Joanne's Dance Extension

Through our strategically designed Kinderdance program, boys and girls gain a sense of joy and accomplishment. These classes have been created to develop basic motor skills, musicality, balance, understanding of right and left, gross and fine motor skills, and proper terminology. Sharing this positive experience with their peers, students gain an understanding of teamwork that positively benefits and influences their everyday lives. Our Kinderdance students perform in two dance routines in our annual Dance Concert and have the opportunity to perform in our annual Gymnastic Exhibition.

These classes offer a more focused study of ballet, tap, and jazz for this primary age group. Dance courses begin to explore the elements of other styles all while using age-appropriate, popular music. Primary ballet courses introduce our pre-ballet program; which leads into classical ballet studies at the age of eight. These classes will teach students the proper terminology in both English and in French. These tap courses are a graded system of technique, specializing in musical theater. We also are including a new jazz-hop program that teaches the students basic jazz skills with a fun, hip-hop style. Students perform in three dance routines in our annual Dance Concert, and have the opportunity to perform in our annual Gymnastic Exhibition.

Our specialty! The foundation of a strong dancer begins with strong ballet technique. Here at Joanne's Dance Extension, we offer graded academic and classical ballet training for our students. We offer a variety of ballet courses to suit the dancer's needs: Traditional technique classes for intermediate and advanced students Cecchetti graded exam classes for an intermediate and advanced student Pre-Pointe classes are available for intermediate students Pointe classes are an option for advanced intermediate students and advanced students