Beg. Ballet and Movement
Class-Art for Heart | Available
This class introduces beginning ballet movements, technique and terminology. Gentle stretches, combined with barre and center movements improve balance and control. Movements across the floor allow for body placement and improves awareness while traveling through space.
- Comfortable clothing, soft ballet shoes.
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!