Idyllwild Arts Academy - Year-Round Program - Dance Program
52500 Temecula Rd, Idyllwild, CA 92549
30 hours/week
Not company affiliated
No adult program
Offers education access
Styles: General Classical, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Other
Description
Our multi-discipline dance program boasts cutting-edge training in ballet, modern, contemporary, jazz, and hip-hop techniques. Our program is built around the American Ballet Theatre® National Training Curriculum, which combines rigorous artistic training with the fundamentals of dancer health and child development, training dance students to use their bodies correctly by focusing on kinetics, coordination, anatomy, and proper body alignment. Artistically, the National Training Curriculum strives to provide dance students with a rich knowledge of classical ballet technique and the ability to adapt to all styles and techniques of dance. Our esteemed faculty are visionary artists with an unyielding commitment to excellence, including ABT NTC Fellows, dance company founders, professional artistic directors, and award-winning choreographers.
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Dance Conditioning is a requirement for all Dance majors and is devoted to cross training exercises to help with injury prevention. Students learn and acquire healthy movement habits applicable to any dancerelated activity. This class teaches exercises that correct body alignment and optimize muscle usage in order to prevent injuries. Strength-building routines are combined with stretching exercises to improve movement efficiency, increase range of motion, and enhance career longevity.
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Dance History explores the history of dance from the ancient world to the present, enabling students to develop an appreciation of their heritage in this art form through readings, lectures, and the viewing of films and videotapes. Appreciation of dance history develops the students’ artistic taste, informs them of current trends in the professional dance world, and motivates their daily studio work through exposure to remarkable dancing and choreographic works. In addition to recorded performances, students have opportunities to attend live performances by world-famous dance companies. Dance History is required for all 9th, 10th, and 11th grade Dance majors each year of enrollment.
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Ballet is offered at all levels and is based on the American Ballet Theater National Training Curriculum syllabus. Students are placed in levels at the discretion of the faculty. Ballet stresses the simultaneous development of strength, limberness, neuromuscular coordination, spatial orientation, musicality, and stylistic clarity. Ballet is required for all Dance majors each year of enrollment and all Dance Majors must complete the ABT National Training Curriculum Exam for each year they are eligible in order to receive their Arts Certificate. The curriculum takes students from a basic understanding of the principles of ballet to the technical mastery needed for full artistic expression. Students receive instruction in pointe, pas de deux, variations, and dance fundamentals. Their advancement in technical expertise and artistic expression allows them to develop an understanding of and feeling for complex movement, timing, and line in their work.
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Pointe class provides the technical understanding of muscular strength needed for efficient pointe work. The advanced section deals with more complex technical skills, emphasizing the articulation, speed, and endurance required by the classical ballet repertoire. Pointe class is required for all female dancers each year of enrollment.
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Men’s Class is designed to provide male students with the strength, stamina, and specific technical training required for the classical male repertoire.
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In Pas de Deux, students use their technical expertise and awareness of timing to become familiar with the sense of mutual trust and support essential to the art of partnering. Pas de Deux is required of all male dancers each year of enrollment.
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Modern Dance focuses on developing technical abilities along with artistic versatility. By concentrating on the articulation of the spine, the technique classes explore the full range of possibilities for movement in the torso. Different rhythmic structures and emphasis on musical phrasing help create a musical dancer. Students receive instruction in partnering, repertory, and dance fundamentals. Modern Dance is required for all Dance majors each year of enrollment.
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Jazz Dance presents various jazz techniques and styles at all levels. Entry-level classes introduce students to jazz dance basics. Upper-level classes allow dancers to explore and refine their craft. Emphasis is placed on technique and challenges. Jazz Dance is required for all Dance majors each year of enrollment. Jazz Dance classes are open to all students with the consent of the instructor.
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Tap Dance teaches basic tap steps and rhythm carried through to advanced techniques. Entry-level classes introduce students to the basics of tap. Upper-level classes enable dancers to explore and refine their craft. Tap Dance is required for all 9th and 10th grade Dance majors during the first semester of each of those years of enrollment; they can then take it as an elective during the second semester, if so desired. 11th and 12th grade students may opt to enroll in this class as well. No experience is needed and the class is open to all students with the consent of the instructor.
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Dance Composition teaches students how to create and structure their own dance works. Students learn that dance is a language with a specific vocabulary and have opportunities to develop their own dance pieces. Student-choreographed dances are presented as part of the Student Choreography Concert, which is held in the Spring of each year. Dance Composition is required of all 11th and 12th grade Dance majors.
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This course is an introduction to elements of hip hop, including movement, musical rhythm, tempo, and phrasing, as well as the historical context surrounding this popular dance style. Students will engage in community-centered practices through the cypher and its many forms, investigating improvisation, composition, and play within hip hop culture.
