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Creative Dance Adventures
April 15, 2012
February 21, 2012
Creative Movement classes for kids ages 3 – 7
Registration for Athena Montessori and ACE Academy is ongoing. For more information about any of these classes, please contact me at 512-517-3214.
Athena Montessori Academy 1503 Morgan Lane 78704 Registration
Tuesdays 9:45 – 10:30 for 4 – 5 yr olds / Tuesdays 10:45 – 11:30 for 3 yr-olds / Wednesdays 2:15 – 3pm for ages 4.5 – 6 yr-olds
ACE Academy 3901 Shoal Creek Boulevard 78756
Thursdays – 3:15 – 4:15pm for 5 – 7 yr-olds
Ballet Austin Academy 501 West 3rd Street 78701 Registration
M – Th various class times. Contact the Academy at 476-9051 or visit http://www.balletaustin.org and go to Academy for more information.
February 21, 2012
Parent watching week is coming up. All are welcome to join your child during their regular class time for an informal demonstration.
Ballet Austin Academy – February 27th – March 1st
Athena Montessori Academy – March 27th and 28th
ACE Academy – March 29th
June 14, 2011
Kids love kittens, so for the next few weeks our theme will be centered around all the things those cute, fuzzy, comical kittens can do. We’ll chase and dance with ribbons, pounce on imaginary mice and catch butterflies in the garden. We will be learning about the concept of Space – pathways, direction and place.
June 28, 2010
I attended the Summer Dance Institute for Teachers workshop in Seattle and it was the most informative experience that I’ve ever had as a dance teacher. Anne Greene Gilbert is a wealth of information and creativity. I am currently integrating many of her ideas into my teaching.
http://creativedance.org/institute-workshops/sdit/
April 8, 2010
Our theme the last month has been springtime – birds, butterflies, pollination, gardens, flowers and bugs. We’ve been progressing with basic ballet positions and steps, balance and strength. We are winding ‘up’ in preparation for the next level of dance class – creative ballet – which is the transitional phase from creative movement to ballet technique. The stories continue but the attention to detail, choreography and concepts are emphasized.
February 25, 2010
What’s happening in class.
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The theme these next few weeks centers around baby kittens. Kittens are playful, curious and have amazing balance. We are continuing our exploration of shapes, levels and pathways and moving on with some more advanced dance steps. Along with a movement story and some games. we are learning a short dance sequence in preparation for observation week, March 1st – 5th.
February 4, 2010
What’s happening in class this week.
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This week and next we are learning about spatial concepts. Shape, Level, Direction, Size, Place, Pathway. Through games, songs, and props we are discovering the many ways in which we can move.
This week we are identifying shapes, then playing with transferring those shapes onto our own bodies. We experiment with diamonds, triangles, circles, ovals and pentagons, then change our shapes as we dance. We also play with combining two or more shapes at a time. We are putting together ‘shape’ sequences, performing ‘shape’ improvisations, and playing ‘guess my shape’.
January 28, 2010
What’s happening in class this week.
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For the last two weeks we have been ponies – complete with pony tails. We have learned how to walk, prance, gallop, spin and leap. Last week we went to a mountain meadow and met a pegasus who helped us find our way back to our barn. This week we are going on an adventure where we meet a circus trainer who asks us to be in her circus! Big fun at the big top!
January 7, 2010
What’s happening in class this week.
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For the next two weeks we will dance about winter. Snow clouds, winter wind, snowflakes, snow angels, building a snowman, dancing like Frosty and ice skating. Our lesson explores qualities of movement – light and floating, quick and quiet, melting, freezing and sliding.
Miss Joan's Creative Movement World 
