Children’s Dance
Bollywood and Yoga
Is your child interested in Bollywood dancing and listening to music? Do they love interacting with other kids? Little Bollywonders is a Bollywood dance and yoga class for kids 3-6.
Jazz/Tap
Jazz class will focus on learning proper dance technique such as isolations of the body, improving performance quality and developing complex rhythms and patterns. Students will be exposed to various styles of jazz such as Broadway, Street and Contemporary to help develop a well rounded dancer.
Ballet
Basic ballet principles are explored in the center and across the floor. We teach the children through imaginary play and a series of games. Classes focus on ballet technique, proper body alignment, terminology, and musicality.
Hip Hop
Hip hop is a class that infuses many styles of street dancing, breaking, popping, and locking. Dancers will work on developing strength, stamina, balance and coordination to successfully perform age- appropriate moves and skills.
Current Schedule
MAY/JUNE
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Anisha Vaduseva
Bollywood
Hello! My name is Anisha Vasudeva, and I am excited to begin Yoga and Bollywood dance lessons! From the age of 3, I have always enjoyed dancing to all types of music. I've truly appreciated the value and significance of dance in my culture and have taken Bollywood classes, along with performing Garba/Raas, Bharatanatyam and Kathak (Indian forms of dance).
Dancing is an amazing social activity for kids. It improves balance, strength, while allowing kids to learn the language of movement. And most importantly, dancing is inclusive.
My classes are intended to show kids the importance of stretching and moving our bodies. We will do yoga, dance, and play to some of our hit Bollywood songs, along with learning the basics of foot and hand coordination.
I currently work for Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, in Human Resources. I also manage my own dance company, Little BollyWonders.
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Kourtney Green
Kourtney Green is an experienced dancer and gymnast with 7+ years of teaching, engaging and leading youth. Some of Kourtney’s professional accomplishments include; choreographing dance routines for both children and adult competitions, choreographing gymnastics and all star cheerleading routines as well as curating recreational gymnastics programs. Kourtney first found her passion for teaching her beloved hobbies when she was in high school. She has continued to fulfill her gift of impacting youth in a meaningful way and she is excited to meet and work with all of her new students. Ms. Kourtney is thankful for the opportunity to teach and positively lead through gymnastics and dance.
Dance Options
Recreational dance classes
Birthday parties – dance or tumbling instruction and studio rooms provided for birthday parties of all ages
Studio rental
Private lessons for individuals or groups
Company- Competitive team
Parent-Assisted : Ages 18 months – 2, 30 minute class
Does your toddler have a natural interest in moving and dancing? Dance, sing and play with your little one during this engaging half hour class! This class is an excellent introduction to dance, incorporating creative movement and promoting body awareness and coordination. Through the use of props, games and songs, your child will be encouraged to explore their creativity all in the comfort having you in class with them. 1 adult/child.
Tooty Tots: Ages 2 – 3, 30 minute class
This class inspires creativity, teaches coordination, musicality, and introduces the fundamentals of ballet, while incorporating creative movement and tumbling. Students will develop strength, dance technique, rhythm, and body awareness in a caring, nurturing environment. This class is an excellent way for children to gain self-confidence, listening and learning skills preparing them for the next step in their dance training!
Tiny Dancers : Ages 3 – 4, 45 minute class
Tiny Dancers is a ballet, tap and tumbling combination class. This fun and exciting class inspires creativity, teaches coordination, musicality, and the fundamentals of ballet, tap and tumbling. Students will develop coordination, strength, dance technique, rhythm, and body awareness in a caring, nurturing environment. This class is an excellent way for children to gain self-confidence, listening and learning skills and a sense of accomplishment.
Tot Hop: Ages 3 – 4, 45 minute class
Tot Hop is a ballet and hip hop combination class. This exciting class inspires creativity, teaches coordination and the fundamentals of ballet and hip hop. Students will develop coordination, strength, dance technique, rhythm, and body awareness in a caring, nurturing environment. This class is an excellent way for children to gain self-confidence, listening and learning skills and a sense of accomplishment while being introduced to the many benefits of the performing arts.
Twinkle Toes: Ages 4 – 5, 5 – 7, 1 hour class
Twinkle Toes is also a ballet, tap and jazz combination class! This fun and exciting class inspires creativity and teaches the fundamentals of ballet, tap and jazz. Students will develop musicality, coordination, strength, flexibility, dance technique, rhythm, and body awareness in a caring, nurturing environment. This class is an excellent way for children to be introduced to the many benefits of the performing arts, gain self-confidence and a sense of accomplishment.
Hippity Hop: Ages 3 – 4, 1 hour class
Toddler hip hop class. This fun class inspires creativity and teaches the fundamentals hip hop. Students will develop coordination, strength, dance technique, rhythm, and body awareness in a caring, exciting, nurturing environment. This class is an excellent way for children to be introduced to the many benefits of the performing arts.
Ballet
Beginning level classes focus on the basics of ballet including proper placement and posture; body positions, plies, tendus, battements, and port de bras. Emphasis will be placed on understanding technique, as well as instilling an appreciation and enjoyment of the movement. Advanced levels are a continual study of fundamentals, extended to emotional expression and precision, as well as developing fluid artistic control. Ballet is the basis of all other dance forms and can strongly enhance any athletic activity. We strongly encourage that ballet be taken in conjunction with any other dance class.
Dance Acro
This class combines acrobatics with dance technique. Dance acro strengthens a dancer’s skill set.
Hip-Hop
The hottest and latest dance steps, style, funk and street moves. Learn the latest dance moves from the east coast to the west coast, high energy, street grove and razor sharp action choreography. Great for fun, dance teams, dance technique and exercise!
Jazz/Contemporary
Learn the world’s cutting edge of new moves, as well as performance dynamics. All jazz classes will have a strong foundation in ballet with an emphasis on correct body alignment and technique. All classes focus on turns, jumps, leaps, increased flexibility, strength and an overall development of style. These classes are a must for all dancers, dance teams, musical theatre and pompom enthusiasts. Contemporary is a mix of Ballet, Jazz and Lyrical technique.
Musical Theatre
Does your child dream of dancing on Broadway? Students will learn the dance technique and acting involved for dancing in a musical! Your child will dance to their favorite songs from musicals such as “Annie,” “High School Musical,” “Lion King” and “Wicked.” This class is perfect for dancers, actors, as well as students who aspire to join a show choir or drama club.
Tap
Beginning level classes focus on learning basic rhythm patterns starting with simple combinations that include shuffles, flaps, stomps, riffs, pullbacks, etc. Advanced levels combine these in more complex rhythm and mixed meter combinations enabling students to slide easily between the styles of such performers as Fred Astaire, Bill “Bo Jangles” Robinson, Gene Kelly, Honi Coles and Savion Glover. All levels emphasize clarity of rhythm and sound, and the development of style through the use of the whole body.
Turns and Progressions
This class breaks down and digs deeper into the fundamentals of turning and technical sequencing of moves along with combining turns and tricks. Dancers will work on a variety of turns, leaps, turning leaps and other technique based skills. We highly recommend taking this in conjunction with Ballet (and Jazz if possible). This is a wonderful class for dancers interested in brushing up on their skills prior joining their High School Dance Team!
Adult Dance Classes
For adults 18 years and up! Come join our FUN adult classes and be introduced to, or brush up on your dance skills! Show your dancers where they got their MOVES from and get in an amazing workout! Moves offers Ballet, Hip-Hop and a dance fitness class (Moves & Grooves) for adults! No previous dance experience needed.
Policies
Dancer Code of Conduct
Honesty and integrity are expected.
Dancers must participate within Mankato Ballet Company rules and respect all the teachers/staff/volunteers and their decisions.
Dancers must respect their fellow dancers.
Dancers must not distract, bully or harass other dancers.
Dancers must be polite and display good manners at all times.
Dancers must refrain from cursing, using offensive racial or obscene speech, gestures or written materials.
Dancers must refrain from talking back to adults or refusing to comply with reasonable requests.
Dancers must refrain from physical, mental, emotional or cyber bullying other dancers, staff, or instructors. This includes social media postings referencing directly or indirectly to a student, staff, studio brand, and/or affiliations to the studio.
Dancers and company members are the face of Your Journey and should conduct themselves in a manner that reflects positively on the organization.
Parent/Guardian Code of Conduct
Honesty and integrity are expected.
Parents are encouraged to support their child’s/children’s involvement and help them enjoy the art of dance.
Parents must demonstrate respect for faculty and staff at all times.
Parents must not raise issues of disagreement publicly.
Parents will not engage in inappropriate conduct towards instructors, staff, other dancers and families.
Parents must discourage challenging and inappropriate conduct towards instructors, staff, other dancers and families.
Parents will refrain from physical, mental, emotional or cyber-bullying other dancers, staff, instructors or families. This includes social media postings referencing directly or indirectly to a student, staff, families, studio brand, and/or affiliations to the studio.
Parents must remember that children participate in dance for their own enjoyment.
Parents will teach their children respect for other students, teachers and adults and lead by example.
Parents will encourage and guide their child to accept responsibility for his/her own performance and behavior.
Tuition & Fees
Tuition is charged per session. The cost of the session will be dependent on the number of weeks in the session. Drop in classes are available.
There is an annual registration fee of $50/ dancer
Class Information
All our published classes are subject to a 5 student minimum. If fewer that that are enrolled the class is subject to cancellation and you will be notified of alternative class options for your dancer.
Refunds are not given for missed classes, but Make-Up classes may be taken within two weeks of the absence, if a similar class is offered with space available.
Refund Policy: TUITION IS NON-REFUNDABLE.
Notifications: We send special notices and newsletters through email from yourjourneygym@gmail.com PLEASE ADD THIS EMAIL ADDRESS TO YOUR CONTACT LIST TO ENSURE THEY ARE NOT SENT TO YOUR JUNK FOLDER. We also post announcements on the bulletin board and maintain a binder of all email notices and class handouts for those without email at the front desk.
Class Placement: All classes are observed for the first several weeks to confirm that students have been placed in the proper class levels. Instructors will advise students and parents if a student should be moved to a different level.
Throughout the year, students moving at a faster pace will be encouraged to move to the next level. Our class levels are not strictly equivalent to school grades, so students may advance more quickly or slowly depending on skill level.
Snow or Bad Weather: The studio does not necessarily close for snow days, even if area schools are closed. Check our website, Facebook, or contact the studio to see if there is a weather cancellation on afternoon classes.
If a student misses class because the studio is closed for snow, he or she may make up that class by attending any other scheduled class within the next 5 weeks. Make-up classes for snow day cancellations are not required.
Classes begin and end promptly as scheduled. Dancers should be dressed and ready for class on time. Students are encouraged to arrive early for class so they can be ready when class begins.
No gum, food, or beverages are permitted in the studios or dressing rooms.
It is our goal to offer students quality class instruction time and take all possible steps to maintain order while providing a positive learning experience. Disruptive students will be asked to “take a time out” in the waiting room or studio area. This decision is made only by the class instructor. Discipline problems are discussed with the student and/or parent and appropriate steps are taken to benefit the entire class.
Siblings may not be left without parent supervision while other children are in class.
What to Wear:
Parent-Assisted, all Hip Hop and Cultural Fusion: t-shirt or tank top, shorts, leggings, pants (no jeans), sneakers
Gymnastics: Close-fitting shorts or leggings and t-shirt (nothing that is baggy)
Preschool: pink tights, leotard/skirt, pink ballet slippers, black Mary Jane buckle tap shoes
5-10 yr old Ballet: 5-7: any color leotard/8-10: black leotard; pink tights, pink ballet slippers, hair in a bun
5-10 yr old Jazz/Tap: leotard, shorts or leggings, tan slip on jazz shoes, black Mary Jane buckle tap shoes
NOTE: DANCERS MUST HAVE HAIR TIED UP OFF THE NECK FOR ALL CLASSES. PLEASE BRING A WATER BOTTLE TO CLASS.
Note on shoe requirements: The shoes noted are the shoes required for classes and performances. Please make every effort to have the proper shoes within 2 weeks of starting classes.
We suggest dancers bring a small dance bag into the dance studio, so tap/ballet shoes can be stored out of the way and aren’t misplaced when changing from style to style.
We recommend buying dance shoes and attire at:
Footlights Dance & Theater Boutique (Frederick or Silver Spring)
Discount Dance (online)
Artistic Dance Fashions (Towson)
Recital:
Our end-of-the-year program is held in June. Dress rehearsal is held the day before the first performance and attendance at dress rehearsal is mandatory for all performers.
Participation in recital is optional. Any students wishing to participate in a recital piece must be enrolled in classes by Jan 1st (costume-ordering time). Regular class attendance is required for recital participation.
Costumes:
Costumes are required for recital. Dancers will be measured in class in December with costume fees due in full by Jan 1st (unless otherwise specified). The price will vary. Costume fees are non-refundable, non-transferable, and Costumes are non-returnable. Costumes typically are received in early Spring and dancers try them on in class. Parents/guardians are responsible for ensuring costumes fit their child and have 10 days to notify us if a replacement or exchange is required. Alterations are the responsibility of the parent/guardian.