What’S New at The Dance Factory!

Nina attends the Dance Teacher Web Conference

Nina Scattaregia, Director of The Dance Factory, attended the Dance Teacher Web Conference and Expo in Las Vegas from August 7-10.   The conference included four days of workshops and classes with nationally and internationally known dance masters.  Nina is excited about sharing this information and work with her staff and students.    Pick up one of our newsletters, Foot Notes for more information on TDF approach to training students of all ages.

New Classes Added to the 2011-2012 Schedule

Boy’s Tap and Movement – This class is for “guys only” ages 7 and older.    Lance Russell will instruct the class.  The first portion of the class will be tap and rhythm skills. Boys tend to learn more rhythmically and pick up tap very quickly.    The second portion of the class will focus on conditioning, flexibility and learning basic movement for guys such as leaps, turns, large jumps!

Leaps, Turns and Progressions – This class will be held on Monday evenings for intermediate and advanced level dancers.  This a technique class and will not have a recital piece.   The class will focus on proper conditioning and developing the strength and stamina for difficult progressions and leaps utilized for competition.

Somatic Movement Education – Nina Scattaregia, Certified Somatic Movement Educator, has opened her practice to do private sessions.  She is also available to work with special needs students.  Somatic Movement Education is helpful for:

*people who have movement restrictions and would like to move more easefully

*athletes, dancers & gymnasts

*balancing tone in the body; helping to ease an extreme state of tension in the body or low tone, looseness

*learning relaxation technique

Just-for-Fun Workshops will begin at the end of September.   The Friday evening workshops will offer separate classes that are fun for children in mask-making, Create and Go/Improvisation, Mask Making and more!    Adults will be able to select from ballroom classes such as salsa and swing, Dance Energy, and Yoga Dance to name a few!    Schedule TBA soon!

Dance Energy was piloted in Summer Arts and was a huge success!   Taught by Lance Russell, the class combines a jazz based warm-up with lots of stretching, sculpting and conditioning.   Lances uses a lot of dance progressions to build cardio strength and creates fun choreography to really get you moving!    Try a class today!

Harmony Yoga comes to The Dance Factory.    Also introduced during Summer Arts, we are pleased to have Harmony Kopelov instruct a variety of yoga classes at TDF.   Gentle and Awakening Yoga and Vinyasa Yoga are being offered several times a week.   See our schedule on our website and pick up the separate Yoga schedule in the studio.    Class fees are paid directly to Harmony Yoga.

Dance Factory Students will perform for Buckhannon Community Theater Fundraiser

On September 10, the advanced jazz class will present their musical theater jazz piece from “Saturday Night Fever” at Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts.   They will participate in Buckhannon Community Theater’s Night on Broadway.   The event is a fundraiser for BCT.