Monday & Wednesday Ballet I 8-10ys / 9 Weeks
Class - Dance | Available
This class meets 2xs a week and is a technique class for the beginning ballet dancer. Body alignment, fundamental ballet terminology and steps will be introduced and practiced. Class begins at the barre and proceeds to center and across the floor. Additional ballet classes are required to strengthen, reinforce and enhance the student’s training preparing for beginning pointe work in Level III.
- Classes meet 2 times per week.
- Black Leotard, Pink tights, Pink Ballet shoes, Hair secured in a bun.
Stephanie Alicea
Mrs. Stephanie (Stephanie Alicea) is a former student of Cygnus, where she studied all styles of dance and brings 18 plus years of dance experience with Classical Ballet as her passion. She performed with the Cygnus Contemporary Dance Company ballet productions along with dancers from the Pennsylvania Ballet, including Cinderella, Snow White, Firebird, as a soloist in Coppelia. Further through Cygnus, and during the holiday seasons, she performed in many Santa and his Elves productions holding various dancing leads. In addition, Mrs. Stephanie performed with the Cygnus Dance Company’s original choreographed productions of The Elves and the Shoemaker, the Pied Piper written by Douglas Coombs and Spanish Night with the Ocean City Pops under the direction of Maestro Scheible. Additional performances include the Atlantic City Pops under Director Mark Kadetsky and numerous holiday shows for local assisted living agencies and tree lighting ceremonies. Mrs. Stephanie enjoyed studying dance freelance in college and recently completed a concentrated Dance Pedagogy Course through Cygnus. Mrs. Stephanie holds two Bachelor’s Degrees: Business Marketing from William Paterson University and Elementary Education from Stockton University. She is very excited to share her talent and knowledge with all dance students!