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Dance for Teens and Adults --Winter Update

Designed for beginning and more experienced students who have an interest in dance and movement, as well as an interest in increasing conditioning, flexibility and muscular strength.Our Intensive Training Program and Scholarship Dance Ensembles offer the serious student advanced training and the opportunity to work and perform in a repertoire ensemble. No matter what your age or the style of dance pursued, the benefits of dance training are numerous, and include improvements in posture, gracefulness and overall body awareness. In addition, many students find that the mental and physical discipline of dance helps to increase focus and reduce stress. Teens may also enroll in the following classes.

NEW! Ballroom Sampler
Maureen Hickey, Instructor
Saturdays, 10:30 am
Join the national craze and be your own dancing star! Learn to move gracefully like a "pro" as you learn the waltz and other fun ballroom styles.
FEE: $91* tuition. For students enrolled in private lessons at Hochstein, tuition is $66.50. For students taking 3 or 4 dance classes, a 25% discount will apply to the 3rd and 4th classes. For students taking more than 4 classes, a 50% discount will apply to all classes beyond the 4th.

NEW! Stretch and Strengthen
Victoria Gregory, Instructor
ages 14+
Thursdays, 7:15-8:15 pm
This class is for everyone—from dancers to those who just want to improve the way they get in and out of a bathtub or car! Class activities include a series of easy stretches and repetitive movements that gently warm up the joints and travel up and down the body’s pathways in varying combinations allowing you to unlock your body’s history and mystery!

NEW! Adult Dance Sampler
Various Instructors
Thursdays 6:15 pm
age 14+
Enjoy learning new dance techniques in a fun, social environment with other adults. Third quarter features Musical Theatre Dance, and fourth quarter spotlights African Dance.

BALLET
Beginning-Intermediate
An introduction to the basics of ballet vocabulary and technique. Great for the development of flexibility, strength, coordination, musicality and grace, with due respect for individual body types.

Ballet II, III, IV
This Intensive Training program focuses on the adagio and allegro movements while students develop strength, flexibility and placement. The Russian (Vaganova) Technique is introduced and studied. Students are encouraged to participate in three or more classes per week.

(To discuss classes for more advanced students, please call Dance Department Chair Diane Lewis at (585) 454-4596.)

SPANISH/FLAMENCO
Spanish/Flamenco I
This class will focus on basic Spanish dance techniques, including the use of castanets. Both classical Spanish and Flamenco music will be employed in class, and tangos, soleá por bulerías and alegriás will be taught as an introduction to Flamenco rhythms. Students will also be introduced to palmas, the rhythmic clapping used in Flamenco to keep time.

Spanish/Flamenco II
This level will build upon the skills learned in Spanish/Flamenco I, and it will include new choreography for castanets and Flamenco. Both classical Spanish and Flamenco music will be employed in class, and several new palos will be introduced: bulerías, fandangos de Huelva, and tangos de Málaga. Also introduced will be the use of palmas and contratiempo while dancing or accompanying dancers.

Spanish/Flamenco III This offering expands on the techniques learned in Spanish/Flamenco II, with continued and new choreography for castanets and Flamenco. Coplas and palos will include sevillanas, tientos, Fandangos de Huelva, Seguiryas, alegrias, tangos, and bulieras.

MODERN
Modern I and II
Explore your dance horizons with exciting faculty dancer Christopher Morrison as he delves into the world of the modern dance. These cutting-edge classes will draw upon varied influences such as: contemporary Caribbean folk forms, Garth Fagan technique, Professor Rex Nettleford of the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica, and other contemporary dance innovators. Students who took Modern with Mr. Morrison during the 2005-2006 School Year are recommended to register for the Intermediate Modern class.

FEE for Dance for Teens & Adults (except Ballroom Sampler): $234* tuition, payable in two installments of $117. For students enrolled in private lessons at Hochstein, tuition is $171 payable in two installments of $85.50 for one dance class. For students taking 3 or 4 dance classes, a 25% discount will apply to the 3rd and 4th classes. For students taking more than 4 classes, a 50% discount will apply to all classes beyond the 4th.

Key to table below: *indicates 1-1/2 hour class; all others are 1 hour.

DANCE FOR TEENS & ADULTS	Mon.	Tues.	Wed.	Thurs.	Fri.	Sat.
Adult Dance Sampler				6:15
Ballet - Beginning/Intermediate*		7:15
Ballet - Intermediate*						11:45
Ballet II & III*				5:30
Ballet III*			5:30
Ballet III & IV*	5:30
Beginning Pointe				7:15
Intermediate Pointe/Variations				7:15
Ballroom Sampler						10:30
Modern I		7:15
Modern II*				5:30
Spanish/Flamenco I*			5:30
Spanish/Flamenco II*		5:30
Spanish/Flamenco III*		7:15
Stretch and Strengthen				7:15