Class Descriptions | Dress Code | Class Schedule | Attendance | Snow/Ice Days

 

Class Observation
QUIET - Parent/Visitor observation will be allowed in our special observation area unless otherwise posted.

Picking up Students
tudents will not be permitted to wait outside the building after dusk or in inclement weather. They can remain upstairs in the student lounge or by the front desk.

Parking
Please enter the parking lot correctly, following the arrows. Do not let children run through parking lot unattended-or tun on the handicap ramp.

 

Class Descriptions

Class Length: 2½ and 3-year-olds are 30 minutes. All others are 45 min. to 1.5 hours.

Creative Movement (Ages 2½ - 6)
An imaginative introduction to music and dance movement and provides an excellent foundation for pre-ballet by encouraging good listening habit and coordination skills. Some concepts taught are stretching the foot, balancing, jumping, leg and arm coordination, and moving across the floor.

Tot Combo (Ages 4-5)
An introductory tap and ballet class for ages 4 and 5. Requires tan tap shoes and pink ballet slippers. Limited enrollment.

Pre-Ballet (Ages 6-7)
Designed for six and seven year olds, providing the foundation for formal ballet training. Includes carefully integrated ballet steps and terminology with music, rhythm, and movement. The American Academy of Ballet Syllabus is introduced at this age.

Level I through VII
Ballet classes are carefully graded as each student learns the syllabus. Students are always placed in class according to physical development, stamina, and self discipline. Classes progress to Pointe work, variations and pas de deux, and potential membership in Little Ballet Theatre. The American Academy of Ballet syllabus is taught in graded levels to students in these levels.

Jazz
All Jazz students should take ballet. We will have beginning to advanced jazz classes for all ages from 6 and up. Technique is taught by a graded system to ensure progression. Styles are varied, Broadway, Contemporary and Las Vegas.

Tap
Using a graded syllabus of instruction Level 1 to 8, progressing from beginner to advanced. Ballet training is an integral partner. Rhythm, Free-style, and Vaudeville styles are taught.

Hip Hop (Ages 6-adult)
Hip Hop is a fast high-energy class in which dancers will learn to move to upbeat contemporary music. Hip Hop students focus on balance, coordination, and learning to isolate parts of the body in a new way. Dancing seen in music videos for artists such as Janet Jackson, Brittany Spears,or N’Sync are all examples of the hip-hop style students will learn. Hip Hop is also great exercise, and lots of fun!

Modern
A form of theatrical dancing that can be traced as beginning in the 1900’s. It uses ballet technique, use of fall recovery, contraction, release, locomotor movements, movements that convey a message or tell a story, use of irregular meter, music, sounds, electronic music and contemporary music, use of multimedia and poetry. The dancer used bare feet or sandals. Most professional ballet dancers are trained in modern, today choreographers combine ballet with modern technique for many of their works. Placement is upon approval of the director.

Musical Theater
Each class will focus on the kind of dancing used in theatrical staging, acting basics, and “character acting” through dance. Dancers will learn pieces of several “mini-musicals” centering on show tunes from America’s best-loved musicals, including “Cats,” West Side Story,” and “Oliver.” Dancers will also learn theater terminology as well as the history of Broadway and musical theater in America. Dancers in these classes also need training in Ballet and Jazz. Admission to class upon approval of the director.

Acrobatics:
Acrobatics is the dance form of tumbling, with balancing, and flexibility, such as in the acts of Cirque de Soleil. Maddox Dance Studio is safety certified by USA gymnastics. Training teaches flexibility, balance, strength, muscle control, discipline and concentration. In acrobatic dance, you add elements of dance from ballet, jazz, hip-hop and even tap! Our instructor, Miss Alice, was a student of the late Dene Dalgren, who taught at Maddox Dance Studio in the late 70’s and early 80’s. Dene Dalgren was an amazing acrobat who combined dance with creation feats of balance and flexibility, unlike any other. The acrobatic class enrollment is limited and will only be accessible by audition. A $25.00 equipment fee is payable upon registration and acceptance.

Zumba®:
Zumba is a new international rage for fitness classes. The latest sensation sweeping the globe, creates a dynamic fitness program. Founded by Beto Perez, it used traditional Latin salsa and meringue music. It exercises the heart, lungs, strengthens and tones the abs, gluteus muscles, arms and legs. “Zumba” is Colombian slang “to buzz” or “to move fast like a bee!” Zumba students say “Ditch the work-out and join the party.”

Belly Dance:
The smooth, soothing form of dance used as an exercise for teens and adults. The moves and technique involves circular motions, isolating the hips, ribcage, shoulders, and arms. It provides a cardio-vascular work out, helps increase flexibility and strength, focusing “on core muscles and builds leg strength. It is a non-impact weight bearing exercise and is regarded as a way to decrease the risk of osteoporosis.

 

Dress and Appearance Code

Our dance wear boutique carries the preferred styles. Students must wear uniform. This is strictly enforced. Students will be asked to sit out of class if the dress code is repeatedly abused. All leotards should be Lycra and Cotton or Nylon and Lycra blends only.

You can also purchase dance supplies through Dance Distributors

Please label all dance shoes and clothes with the dancer’s name and phone number! DO NOT wear dance shoes outside. Students must dress in the dressing rooms upstairs only, NOT IN THE RESTROOM.

A note on shoes: We recommend professionally fitted pink ballet slippers (Gimre’s Astoria as well as Dance Togs in Beaverton carry the shoes. We prefer Capezio, Bloch, etc. We can order Revolution Brand shoes at Maddox Dance Studio as well). Ballet slippers must fit well—not too wide, not too long. The shoe needs to fit the foot like a glove with “1/2 inch to pinch” at the heel when the foot is pointed. Pointe shoes (toe shoes) are strictly reserved for those dancers who are totally ready, physically, technically and mentally for this big advancement. A young student’s bones are soft and malleable before age 10 and long lasting damage to the legs and back can be made if a student is placed on pointe too soon. In some instances, even older students are not ready because of body alignment and technique problems. Going on pointe is a very serious matter and commitment.

ADULT CODE: Our dress code for adults taking Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Zumba, Belly Dance is to wear any “exercise” type clothing in which you feel comfortable. The correct shoe for each discipline is a must!

ACROBATICS: Slippers & Biketards ordered through the studio. No tights are worn. Hair in ponytail. No jewelry. $21.50 - Biketards; $18.00 - shoes.

Dress and Appearance Code (Please follow strictly)

Every student is expected to follow the following rules:

• Be ready on time for class. Students are to sign in and out at the table in the lobby.
   
• Be dressed and groomed properly. NO shirts, NO shorts. Proper tights, shoes, leotards.
   
• Do not talk in class. NO gum. Water bottles OK on sides.
   
• Do not eat between back-to-back classes.
   
• Bring change of shoes to classroom if necessary or needed.
   
• Do not lean on barres or put feet on wall.
   
• Carry a dance bag with your name on it to and from the studio. Bags my be carried into the classroom.
  Dress in the dressing room, NOT bathrooms.
   
• DO NOT WEAR DANCE SHOES OUTSIDE. This can be very dangerous to the dancer – the soles become slippery in bad weather. It is also very harmful to the shoe and studio floors.
   
• Do not wear jewelry!
   
• A good attitude and respect for students and staff will make you a happier person!
   
• Snacks will be allowed in the student lounge if you tidy up.
   
• Dressing room on second floor. Do not change in any other part of the building.
   
• No running in the building at any time. Walk carefully up and down stairs. If you are waiting upstairs for class to begin, between classes, or to be picked up, please no noise or rough playing. It is a distraction to the classes to hear noise from above.

Recital Costumes, ranging in price from $35 to $60, are ordered in January – with deposit due November 1 and the balance due in December. There are recital pictures done in May in costume, ranging from $10 to $30.

 

Attendance

Please make a special effort to instill the importance of punctuality and consistency in attendance. Work on technical abilities and choreography progresses week to week. Students are responsible to keep current on what is being taught each week in class. If you fall behind you may need to be excluded for performances from the portions of the choreography that you do not know.

 

Snow/Ice Days:
Call the studio for information on class schedule or listen to local radio KSWB and KAST.

 

Maddox Dance Studio
2009-2010 Weekly Class Schedule