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Mommy & Me Yoga: 2-3 years
Time: 45 minutes
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Mommy & Me Creative Movement: 2-3 years
Time: 45 minutes
Description: Creative movement is an exciting way for young children to develop their motor and social skills, stimulate their imagination and creativity, and promote healthy self-esteem.

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Fairies and Princesses Ballet: 3 years
Time: 45 minutes
Description: Let your mind create and your body explore the basic principals of ballet. Class will incorporate children's music, props such as scarfs, Fairy wings, wands, and ribbons to make ballet come alive!

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Gym Ballet I: 3.5 – 4.5 years
Time: 55 minutes
Description: Half and half ballet and gymnastics...perfect for any child wanting to explore different strengths and activities.

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Gym Ballet II: 5 -7 years
Time: 85 minutes
Description: A longer version for those students who have taken gym/ballet 1 and want more terminology, technique, discipline, and fun!

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Ballet I: 4-6 years
Time: 55 minutes
Description: Class based upon ballet basics for those who love to twirl, float, glide, and sparkle. This class teaches students discipline, strength, technique, and vocabulary...all while the students learn to dance in the space around them.

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Ballet II: 5-7 years
Time: 55 minutes
Description: This class is for those students who have had a full year of ballet training, are familiar with terminology, and catch on quickly to new steps. A nice challenge for second year students.

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Beginner Ballet & Tap: 5-6 years
Time: 55 minutes
Description: This combination class is half ballet and half tap. A great way to start any aspiring dancer to try a few classes at one time!

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Beginner Tap: 5-7 years
Time: 55 minutes
Description: Class focuses on the basic tap steps, understanding various tap sounds, and combining tap steps into a dance. This class is a fun way to explore tap sounds, textures, and various tap styles along the way.

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Beginner Tap & Jazz: 4-6 years
Time: 55 minutes
Description: Half and half tap and jazz. Please see description for beginner tap. Jazz is an energetic way to explore music, beats, flexibility and creativity. Let's turn on the music and move!

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Beginner Jazz & Funk: 4-6 years
Time: 55 minutes
Description: Jazz is an energetic way to explore music, beats, flexibility and creativity. Let's turn on the music and move!

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Beginner Hip Hop: 6-8 years
Time: 55 minutes
Description: The latest dance moves explored here...Move to the latest Top 40 hits and learn how to isolate parts of the body. It's the coolest class in town!

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Teen Beginner Hip Hop: 12-14 years
Time: 55 minutes
Description: See Beginner Hip Hop description...Class for those in their early teen years. It's a great way to learn a piece as a team and give it your own creative flare!

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Creative Movement: 8-12 years
Time: 55 minutes
Description: A class designed for those who are into sports and want to learn new foot work, the actor needing to learn how to move, or those who like to explore movement not necessarily one type of style. A great way to cross train and explore self dance development.

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Adult Ballet: 18 years & up
Time: 60 minutes
Description: This class will bring you back to your childhood if you've taken dance before. If not, don't be afraid to try! An all level class designed to enrich the body with strength and flexibility and allow your soul to soar under the principals of ballet technique.

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Adult Hip Hop: 18 years & up
Time: 60 minutes
Description: A great way to exercise, gain flexibility, strength, and work your mind with choreography. Moving to the latest and greatest hits, you will learn how to move like those in a music video...

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Adult Yoga & Pilates: 18 years & up
Time: 60 minutes
Description: This is a great class to treat your body to in order to tone it up. Work on small muscle groups that tend to get forgotten in high impact classes.

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Adult Contemporary: 18 years & up
Time: 75 minutes
Description: This class will give you a full body workout with a fusion of modern styles. It will incorporate the use of yoga, hip-hop, conditioning, floor work, and choreography.

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Dance Instructors

Anna Spalding

Anna Spalding is a performer, choreographer, teacher, and yogi. Her work has been presented at Lobero Theatre (Santa Barbara), Center Stage (Santa Barbara), Santa Barbara Court House, and UC San Diego. Originally from Nebraska, Anna has trained in all genres, specializing in contemporary and hip-hop. She has trained with Karen McWilliams, University of Missouri Kansas City, Santa Barbara Dance Academy, Unity San Diego, and UC of San Diego. Anna has worked with Fusion Dance Company (CA), Trolley Dances with Monica Bill Barnes (CA), Margaret Marshall, and is now with Kriya Dance Collective in San Diego. Anna’s love of dance, art, and yoga inspires her to continually explore, create, and pursue her passion for bodies in motion.

Rachel Wadsworth

Rachel Wadsworth has a degree in Theater with emphasis in Dance from the University of New Hampshire. She's trained with some of the greatest dancers/choreographers like Mia Micheals from "So You Think You Can Dance" and Shae Sullivan from Broadway Dance Center in NYC. Rachel also had the opportunity to work along side with tap greats Brenda Buffalino and Dean Diggins in the show "Clara's Dream" where she starred as the lead. One of her greatest accomplishments is competing for Miss America in 2002 and having the ability to showcase her talents in front of thousands of people. As much as she likes to perform, teaching is Rachel's passion. For the last ten years, Rachel has taught ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, and gymnastics for various studios throughout the United States. When she is not in the classroom teaching or taking classes, you can find Rachel working out, playing with her dog Buster, and eating ice cream!  

 

 
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San Diego 92130 92101 92103 92109/ Ocean Beach 92107 / Point Loma 92106 / Mission Beach 92108 / Pacific Beach 92109 / Hillcrest, Mission Hills 92103 / Old Town 92110 / Clairemont 92117 / Linda Vista 92111 / La Jolla 92037 / UTC 92122 / Carmel Valley 92130

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