Aimee Art Productions offers dances classes in the Los Angeles area that incorporate jazz, ballet, tap, and creative movement.
Studio Dance Classes
Fall Session Sept. 11-Dec. 4th (skipping Sat. Nov. 27th for Thanksgiving) Winter Recital tentatively scheduled for Sun. Dec. 5th at 4:00 PM at Mt. Washington Elementary School3981 San Rafael Ave., LA 90065
Dress Rehearsal Thurs. Dec. 2nd from 5:30-6:30 PM at Mt. Washington with pizza and drinks provided for parents and children Recital Fee of $35 applies -- participation is optional. Costumes can be ordered on website under "Shop for Dance Attire" for $20-$30 (costumes available end of October) from All About Dance or 1-800-775-0578
Attire: Most students wear leotards and skirts, any color, with ballet shoes for ballet and tap shoes for tap. Boys wear sweats or leggings and T-shirts. If you would like to attend the class first before purchasing the "gear" that is fine—in this case, students may wear socks for ballet and a hard-soled shoe (such as a Mary Jane) for tap, and any comfortable clothing is fine if one does not have a leotard. Suggested places to purchase the needed attire are: AllAboutDance.com, Target, Payless, Karabel Dance in Burbank, Capezio Dance in Hollywood. We also have a shoe recycling system in the studio. In other words, students put their outgrown shoes in the box and take out any shoes that might fit them for no charge at all.
Pre-School Dance - ages 2-4. This class is for ages 2-4 focuses on an introduction to Ballet and Tap Dance, and also incorporates some Jazz and Creative Movement. Pre-Schoolers get a chance to move to music, tell stories through Dance and Creative Movement, use props, and learn the basics of Tap and Ballet form, music, and steps. Though we work on routines and perform two recitals per year, the emphasis is on exposure to the spirit of dance and awakening each child's creativity and imagination through music and movement, rather than on executing steps perfectly. Developmentally, Pre-School is a great time to introduce children to the art of Dance, and as their muscles strengthen through movement, their minds and imaginations do too. Each class session begins with a Welcome Song, seated around the Magic Carpet. Then we do a Creative Movement Warmup, moving about the room and responding to different musical sounds. Next we move into a time of ballet technique, steps, and learning part of an ongoing routine. Still wearing ballet shoes or sometimes already in tap shoes, Aimee often leads a story-telling event using rhythm and chant. Finally, the children are asked to put on their tap shoes for a short tap technique lesson and final bows and curties using colored scarves.
Children's Dance - ages 5-8 This class is for ages 5-8 focuses on an introduction to Ballet and Tap Dance, and also incorporates some Jazz, Character, and Traditional Dance. Children get a chance to learn a basic Ballet Barre, be exposed to Ballet and Tap technique, use props, and learn both a Tap and a Ballet routine. Recitals are bi-annual, and the emphasis is on exposure to the spirit of dance, fun, exercise, flexibility, and awakening each child's creativity and imagination through music and movement, rather than on creating the perfect show. Developmentally, this is a great time to introduce children to the art of Dance, and as their muscles strengthen through movement, their minds and imaginations do too. Each class session begins with a Ballet Barre. Next we move into a time of stretching in the center of the floor, ballet foot and arm positions and poses, jumps in the center, turns and leaps across the floor, and ballet technique, steps, and learning part of an ongoing routine. Finally, the children are asked to put on their tap shoes for a short tap technique lesson and learning an ongoing taproutine. The class ends with final bows and curties using colored scarves.
Classes are held at:
Studio A 2306 Hyperion Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90026
Class Times for FALL SESSION Saturday mornings 10 AM for ages 5-8 10:50 AM for ages 2-3 11:50 AM for ages 3-4 * 2-yr-olds may attend at 11:50 and 4-yr-olds at 10:50 if necessary, due to naps, siblings or other scheduling conflicts. Please see Ms. Aimee to sign up for a specific class time.
Class Prices:$144 for 12 weeks (with a 2-credit option for any missed classes, to be used in Winter Session)$50 per month (4 classes to be used over 6 weeks)$14 per class for drop-in (if classes are full, priority will be given to families who sign up for a month or more)
Coming Up: Winter Session 2011 - Jan 8 - March 12 (10 weeks) Spring Session 2011 - March 19 - June 4 (12 weeks)
Prices:$14/class if paid per class session
OR $13/class if paid per month ($50/month)
OR $12/class if paid per session ($144 for 12-weeks) ($120 for 10 weeks for Spring Session) ($96 for 8 weeks for Summer Session)
No refunds, exchanges or credits
*$35 recital fee and additional costume fee applies*
*2-year-olds may attend the 11:40 AM and 3-year-olds may attend the 10:50 AM if necessary due to siblings, naps or other scheduling conflict
Prices:$144 for 12 weeks (With a 2-credit option for any missed classes, to be used in Winter Session).
OR $50/month (4 classes to be used over 6 weeks).
OR $14/class for drop-in (if classes are full, priority will be given to families who sign up for a month or more.
No refunds, exchanges or credits.
*$35 recital fee and additional costume fee applies*
To sign up, please pay via Paypal on our website under "Pay for Classes," or mail attached form with check payable to Aimee Art Productions to:
Aimee Art Productions 2433 E. Glenoaks Blvd. Glendale, CA 91206
Priority will be given to families who register for a month or more of classes.
Dance
The following classes are held in schools, after school, in preschools and private families' homes and non-profits as scheduled (See our "Schools and Schedules" section)
Dance and MovementBallet/Tap Teacher: Michelle Hanley Grades: Preschool to 12th Creative Movement class with a focus on basic Ballet and Tap technique, building classroom skills, motor-skill development, and learning to create dance combinations. We will build on skills and our dance routine each week to culminate in a performance demonstration.This class introduces the art form of stepping, which is so popular today, by encouraging children to use their bodies to make sounds. They learn about the origins of stepping, its historical significance and also why it has become so big today. In addition to the stepping, the other element of this class is theatre. By engaging children's bodies and minds with warm-ups, improv exercises and short scenes, they learn the importance of working together and being on one accord which is useful for stepping as well. By the end of the class, students will have learned how to express themselves through stepping movement and abstract theatre...a diverse combination that surely they will have never experienced.
Circus Kids Teacher: Michelle Hanley Grades: Preschool to 12th Creative Movement class with a focus on basic Circus apparatus (ribbon twirling, baton twirling, juggling, hula-hooping), building classroom skills, motor-skill development, and learning to create performance routines. We will build on skills and our routines each week to culminate in a performance demonstration.
Dance Around the World Teacher: Michelle Hanley Grades: Preschool to 12th Creative Movement class with focus on basic Dances from around the World (choose from Mexico, Brazil, United States, France, Tahiti, African, and more), building classroom skills, motor-skill development, and learning to create dance combinations. We will build on skills and our dance routine each week to culminate in a performance demonstration.
Hip-Hop Teacher: Michelle Hanley Grades: Preschool to 12th Creative Movement class with a focus on basic Hip-Hop technique, building classroom skills, motor-skill development, and learning to create dance combinations. We will build on skills and our routine each week to culminate in a performance demonstration.
Island Grooves Teacher: Michelle Hanley Grades: Preschool to 12th Creative Movement class with a focus on basic Hula dance vocabulary and technique, building classroom skills, motor-skill development, and learning to create dance combinations. We will build on skills and our dance routine each week to culminate in a performance demonstration.
Kids’ Yoga Teacher: DM Osbourne Grades: K to 2nd or 3rd to 5th Through a delightful series of seated and standing yoga postures, balancing, breathwork, and stretching, students learn a yoga practice that is fun and healthful. Combining stories, music, and age-appropriate props such as stuffed animals, plastic plates, paint brushes, and more, young people can either begin or continue to develop their yoga practice. DM Osborne was trained by Shana Meyers, founder of miniyogis Yoga for Children in Los Angeles.
Storytime Yoga Teacher: D.M. Osborne Grades: K to 3rd Through a delightful series of yoga postures, breathwork, standing, balancing seated floor work and stretching, students learn a yoga practice that is fun and healthful. Combining stories, music and age-appropriate props such as stuffed animals, plastic plates, paint brushes, and more, young people can either begin or continue to develop their yoga practice.
"Voca-Hop" Teacher: Collette Hyder Grades: K and up A singing and dancing class combining all the hottest dance moves from your favorite videos, as well as learn how to sing like your favorite MTV stars. Definitely a fun way to build confidence, performance skills, stage presence and get the inside scoop on the making of a STAR!
STOMP from the Heart Teacher: Aja Benton Grades: 5th to 8th This class introduces the art form of stepping, which isso popular today, by encouraging children to use their bodies to make sounds. They learn about the origins of stepping, its historical significance andalso why it has become so big today. In addition to the stepping, the otherelement of this class is theatre. By engaging children's bodies and minds withwarm-ups, improv exercises and short scenes, they learn the importance ofworking together and being on one accord which is useful for stepping as well.By the end of the class, students will have learned how to express themselvesthrough stepping movement and abstract theatre...a diverse combination thatsurely they will have never experienced.
DANCE FOR KIDS! With Expert Teaching Artists Sarah Peters and Kristen Herbert Grades: Preschool to 3rd grade Course Description: Dance at Delaney-Wright Fine Arts Preschool is a fun-time creative movement class with a focus on age-appropriate, modern Dance moves accompanied by family-friendly music. Each class leads students through warm-up combinations, cross-floor/around-the-room movements, development of dance routines, and free improvisation, culminating in a performance demonstration for parents, siblings, teachers, and friends! Children take part in an engaging creative movement class that exposes them to a variety of dance forms (including Ballet, Gymnastics, Hip-Hop, Hula, Circus and Tap), teaches classroom expectations, helps develop motor-skills, focuses on fundamental technique, and most importantly instills a love of dance!
YogaEdTM Grades: K-2; 3-5; and 6-8 Teacher: DMOsborne CourseDescription: YogaEdTM courses support children in becoming fit, activelearners with a keen sense of personal responsibility. 75-minutelessons include group discussion, yoga poses and games, and guidedmeditation. Children gain personal confidence and improve coordinationas they learn to execute, hold, and flow through balance poses,backbends, twists, and inversions. Through kinesthetic games andpartner poses, students build leadership skills and trust in oneanother. Along the way, students are challenged to contemplate topicslike how to handle feelings, how to make mindful choices, and how tolisten to themselves and others.
Evolution Through Revolution:Printmaking & Letterpress Teacher: Madeleine Zygarewicz 6-12 Explore various techniques of printmaking and letterpress aswe take a whirlwind hands-on tour of the history of printing. Fromreligion to the DIY punk zine, we will briefly look at the historical value ofprinting and how it mobilized various social movements. We will look atthe historical value of printing and how it mobilized various socialmovements. We will look at famous printed work by Andy Warhol, AlbrechtDurer, Vincent Van Gough and more. Discover ways to print from everydayobjects and tools in addition to using linoleum block carvings, letterpress,vintage printers’ blocks and wooden type. Share your prints withclassmates and leave with a portfolio of your evolution of print. Allstudents will have the opportunity to print on a hundred year old printingpress. Be a part of history as you reclaim tangible communication in anera of disposable digital information! Projects will range from personal artprints to promotional posters to handmade books.
Capoeira Teacher:Dana Maman, Sarah Peters Grades:K-12 Capoeira is anAfro-Brazilian art-form developed by slave communities in Brazil. Duringthe 16th century slaves who were brought from Angola have usedcapoeira as a way of resistance against the Portuguese slave owners. Thisart-form incorporates dance, music, and martial-arts and allows for thedevelopment of self control, discipline, and an understanding of one’scharacter and body. It has served as a community building tool whileeducating youth and reminding adults of their history. This class willhave children involved in music and movement while developing a sense ofleadership and confidence. The lesson will also educate students aboutrich afro-Brazillian culture and the context in which capoeira was developed.
Bohemian Ballet Teacher: Susan Linville Grades: 3rd – 8th and 9th – 12th For those who have the passion and desireto learn the classical style of Ballet with a rock’n’roll attitude! Thisclass is a great workout with great music and it will prove to you that Balletcan be fun! Ballet works on your core strength, balance, flexibility andit give you buns of steel!
Brazilian Music and Movement Teacher: Sarah Peters Grades: K-5 Brazilian Music and Movement is an exploration of Afro-Brazilian culture through song and dance, including samba and maculele, a warrior dance. We will learn to sing songs, do movements and to play the instruments from various Afro-Brazilian art forms while learning their cultural history as well. Introductory Portuguese will also be a part of this class
West African Drumming and Dance Teacher: Sean Rainey Grades: 5th -12th Learn the basics of West African drumming and dance culture from Ghana, Togo and Senegal. Students will participate in traditional dances and learn how the drummer’s rhythms relate to the dancers’ movements. Class will end with a group performance.
