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ADULT
Summer 2008
Summer Stock Jazz Intensive
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YOUTH 
Fall 2008
Youth Classes By Age/Grade
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Summer 2008
Summer 5-week Classes
Summer Dance Camps
Summer Dance Intensives
Youth Dance Ensemble Intensives
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CLASS LEVELS

Class levels are a general guideline. 

Intro:
For students with no dance experience in any discipline.

Basics: 
For students with no experience in that dance discipline

Beginning 1 (Beg. I): For students with little to no training. Class incorporates basic dance vocabulary, placement and movement in a specific technique. Excellent for students returning to dance after an extended absences.

Beginning 2 (Beg. II):
For students with at least six months of training in one or more disciplines.

Low Intermediate (Low Int.):
For students with at least one year of training in one or more disciplines. Emphasizes greater development of techniques.

Intermediate (Int.):
For students with at least one to two years of training. Faster paced, more challenging combinations and strengthening of skills, including jumps and turns.

Advanced (Adv.):
For skilled dancers, classes emphasize complex combinations and mastering of dance as an art form.