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Our Curriculum The Shore Ballet School is a modern day dance school with traditional values and standards. It offers a perfectly balanced curriculum for any student, and is lead by an outstanding professional staff. At every level, our classes are fun as well as being disciplined and challenging to get the most from every student. The school provides an enriching learning experience for the student who dances once or twice a week for the simple pleasure of it, as well as the serious student aspiring to a career in dance. Teaching Methods All great schools follow a standardized method of teaching. The Shore Ballet School is an affiliate of the Royal Academy of Dance and The American Academy of Ballet and uses their theories as a guide to superior training. Syllabus work from both academies are applied in ballet classes starting at the Primary level.
*American Academy of Ballet is based in New York City and accepts professional teaching members. The *Royal Academy of Dance (R.A.D.) is a well known international organization based in London, England. The R.A.D. is dedicated to promoting excellence in dance training through strong teacher training programs and the examinations of students in over 72 countries worldwide. The R.A.D. student training program starts with the Children’s work at age 6 and later progresses to the Higher Grades syllabus. The R.A.D. also maintains a Vocational syllabus for serious students training towards a professional career in dance. www.rad.org.uk
Music & Move This classes will help parent and child adjust to new group activities and will introduce your child to natural rhythms and first step motor skills. Suitable games, music and props will motivate self-discovery. In a stimulated environment, your child can benefit both physically and emotionally while interacting with you.
Dance Combo These combination ballet and tap lessons are suitable for a young student starting their first dance class. Join our fantasy world full of children’s songs, counting and ABC’s. Imaginative dance exercises will further the development of your toddler’s concentration using movements that are based on appropriate developmental skills.
Dance is a wonderful way to develop confidence and coordination. This hip hop, tap & tumble combination class boosts the idea ofh moving your body to improve balance and rythm. Use of fun props and tumbling mats! Parents can be sure the music, steps and skills are age appropriate.
This is high energy! Our combination tap and jazz class is set to popular music and entertains kids using rhythm and music exercises while at the same time introducing them to the fundamentals of dance.
A new bop and tumble combination class! Each class is full of energetic rhythm and dance moves. Kids also work on cartwheels, tumbles, splits, jumps and turns. This class uses traditional clean hip hop music and tumbling mats. Pre-Ballet Our pre-ballet program is age-specific and based on appropriate developmental skills to introduce your young child to classical music, basic ballet positions and spatial awareness. In addition to this traditional curriculum, teachers will focus on classroom etiquette, mime, imagination, taking turns and working with others. Primary Learning classical ballet is fun and the Primary level provides a sound foundation for the transition from pre-ballet to a formal ballet class. Guiding students towards more use of posture and technique, teachers incorporate the R.A.D. syllabus into each class. Children will also enjoy interpretive and free dance, as this is still an important part of classical training at this level.
Broadway Dance Raise the curtain, it’s show time! Theater students will be learning production numbers from popular stage and screen musicals. Children enjoy clever staging and Broadway style choreography. Acting techniques, mime and voice projection are also exercised.
A mixture of modern ballet and jazz, this dance form expresses the inner emotion. Lyrical interprates music or words, showing the audience the emotion of a particular piece. The lines are traditional in nature with the a technique base that determines the correct placement of body angles.
Make music with your feet and learn the latest jazz moves in our junior level combination class. Warm ups, center work and choreographed dances are crafted together to pop music and improve timing, strength and agility.
Adult Elementary Ballet For beginners and beyond, this is ideal for the once a week teen student, the adult with little or no dance experience or for the former dancer who is eager to get back in shape. This class includes stretching, barre work, center practice and allegro steps.
Students will be studying universal dance forms that combine social dance moves with classic theater arts. This connection makes for a fun and provocative class when instructors include dynamic music from popular culture to choreograph dances and exercises week to week.
A mixture of modern ballet and jazz, this dance form expresses the inner emotion. Lyrical inter prates music or words, showing the audience the emotion of a particular piece. The lines are traditional in nature with the a technique base that determines the correct placement of body angles. Yoga & Stretch Our Yoga & Stretch class teaches a combination of yoga, Pilates and light stretch. Dancers & non-dancers welcome!
Our pre-ballet program is age-specific and based on appropriate developmental skills to introduce your young child to classical music, basic ballet positions and spatial awareness. In addition to this traditional curriculum, teachers will focus on classroom etiquette, mime, imagination, taking turns and working with others.
Learning classical ballet is fun and the Primary level provides a sound foundation for the transition from pre-ballet to a formal ballet class. Guiding students towards more use of posture and technique, teachers incorporate the R.A.D. syllabus into each class. Children will also enjoy interpretive and free dance, as this is still an important part of classical training at this level.
Designed carefully for the aspiring dancer, all eight levels are based on the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus. Classes emphasize the joy of dance along with good posture, poise, musicality and strong classical technique. Free movement and character dance is incorporated into the syllabus as well, to further develop rhythm and style. Character Dancing Incorporated into all ballet grades 1-8; character dance is the theatrical presentation of national and folk dance. The basic ideas, movements, costumes and music of ethnic dances are adapted and refined. During the Romantic era, historically, is when character dancing became very popular in both ballet and opera.
These lessons are for dedicated students learning the art of classical ballet. Instructors will focus on the technical aspects of classical dance training. This class is strongly recommended for children pursuing ballet and is mandatory for all R.A.D. examination candidates.
This class is strongly recommended for children pursuing ballet seriously and is offered to all eligible pre-pointe and pointe students. *Must be attending Ballet Technique Class to qualify.
Intermediate & Advanced classes include the theory and practice of barre, adage, pirouettes, allegro and strenuous pointe work. Dancers will enjoy learning classical variations and working on corps dances from historic ballets. Students may study to take R.A.D. Higher Grades or Vocational Examinations.
Coaching can be beneficial to serious students and is available for children starting from age eight. Older students please inquire if you are planning to attend auditions. We also coach students for Professional Competitions and Examinations.
Please call the school for assistance (732) 270-1110
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