Roxbury Center for the Performing Arts

About Roxbury Center for the Performing Arts

Andrea Herbert Major is a distinguished dancer, choreographer, and teacher who is highly regarded throughout Massachusetts. She started her dance training at the age of three under the instruction of Mildred Kennedy Bradic and later earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the Boston Conservatory of Music. After completing her studies, she went on to the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York. When Andrea started teaching classes at the Roxbury YMCA, she realized that young inner-city children needed to be exposed to the performing arts. This inspired her to open Andrea’s School of Dance in 1967. Over time, the school grew from three to several hundred students, prompting the name change to The Roxbury Center for the Performing Arts in 1972. Today, Andrea continues to be a driving force of the performing arts in Massachusetts and strives to ensure the availability of this art form for all children, regardless of their background. Her work has been recognized by numerous awards and honors, and she is a true inspiration to many.

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CLASSIC BALLET

In Beginner Ballet, dancers learn the foundations of ballet technique and classical movement. There is a strong focus on body awareness, coordination, rhythm, musicality, strength, and flexibility. Students complete barre work as well as practice and perform ballet combinations to classical ballet music. This is a transitional class geared to more serious levels of technical training.

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ADVANCED

Advanced Ballet is the most fundamental and disciplined of the dance principles and the foundation of a dancer's curriculum. Poise, technique, style, control, balance, and grace beautifully blend to form the magical presence of Ballet. After sufficient study of Ballet, a student is advanced to Pointe work.

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POINTE

An introduction or refresher course to get you familiar with the shiny shoes or to supplement your other ballet classes. There's a world of difference between demi- and full pointe! Our focus will be on the articulation of the feet, "rolling through" the shoe correctly, keeping the ankles in a straight line, and maintaining proper alignment of the rest of the body. Most time will be spent at the barre, followed by center work, and movements traveling across the floor. Pointe shoes are required.

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