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Adult Dance Classes by Day of Week
Summer Semester:   June 10 - August 31, 2008
Please note: Classes are subject to cancellation or change of time, teacher, or location based on management discretion.
                    Unless otherwise noted, students must be 18 years and above to participate in adult classes and workshops,
                   and 19 years and above to participate in adult performance classes..
                    Adult enrollment and performance class start and end dates vary. Please check the schedule below.

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Enrollment = (E)   Drop In/Enrollment = (D/E)    Performance = (P)          

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Monday
Atlas Performing Arts Center (Monday)
Start Time End Time Class/Level Faculty
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Yoga – Vinyasa, All Levels Drop In  Leah Kalinosky
6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Jazz,  Beginning 1 Drop In  Vincent Williams
7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Yoga Fundamentals-Intro Level (E)
Session 1  (6/16 - 7/14/08)  		 CLOSED Leah Kalinosky
7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Yoga Fundamentals-Intro Level (E)
Session 2  (7/21 - 8/18/08)  		 CLOSED Leah Kalinosky
8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Turns & Leaps, Intermediate (E)  Session 1  (6/16 - 7/14/08)    CLOSED Sarah Mikels
8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Turns & Leaps, Intermediate (E)  Session 2  (7/21 - 8/18/08)    CLOSED Sarah Mikels
8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Tribal Belly Dance, Beginning 1(E) (6/16 - 8/18/08)   CLOSED Asharah
9:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Tribal Belly Dance, Beginning 2 (E) (6/16 - 8/18/08)   CLOSED Asharah
Bethesda (Monday)
Start Time End Time Class/Level Faculty
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Salsa,  Beginning 1  (E)
 Session 1   (6/16 - 7/14/08) 		CLOSED Laurie Anderson
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Salsa,  Beginning 2  (E)
 Session 2  (7/21 - 8/18/08)  		 CLOSED Laurie Anderson
6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Ballet,  Beginning 1 Drop In  Susan Gresko
6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Jazz,  Beginning 2 Drop In  Maurice Johnson
7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Intro to Dance (E)
Session 1  (6/16 - 7/14/08) 		CLOSED Alexis Baden-Meyer
7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Intro to Dance (E)
Session 2 (7/21 - 8/18/08)  		 CLOSED Alexis Baden-Meyer
7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Salsa,  Beginning 1  (E)
 Session 2  (7/21 - 8/18/08)  		 CLOSED Laurie Anderson
8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Intro to Ballet  (E)
Session 1   (6/16 - 7/14/08) 		CLOSED Alexis Baden-Meyer
8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Intro to Ballet  (E)
Session 2  (4/28 - 6/2/08)		 CLOSED Alexis Baden-Meyer
8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Pointe, Beginning 1(Must be taking Ballet classes 3 times/week at Low Intermediate or Above) Drop In  Susan Gresko
8:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Jazz, Intermediate Drop In  Maurice Johnson
8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Salsa,  Beginning 3 (D/E)   
Session 1   (6/16 - 7/14/08)   Register for 5 weeks, or drop in for $16/class. 
No Flexicards.  		Registration is closed.  
 DROP In option is available.		 Laurie Anderson
8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Latin Jam,  All Levels (E)   
Session 2   (6/16 - 7/14/08)    		 CLOSED
 Laurie Anderson
Dupont Circle (Monday)
Start Time End Time Class/Level Faculty
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Intro to Ballet Technique (E)           Session 1  (6/16 - 7/1408)   CLOSED Kathleen Weitz
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Intro to Ballet Technique (E)           Session 2 (7/21 - 8/18/08) CLOSED Kathleen Weitz
6:45 p.m. 8:15 p.m. Ballet, Beginning 2 Drop In  Dana Tai Soon Burgess
8:15 p.m. 9:15 p.m. Belly Dance, Beginning 1 (E)         (6/16 - 8/18/08)  CLOSED Laurel Victoria Gray
9:15 p.m. 10:15 p.m. Inner Goddess, Beginning 1 (E)         (6/16 - 8/18/08)  CLOSED Laurel Victoria Gray
Friendship Heights (Monday)
Start Time End Time Class/Level Faculty
11:00 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Afro Jazz, Beginning 1 Drop In  Tyrone Murray
12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Total Body Tune-up, All Levels (D/E)
Register for 5 weeks, or drop in for $16/class.  No Flexicards.
Session 1  (6/16 - 7/1408)  		 Registration is closed.  
 DROP In option is available.		 Daniel Burkholder
12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Total Body Tune-up, All Levels (D/E)
Register for 5 weeks, or drop in for $16/class.  No Flexicards.
Session 2  (7/21 - 8/18/08)  		 Registration is closed.  
 DROP In option is available.		 Daniel Burkholder
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Hip Hop Skills and Technique 
Starts July 21, 2008		 Drop In  Aysha Upchurch
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Hip Hop,  Beginning 1 Drop In  Aysha Upchurch
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Yoga - Blend of Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Anusara,  All Levels Drop In  Margaret Townsend
6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Modern, Beginning 2 Drop In  Helen Hayes
7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Rhythm Tap,  Low Intermediate (E) (6/16 - 8/18/08)  CLOSED Heidi Schultz
7:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Hip Hop,  Intermediate/Advanced Drop In  Aysha Upchurch
8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Rhythm Tap,  Intermediate (D/E)
 (6/16 - 8/18/08)   Register for 10 weeks, or drop in for $16/class.  No Flexicards.  		 Registration is closed.  
 DROP In option is available.		 Heidi Schultz
9:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m. Hip Hop Performance Class (P)
(6/16 - 8/11/08)		 CLOSED Joseph Nontanovan
Tuesday
Atlas Performing Arts Center (Tuesday)
Start Time End Time Class/Level Faculty
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Hip Hop, Beginning 2 Drop In  Derek Brown
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Pilates Mat, All Levels E)
 (6/10 - 8/12/08)  		 CLOSED Billie Meyer
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Rhythm Tap,  Beginning 1 (E)  
 (6/10 - 8/12/08)		 CLOSED Quynn Johnson
7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Hip Hop,  Beginning 1 Drop In  Bridgette Blair
7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Social Ballroom, Beginning 1 (E) Session 1  (6/10 - 7/8/08) CLOSED David Norton
7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Social Ballroom, Beginning 1 (E) 
Session 2   (7/22 - 8/19/08)   		 CLOSED David Norton
8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Salsa,  Beginning 1 (E)
 Session 1  (6/10 - 7/8/08)		 CLOSED David Norton
8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Salsa,  Beginning 1 (E)
 Session 2  (7/22 - 8/19/08)		 CLOSED David Norton
Bethesda (Tuesday)
Start Time End Time Class/Level Faculty
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Latin Hip Hop, Beginning 1 & 2 Drop In  Juli Calderon
6:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Jazz, Intermediate Drop In  Helen Hayes
7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Beginners' Series Jazz  (D/E)
 (6/10 - 8/12/08) Register for 10 weeks, or drop in for $16/class.  No Flexicards.  		 Registration is closed.  
 DROP In option is available.		 Heidi L. Schimpf
7:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Hip Hop, Intermediate/Advanced    Drop In  Juli Calderon
8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Broadway Tap, Beginning 1 (D/E)  
(6/10 - 8/12/08)  Register for 10 weeks, or drop in for $16/class.  No Flexicards.  		 Registration is closed.  
 DROP In option is available.		 Pauline Grossman
8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Bollywood Workout, All Levels (E)
(6/10 - 8/12/08)		 CLOSED Laurel Victoria Gray
8:30 p.m. 10:30 p.m. Modern, Intermediate Drop In  Helen Hayes
9:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Broadway Tap, Beginning 2/Low Intermediate (D/E) (6/10 - 8/12/08) Register for 10 weeks, or drop in for $16/class.  No Flexicards.   Registration is closed.  
 DROP In option is available.		 Pauline Grossman
Dupont Circle (Tuesday)
Start Time End Time Class/Level Faculty
10:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Ballet, Beginning 1  Drop In  Susan Gresko
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Intro to Dance (E)
Session 1   (6/10 - 7/8/08)		 CLOSED Michelle AVA
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Intro to Dance (E)
Session 2  (7/22 - 8/19/08)		 CLOSED Michelle AVA
6:30 p.m. 7:45 p.m. Afro Jazz,  Beginning 1 Drop In  Tyrone Murray
7:45 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Intro to Hip Hop (E)
 Session 1   (6/10 - 7/8/08)      		 CLOSED Vanessa Edwards
7:45 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Intro to Hip Hop (E)
Session 2  (7/22 - 8/19/08) 		CLOSED Aysha Upchurch
9:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Salsa,  Beginning 1 (E)  
Session 1  (6/10 - 7/8/08)		 CLOSED Anthony Matlis
9:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Salsa,  Beginning 2 (E)  
Session 2   (7/22 - 8/19/08)		 CLOSED Anthony Matlis
Friendship Heights (Tuesday)
Start Time End Time Class/Level Faculty
10:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Jazz,  Beginning 2 Drop In  Sarah Stoodley
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. West African Dance, Beginning 1 Drop In  Taurus Broadhurst
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Flamenco/Spanish Dance, Basics (E) (6/10 - 8/12/08) CLOSED Estela Velez
7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Flamenco/Spanish Dance, 
Beginning 1 (E) (6/10 - 8/12/08)		 CLOSED Estela Velez
7:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Tribal Funk, Beginning 2 Drop In  Taurus Broadhurst
7:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Modern,  Low Intermediate Drop In  Helanius J. Wilkins
8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Flamenco/Spanish Dance,  Intermediate/Advanced (E)  
 (6/10 - 8/12/08)
 		 CLOSED Estela Velez
Wednesday
Atlas Performing Arts Center (Wednesday)
Start Time End Time Class/Level Faculty
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Yoga - Blend of Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Anusara,  All Levels Drop In  Sean Favretto
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Intro to Hip Hop (E)
 Session 1  (6/11 - 7/9/08)  		CLOSED Alana Hill
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Intro to Hip Hop (E)
 Session 2  (7/23 - 8/20/08) 		CLOSED Alana Hill
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Belly Dance Basics (E)
(6/11 - 8/13/08) 		 CLOSED Yillah Natalia
7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Intro to  Jazz Technique (E)
Session 1  (6/11 - 7/9/08)    		 CLOSED Tyrone Murray
7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Belly Dance,  Beginning 1 (E) 
(6/11 - 8/13/08)      		 CLOSED Yillah Natalia
7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Sean Nos, Beginning 1 (E)  
(6/11 - 8/13/08)  		 CLOSED Shannon Dunne
8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Belly Dance,  Beginning 2 (E) 
(6/11 - 8/13/08) 		 CLOSED Yillah Natalia
8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Sean Nos, Beginning 2 (E)  
(6/11 - 8/13/08) 		 CLOSED Shannon Dunne
Bethesda (Wednesday)
Start Time End Time Class/Level Faculty
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Belly Dance, Basics (E)
(6/11 - 8/13/08)		 CLOSED Artemis
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Intro to Jazz Technique (E)
Session 1  (6/11 - 7/9/08) 		 CLOSED Vincent Williams
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Intro to Jazz Technique (E)
Session 2  (7/23 - 8/20/08)		 CLOSED Vincent Williams
7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Beginners' Series Ballet  (D/E)
(6/11 - 8/13/08) Register for 10 weeks, or drop in for $16/class.  No Flexicards.  		 Registration is closed.  
 DROP In option is available.		 Alexis Baden-Meyer
7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Belly Dance,  Beginning 1 (E)
(6/11 - 8/13/08)		 CLOSED Artemis
7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Salsa, Beginning 1  (E)
Session 1  (6/11 - 7/9/08) 		 CLOSED Anthony Matlis
7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Salsa, Beginning 2  (E)
Session 2   (7/23 - 8/20/08)		 CLOSED Anthony Matlis
8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Flamenco Skills & Technique, 
Beginning 1 & Above (D/E) 
(6/11 - 8/13/08 - No class 7/16)   
Register for 9 weeks, or drop in for $16/class.  No Flexicards.  		Registration is closed.  
 DROP In option is available.		 Estela Velez
8:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Modern,  Intermediate/Advanced Drop In  Helen Hayes
8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Belly Dance, Beginning 2 (E)  
(6/11 - 8/13/08)		 CLOSED Artemis
8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Salsa, Beginning 2  (E)
Session 1  (6/11 - 7/9/08) 		 CLOSED Anthony Matlis
8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Salsa, Beginning 1  (E)
Session 2  (7/23 - 8/20/08)		 CLOSED Anthony Matlis
9:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Castanets & Braceo, All Levels (E)
 (6/11 - 8/13/08- No class 7/16)		 CLOSED Estela Velez
9:30 p.m. 10:30 p.m. Belly Dance, Low Intermediate (E)  (6/11 - 8/13/08)    CLOSED Artemis
Dupont Circle (Wednesday)
Start Time End Time Class/Level Faculty
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Floor Barre,  All Levels Drop In  Mané Rebelo-Plaut
6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Ballet,  Intermediate Drop In  Mané Rebelo-Plaut
8:00 p.m. 9:15 p.m. Hip Hop,  Low Intermediate Drop In  Joseph Nontanovan
9:15 p.m. 10:15 p.m. Salsa, Beginning 2 (E)
Session 1  (6/11 - 7/9/08)  		 CLOSED
Natalia Schifini
9:15 p.m. 10:15 p.m. Salsa, Beginning 1 (E)
Session 2 (7/23 - 8/20/08)		 CLOSED
Natalia Schifini
Friendship Heights (Wednesday)
Start Time End Time Class/Level Faculty
10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Broadway Tap, Beginning 1 (D/E)  
(6/11 - 8/13/08)   Register for 10 weeks, or drop in for $16/class.  No Flexicards.  		 Registration is closed.  
 DROP In option is available.		 Pauline Grossman
11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Broadway Tap, Beginning 2 (D/E)  
(6/11 - 8/13/08)   Register for 10 weeks, or drop in for $16/class.  No Flexicards.  		 Registration is closed.  
 DROP In option is available.		 Pauline Grossman
11:00 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Afro Jazz, Beginning 1 Drop In  Tyrone Murray
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Intro to Dance (E)
Session 1 (6/11 - 7/9/08) 		CLOSED Lauren Borchard
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Intro to Dance (E)
Session 2 (7/23 - 8/20/08)		 CLOSED Lauren Borchard
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Intro to Ballet (E)
Session 1 (6/11 - 7/9/08) 		 CLOSED Harriet Campbell
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Intro to Ballet (E)
Session 2  (7/23 - 8/20/08)		 v Harriet Campbell
6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Ballet, Low Intermediate Drop In  Ilsa Bush
7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Rhythm Tap,  Beginning 1 (E)
(6/11 - 8/13/08)   		 CLOSED Heidi Schultz
7:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Ballet,  Beginning 1 Drop In  Harriet Campbell
8:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Contact Improv - All Levels Drop In  Daniel Burkholder
8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Rhythm Tap,  Beginning 2 (E)
 (6/11 - 8/13/08)    		 CLOSED Heidi Schultz
Thursday
Atlas Performing Arts Center (Thursday)
Start Time End Time Class/Level Faculty
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Intro to Dance (E)
Session 1 (6/12 - 7/10/08)          		 CLOSED Josephine Nicholson
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Intro to Dance (E)
Session 2  (7/24 - 8/21/08)         		 CLOSED Josephine Nicholson
6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Hula, Beginning 1 (E)
 (6/12 - 8/14/08)        		 CLOSED Kaimana Chee
7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m.

Latin Ballroom,  Beginning 1 (E)
Session 2  (7/24 - 8/21/08)   

 CLOSED Laurie Anderson
7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Intro to Ballet (E)
Session 1 (6/12 - 7/10/08)          		 CLOSED Elizabeth Sielen
7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Intro to Ballet (E)
Session 2