Academy Involves:

• 5 technique classes/season 

  • Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Cecchetti, and Conditioning

• At least 2 choreography classes/season

• ​

• We believe ballet is the foundation that a dancer requires to be successful in all other genres of dance. It is the core of a solid dance education. Our technique/variations class combines both Cecchetti and Russian methods of ballet. Dancers will work to build strength in their core, to better understand their bodies, and to master technique of the movement while still being allowed the freedom to express. We strive for a balance of discipline and fun. Students should expect to learn and memorize ballet terminology, participate in barre and center floor exercises, and to fall in love with the lovely classical style that is ballet. 

​

Jazz Technique 
A technique-based class involving vigorous warm-up, deep stretching, and the education of various kinds of jumps, turns, and kicks. Class begins center floor and ends by demonstrating techniques learned in the duration of the class.

​​

Tap Technique 
This class focuses on the fine motor skills of tapping, and tapping quickly. Center floor exercises such as ankle rolls, time-step battles, and Simon Says step-learning are incorporated with traveling steps that are observed by the teacher as the student practices them across the floor. Perfect your coordination with this brain-busting class.

​​

Cecchetti Ballet
Named after Italian ballet master Encrico Cecchetti, Cecchetti classes help strengthen, sharpen, and push technique. Dancers will participate in seasonal examinations (Fenton School of Dance hires in a Cecchetti-Certified examiner) that award certification up through grade 5. Beginners (regardless of age) start with Grade 1, and work to pass the Grade 1 examination and obtain Grade 1 certification. They can then move on to Grade 2, and move all the way up to Grade 5.