pm - Ballet and Repertiore -Intermediate - adv. ballet/pointe (any solid color leotard, youth and adult)
Tuesday
4:45 - 5:30 - Drama favorite stories/social dance for kids (perform your favorite stories, learn basic salsa, swing...)
5:30 - 6:45 - Beginning/Intermediate Ballet (elementary school age, Lilac/lavender leotard)
7:00 - 8:00 -
Wednesday
4:45 - 5:30 - Drama favorite stories/social dance for kids (perform your favorite stories, learn basic salsa, swing...)
5:30 - 7:00 - Ballet and Repertiore, Intermediate -adv. ballet/pointe (youth/adult)
Thursday
4:00 - 5:30 Boys-only ballet and athletic dance (or 6:45)
5:30 - 6:40 Beginning-Intermediate ballet, elementary school ages
Friday
9:00 Adult Stretch and Tone
5:30 - 7:30 Private Lessons in ballet/pointe - or beginning social, smooth ballroom and latin dance
Saturday
9:30 - 10:05 Adult Dance-fitness
10:10 - 10:55 Preschool Ballet (Ages 3 and four, older dancers are welcome.)
11:10 12:10 Beginning Ballet for dancers in grades K, 1 & 2.
12:15 - 2:30 Private Lessons (in ballet, social, latin or ballroom by appointment)
Color Level dress code for your class -
Pre-school Ballet: Any solid color for class.
Beginning ballet for K, 1 and 2 ages: a Pink leotard with a pink ballet-skirt if desired.
Beginning/Intermediate elementary ballet: Lavender/Lilac
Intermediate-adv. teen and pre-teen Any solid color ballet leotard, hair in a ballet bun.
Private lesson ballet dancers wear a solid color, ballet style leotard.
Policies in Class
When you enter the ballet studio you are a ballet dancer:
The outside doors are locked for your safety, if you have been accidentally locked out of the building, please knock on our window, (right next to the door) so I can let you in. :-))
Your progress is directly affected by your effort, attention, congenial attitude, and the amount of regular practice you put in. By the age of seven and eight, two ballet classes per week is the appropriate minimum amount of practice for a young student.
We follow a school year calendar with regular registration and attendance.
Arrive ready to participate!
There is a bathroom/changing room down the hall. Use it before class. Parents are responsible for you when you arrive and before class begins. Please arrive for class with your ballet clothes/shoes on and your hair pinned up and back. (Do not arrive at your class time and then go to the changing room to prepare, You will miss half of your class that way.) Boys are requested to wear ballet slippers in black or white, and non-cumbersome fitness attire: ballet slippers, socks, shorts and T-shirt are great.
Dancers who are seen to observe our standards of diligent attendance, class preparedness/attire, and effort without fuss or complaint, will be given preference when special opportunities arise. More importantly, from their own efforts, young dancers will have the benefit of marked improvement in their dancing and self-esteem.
Effort, respect, gratitude, politeness, friendship and support for each other, are our most important standards.
2) Practice at home, including stretching and strengthening, is expected of all dancers:
Practice for your own success. Technique gives freedom!
3) Observance of proper class attendance, attire, and hair/dress code shows respect, and commitment to learning and personal excellence: You will also gain the added benefit of seeing the marked improvement that this small but significant effort will have on your dancing!
Notes on Classes
Participation Expectations: Intermediate and advanced dancers are expected to attend two classes per week. You are welcome and encouraged to attend more than two classes, and when you do, there is significant benefit to your dancing.
The philosophy is to provide a respectful but interactive ballet class experience that supports our young people in learning to see and move in the world beautifully, and to be a groundwork that will stay with them for life.
Every class has an age-appropriate balance of creativity (and make-believe) and technical discipline. Through ballet, you may also be studying the arts and the humanities, and hopefully become inspired to gain thoughtful new insights about yourself and the world.
Performances: Children are regularly asked to contribute to our creative projects/performances, as we are all making art together. We perform to make art together, and to engender experiences of surprise, delight, and discovery through performance.
Special excursions are often a part of what we do to supplement our understandings and development, and to inspire questions and imagination! These have been trips to the ballet, to the wildlife center, walks in the woods, and to the museum, as well as creating our own artwork and choreography (dance-making at home.)
Please be prepared to participate in as many supplemental events (mentioned above,) as you can!
Performances
There will usually be two main All school performances per school year (and some special performances – see below.)
All dancers will be expected to prepare for and participate in these two performances, for which there will be a non-optional performance fee that helps to cover the expense of the venue and performance.
Volunteering and Collaborating!
Young Musicians - and older young musicians: We love to collaborate! Please volunteer to play music for us - even just one little piece, in class or in performance. We love it! Tell us what you would like to play...
Any families who can help with scenery making, costumes, costume making, stage management, box office, chaperoning – etc. are invited to let me know you are interested, and what your availability is: time, place, type of skill.
Much thanks for all the volunteer support that you have brought to us!