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For information on our Summer Dance Programs, click here!
Dance classes will resume today, Tuesday, February 16. Parking will be very difficult on Wyngate Drive, so we will have our assistant teachers posted outdoors to accompany children into the studio. Parents may take turns pulling into the driveway to drop children off with the assistant teachers. The assistants will bring the children back outside when class is over. Please be patient and kind! We appreciate everyone’s willingness to work together so we can get our children back in class!
SNOW DAY MAKE-UP CLASSES
Established in 1951 5600 Wyngate
Drive Schedule of Classes Click HERE
for current class schedule.
Classes
begin Kinderdance and Tap: This combination of ballet-inspired creative movement and tap dance is offered to preschoolers 4 years of age. Our aim is to instill a sense of rhythm in our youngest dancers and provide a happy experience with their first years in a dance studio, and most of all, to inspire a love for dance! Our Mommy & Me class offers a similar curriculum, but without tap, for 3-year-olds, and invites a parent or guardian to participate or observe class as appropriate. Pre-Ballet and Tap: These combination classes for students aged 5-7 years provide an introduction to ballet which teaches the basic ballet class structure and basic concepts of music as well as continuing age-appropriate tap instruction. Pre-Ballet classes for 5-year-olds are designed for Kindergarten-aged children, and classes for 6 & 7 year-olds are geared toward 1st and 2nd graders. Our Intro to Ballet I class is a more rigorous pre-ballet class which introduces students to the theory and exercises of Cecchetti Ballet I and is appropriate for 2nd or 3rd graders. Ballet: A child is usually accepted into graded ballet lessons at eight years of age and when in the third grade. Students are primarily instructed in the Cecchetti Method of ballet, which provides a well-balanced system of theory and movement from Level 1 through Level 8. Students may qualify for graded examinations in the Cecchetti Method of ballet, although exams are not mandatory. Pointe:
Students are placed in classes offering ballet instruction in both soft
slippers and pointe shoes pending the directors’ approval. Pointe students
should attend class at least twice a week to
continue building the additional foot and body strength that pointe work
requires. NEW
STUDENTS BEGINNING POINTE SHOULD
NOT
PURCHASE POINTE SHOES UNTIL AFTER CLASSES BEGIN AND YOUR TEACHER INSTRUCTS YOU
TO DO SO! Tap: Tap classes are offered in conjunction with ballet or jazz classes and help students to develop a keen sense of rhythm and coordination. Jazz: Students are generally
accepted in jazz classes at the age of ten, and after one or two years of
ballet. Conceived in America, jazz is a kind of stylized theatrical dancing and
is greatly influenced by the musical styles of each decade.
*All dates are tentative and subject to change. Dances classes will be
held on any MCPS school closings not listed here unless otherwise
announced. INCLEMENT WEATHER PROCEDURES Please
note that the studio generally (but
not always)
follows Montgomery County closures in the event
of inclement weather. Announcements regarding closures will be posted on our website and on both answering
machines. Newsletters and Updates for Parents Click HERE for school newsletters and updates. Executive
Director Christina
Addabbo Prete:
Miss Christina
received her initial dance training at the CPR School of Dance and began as a
teacher here in 1990. She graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a
degree in Finance from the University of Maryland. Miss Christina has danced
professionally with Metropolitan Ballet Theatre in Rockville, MD, and the
Virginia Civic Ballet in Marshall, VA. She is currently dancing as a featured
guest artist with JAZZeMOTION, a Joy of Motion Dance Center Resident Company.
Miss Christina also serves as Treasurer of the East
Coast Committee of the Cecchetti Council of America (CCA), and holds an Advanced
Professional VII Teacher’s Certificate from the CCA. Artistic
Director Corinne
Phelps Robertson: Mrs.
Robertson received her early training in the Washington, New York City, and San
Francisco areas and enjoyed a professional career with the San Francisco Opera
Ballet. She is a member of the Cecchetti Council of America and holds an
Intermediate Professional VI Teacher’s Certificate. Mrs. Robertson
taught fifteen years for the Montgomery County Department of Recreation and for
over 50 years has found much reward in directing the Corinne Phelps Robertson
School of Dance.
Sharon Addabbo:
Sharon
is a guest choreographer and instructor for advanced tap and
ballet. She has had an affiliation with the CPR school of dance since she began
as a student here in 1964. Sharon holds a Level III Teacher's
Certificate from the Cecchetti Council of America and still enjoys performing;
she was seen most recently
as Grandmother in The Nutcracker. Sharon's favorite role,
however, is being Mom to Miss Christina, Miss Stephanie, and her sons
Michael and Patrick. Stephanie Addabbo: Stephanie was trained at the CPR School of Dance in ballet, jazz, and tap, and is a member of the Cecchetti Council of America in which she holds a Level IV Teacher’s Certificate. Although Stephanie will continue her sabbatical from teaching while continuing her career as a post-partum nurse at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., she will be back once again as our invaluable Stage Manager during recital weekend 2010!
Frannie Gold:
Frannie
began her dance training at the CPR School of dance when she was 5 years old.
She has assisted Miss Christina, Miss Diana, and Miss Chrissy for many years and
will begin her third year of teaching this fall, working with our 4- to 7-year-old students. Frannie is
beginning her college career this fall at Montgomery College.
Christiane
Machado:
Christiane has studied ballet, tap, and jazz at our school since she was
3-years-old, and passed her Cecchetti Intermediate Professional VI Student exam in
May 2009. Miss Chrissy also assisted Miss Christina and Miss Michelle for 4 years. While
beginning as an Architecture student at the University of Maryland,
Miss Chrissy will enter her fourth year of teaching, teaching three days a week
and handling a variety of levels. Michelle
Machado:
Michelle began as a student in our school at the age of 4.
She began teaching ballet, jazz, and tap in 1999 and handled all of our
Saturday classes for six years. She graduated from the University of Maryland in
2003, with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in French. In addition
to teaching her dance classes, Michelle works full time as a Project Engineer
for Clark Construction. Diana Samata: Diana studied ballet and tap at the CPR School of Dance for 10 years before graduating a year early from Walter Johnson High school and beginning her college career at the University of Maryland, College Park. In May of 2009, Miss Diana graduated from UMCP with a double major in Communication and Criminology/Criminal Justice. After assisting Miss Christina for many years, Miss Diana enters her fifth year of teaching this fall, continuing her work with Pre-Ballet and Cecchetti Ballet students. Marie
Wei:
Marie began studying ballet when she was five years old at Maryland Youth
Ballet. She finished her training at the CPR School of Dance and continued
to dance at Penn State University. Marie graduated from Penn State in 2005 with
a degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education, and is now a teacher at
Stone Mill Elementary School in North Potomac. Marie has worked with Miss
Christina over the years in our Summer Dance Classes and Camps, and will be
teaching on Saturday mornings this fall. The Cecchetti Method of Classical Ballet Training
The Cecchetti Method offers teachers a completely balanced and analyzed system of theory and execution for the development of the student from the first lesson to solo status. In addition to "set" exercises based on the syllabi of the Cecchetti Society Branch of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing in London, England, the Cecchetti teacher includes "unseen" steps in each lesson so that a student will learn to adapt quickly and easily to any pattern of steps or rhythm. There are eight grades, consisting of four children's grades and four professional grades (Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced, and Diploma). For more information, visit the CCA's website. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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