Holt Ballet Conservatory

Winter Session January 3 – June 22, 2012

No classes Jan 11-15

Make Up Classes- contact Yelena Holt

Holidays: Presidents’ Day 2/20, Easter Break 4/2-4/6, Memorial Day 5/28.

Instructor: Yelena Holt

530.278.5131

www.holtballetconservatory.org

Please contact instructor to register!

Tuesdays
3:30-5:00 Ballet II
5:15-6:45 Ballet III (pre-enrollment required)

Wednesdays

2:30-3:15 Pre-Ballet (5-7) (pre-enrollment required – please call 530 278 5131 to place your pre ballet student in this class.)
3:30-4:30 Ballet I (7-12)
4:30-6:00 Ballet III (pre-enrollment required)

Thursdays
3:30-5:00 Ballet II/Pre-Pointe & Pointe I
5:15-6:15 Ballet I Teens & Adults

Fridays
3:00-4:30 Ballet III Pointe II/III
4:30-5:30 Performing Ensemble (level III) (pre-enrollment required)

Each class includes barre, center stretch, jumps, adage, turns, allegro, and variation. All dancers in ballet II are recommended to take 2 times a week; all dancers in ballet III and  pointe II/III are asked to take a minimum of 3 days a week. The Performing Ensemble is a “company class” and performs most of its choreography en pointe.

Ballet I is paced for dancers in their first 1st to 2nd years of serious ballet training.

Ballet II is designed toward dancers in their 2nd to 4th year of training;

the class includes pre-pointe exercises and boys’ jumps and turns

Ballet III is structured for the dancer who has studied ballet for 3 to 5 years

and has sufficient alignment, strength, and knowledge of steps to benefit from

the pace of the class.

Level I/II pointe is included for those who are ready

Ballet IV serves the most advanced level and includes pointe work at barre, center and in choreography.

Performing Ensemble is an audition class and is designed for those students at a level to adjudicate, showcase at festivals, and perform in community concerts.

Dress Code:

Dress Code:

Ages 8-18 girls: black leotard, pink

tights, pink ballet slippers.

Ages 8-adult males: white tee top,

black tights/leggings or bike shorts

for summer; white ankle socks;

white or black ballet slippers

Adult ladies:  black leotard, pink or

black tights, short ballet skirt, if

desired; pink ballet slippers

Hair: Girls and Ladies: a tidy bun,

bangs pinned out of face.

Hair: All Males:  Short or pulled out

Class Policies:

Limit jewelry to small pieces.

No gum or food during class.

We encourage you to arrive 10

minutes early to class to quietly

stretch and warm up.

Late arrivals: After 15 minutes

it is disruptive to the students

in the class to adjust their

placement at the barre, so

please enter quietly, sit, and

observe the lesson for the day.

Payment Policies:

Please call before class when

you know you must be absent

for the lesson.

Missed classes must be made

up within the month the

original class was missed.

Payment is due the first class

of the session.