2008-2009
Classes Offered:
The Oneonta Dance Center offers a wide variety of dance classes, including tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical, hip hop, ballroom, and song and dance for all ages. Class levels start at ‘Beginner’ and continue to ‘Advanced’. All classes offered, along with the day and time, are included on the enclosed schedule.
Descriptions of Classes
Acting for Musical Theater: A real and honest approach to acting for the actor, singer, and dancer! The class will work on all aspects of musical theatre performance including technical and improvisational exercises, scene work and monologues, as well as working on musical numbers with the focus coming from an acting point of view as opposed to just singing a song or dancing the given choreography.
Ballet: This discipline starts each class at the barre and continues to floor work. Emphasis on proper body placement, proper alignment, developing balance and coordination, works on transitioning movements, and awareness of space and movement. A basis for all dance forms.
Combo Class: Class combines half hour each of ballet and tap
Competition Hip Hop: By Audition Only: Audition will be held on the first day of class. Fast paced class that works choreography and dance style. Must have taken at least 3 years of hip hop, for ages 10 and up. Must take ballet or stretch to be in class.
Competition Jazz: By Audition Only- Audition will be held on the first day of class. A fast paced class focusing on jazz choreography and performances. Must take ballet or stretch to be in class.
Competition Tap: By Audition Only- Audition will be held on the first day of class. A quick moving class focusing on tap choreography and performances, working on clean feet and sharp movements.
Fosse: Focuses on the style and choreography of Bob Fosse; emphasis on isolation, theatrical performance, and unique avante garde movement.
Hip Hop: A faster pace kind of dance, usually done to R&B/Hip Hop music. Uses intricate moves and is a more modern day style.
Jazz: This discipline ranges in style from American Classical Jazz to funk to musical theatre, incorporating stretches, isolation, placement and technique, and combinations across the floor and at center focusing on strength, discipline, placement, and flexibility
Lyrical: Combines the disciplines of jazz and ballet and focuses on strength, flexibility, and the emotional execution of music.
Lyrical Production: By Audition Only- Performance, choreography, and repertoire class of large group lyrical pieces, must be taking lyrical technique of at least intermediate level.
Modern: In it origins over 100 years ago, modern dance evolved out of a desire to break away from the constraints and ideology of classical ballet, and focuses on creative self self expression over technical virtuosity. It is stylistically characterized by more free flowing, organic, grounded movement.
Musical Theater: Focuses on the three disciplines of Musical Theater- dance, singing, and acting, with warm up exercises and performance practice in each discipline.
Tap: A discipline focusing on rhythms and patterns with tap shoes. Works on balance, technique, placement of the feet and the body, musicality, rhythms and listening skills.
Stretch/Technique: An intense class working all different aspects of the body, strengthening and toning muscles.
Song and Dance: A class geared toward preschool children, focusing on basic movement, basic rhythms and music.
Semesters:
The Oneonta Dance Center splits the year into three sessions, allowing for an easier payment schedule. The sessions for 2008-2009 are as follows:
Fall: Monday September 8 –Sunday December 7
Winter: Monday December 8 – Sunday March 22
Spring: Monday March 23- Sunday June 7
Contract:
All students must sign a contract upon registering for a class at the Oneonta Dance Center. The contract simply states the rules, and the signing of the contract acknowledges the understanding of the rules. Students will also receive a copy of the contract to take home.
Attendance:
Attendance at classes is mandatory except for emergency or illness. If either occur, we ask that you call the Dance Center and leave a message that the student will be unable to attend class. If you miss a class, you will receive no refund or credit.
Refunds:
There are no refunds. Credit can be transferred to another session or workshop.
Fundraisers:
Fundraisers will be available for students to participate in to help pay their balance. This is optional. First session must be paid upfront. Fundraising may be applied to 2nd session tuition, 3rd session tuition and/or Performance Fees.
Class Minimum:
All classes, except Acrobatics, must have at least 6 students in order to continue. If the minimum is not reached by the second week of class, the class will be cancelled and the students re-assigned to appropriate classes.
Dress Code:
All students must adhere to the dress code in order to participate in class. The dress code is as follows: All Students:
-All students must have their hair pulled up and out of their face. This includes boys with long hair.
-For safety reasons, dancers are not allowed to wear excessive jewelry (extra rings or necklaces) or dangly earrings.
-All students must wear the shoes required by the teacher for the class, a list will be given to you at registration.
All Male Students:
- All male students are required to wear a blank white t-shirt (no writing or logos, unless it is the ODC logo) or blank black t-shirt (no writing or logos unless it is the ODC logo) and black pants.
All Female Students: All female students are required to wear the following:
-Tap and Jazz: Plain black (no words) tight-fitting jazz pants and a black tight-fitting tank (no logos unless ODC logo) or leotard.
-Ballet:
All ballet students must have pink tights and are allowed to wear a ballet skirt of their choice.
Beginning Ballet: Light Pink Leotard
Other Ballet Levels: Black Leotard
Please note: We ask that you wear clothes that cover your body. Shirts that are low cut or show any stomach, and pants that are cut low and show any skin, are not allowed. Students wearing such clothing will be asked to change or will be unable to participate in class. We want to make the atmosphere comfortable for everyone.
Show!
At the end of the year, June 6,7 and 8, 2009 (TENTATIVE DATES), we will be putting on a show! In order to participate in the show, every student must pay a Performance Fee of $85.00 per class. This fee will include a costume for the dancer (which the dancer gets to keep) and helps toward the overall production of the show. The fee must be paid in advance, in full, in order for the student to perform.
Students must participate in ALL THREE sessions in order to be in the show. Students who commit to the shows, must also be able to participate in ALL FOUR shows.
Studio Policies:
-No soda or gum is allowed in the studio at any time.
-No student is allowed to leave the studio without a parent or permission from a parent to leave.
-The only people allowed on the dance floor are registered students.
-A student contract must be signed and adhered to by all students.
-If a student is too sick to attend school, do not come to dance class. Please call and inform us of the student’s illness, and stay home. We do not want to spread anything through the studio!
-No smoking in or around the Dance Center.
-Please also note that parents are not able to watch classes, unless there are special circumstances, and the parents have discussed these circumstances with the teacher. There will be a parent observation week every semester, giving parents an opportunity to watch if they wish.