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Toe To Toe Ballet School
"If you're not dancing, you are wasting your feet!"
7 S. Wisconsin Street #1
P.O. Box 56
Elkhorn WI 53121
(262) 723-1700
2nd Semester Calendar
JAN:
25: Class SEMESTER 2 PAYMENT DUE 26: Class 27: Class SEMESTER 2 PAYMENT DUE 28: Class SEMESTER 2 PAYMENT DUEFEB:
1: Class 2: Class “Try-It” Session 2 Begins (Ballet, Tap, Jazz) 3: Class 4: Class “Try-It” Session 2 (Tap) MAR:
1: Class 2: Class “Try-It” Session 3 Begins (Ballet, Tap, Jazz) 3: Class 4: Class “Try-It” Session 3 (Tap) 20: PICTURE DAY 10AM / LOCATION TBA Mar 29 - April 2: Spring Break - NO CLASSES
APR:
5: Class Resumes 6: Performance Group Rehearsals - see Miss Colleen 13: Performance Group Rehearsals - see Miss Colleen APR 19 - 23: SPRING BALLET WEEK: NO CLASSES AT STUDIO
- All Classes Report to Thursday Dress Rehearsal19: No Class - Please report to Thursday Dress Rehearsal 20: Last rehearsal for Performance Group - See Miss Colleen 21: No Class - Please report to Thursday Dress Rehearsal / Theatre Lighting EAHS 22: Dress Rehearsal @ EAHS - Attendance Mandatory To Participate in Spring Ballet for ALL Dancers 24: SPRING BALLET @ EAHS - Dancers arrive 9:30 / performance begins 10:30APR 26 - APR 30: Spring Ballet Recovery Week - NO CLASSES
MAY:
3: Class - TESTING FOR LEVEL ADVANCEMENT (2A AND HIGHER) Begins 5: Class - TESTING FOR LEVEL ADVANCEMENT (2A AND HIGHER) Begins 6: Class - TESTING FOR LEVEL ADVANCEMENT (2A AND HIGHER) Begins 11: Class - TESTING FOR LEVEL ADVANCEMENT (2A AND HIGHER) 12: Class - TESTING FOR LEVEL ADVANCEMENT (2A AND HIGHER) 13: Class - TESTING FOR LEVEL ADVANCEMENT (2A AND HIGHER) 14: Field Trip to Milwaukee Ballet for Student Matinee of World Premiere of Peter Pan 17: Last Class - ARE YOU REGISTERED FOR SUMMER 18: Last Class - ARE YOU REGISTERED FOR SUMMER 19: Last Class - ARE YOU REGISTERED FOR SUMMER 20: Last Class - ARE YOU REGISTERED FOR SUMMER MAY 25 & 27: Conferences with Miss Colleen - optional but recommended for levels one & up. Oui & Pre are
May also request conference as well.Fall Registrations (& Registration Fees) Due for “Free Show Tights”
MAY 29: AWARDS CELEBRATION FOR FULL-TIME STUDENTS (OUI BALLET - LEVEL 5B) All Students receive recognition for their year’s work and a certificate if they are moving on to the next level. Refreshments will be served.
Please watch for your invitation
May 29: Fall Registrations Due to receive “Free Show Tights” - Spring Ballet 2010
********JULY 12 - JULY 29: SUMMER INTENSIVE********
SPECIAL CLASSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND PERFORMANCES:
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Christmas Parade Banner - Toe To Toe Ballet School marches behind our banner - for our older students
Costume Day - Each dancer comes to class dressed in the costume of his/her choice. Oui and Pre Ballet enjoy a special story class. Levels I - 5 perform a little dance that each dancer has prepared. The dancers may bring their own music (CD or cassette tape), or they may choose a selection from the studio. This is not an observation class.
Festival of Summer (August) - Toe To Toe is pleased to present an encore of our Spring Ballet. Performance Group
Field Trip - Toe To Toe dancers are encouraged to attend a performance of a professional company to broaden their understanding of the art of dance. This year’s studio trips will be to the Milwaukee Ballet Company’s performance of “Peter Pan” - May
Tickets will be on sale for a GREATLY discounted price. Please watch email for details
Make-Up Classes: It is the students responsibility to make up missed classes if and when they are able to do so. Due to our very liberal makeup policy, there are no refunds for missed classes.
*Oui, Pre, Levels 1- These levels should attend another class of their same level to make up a missed class. Please let the studio know in advance if and when your student will taking a makeup class. *Levels 2a - 5b & Teen Rec - As there is only one class offering for each of these levels, classes missed may be made up in the level just below your dancer’s current level. This provides an excellent opportunity for review. *Performance Awards and Specialty Classes: There are no make-up classes. Please be certain to attend your classes.PERFORMANCE AWARDS CLASSES MAY NOT BE USED TO MAKE UP A TECHNIQUE CLASS, OR VICE VERSA Observation Class: Held in November, Parents are welcome to enter the classroom for a bird’s eye view of their dancer’s class.
* Spring Ballet (including all parts and costumes) is announced* Pink Letter #1 is distributed (This is the first of 3 pink letters)* Please bring your cameras, etc. Performance Awards Day - A special day including a performance and awards ceremony for those dancers enrolled in Performance Awards classes. Toe To Toe hosts a judge from the American Academy of Ballet to judge and present the awards. Reception for dancers follows. PERFORMANCE IS FREE!!! All students and their families are invited to attend the performance and ceremony to cheer on their friends!
Picture Day - All students involved in the Spring Ballet gather in costume to have their pictures taken. A group picture of the entire school will be taken by a professional photographer. This picture is used on the front cover of our Spring Ballet’s program. Class pictures and Individual Dancer photos are also taken. If you have more than one child dancing, those siblings dancing may have their photos taken together as well.
Spring Ballet - Toe To Toe presents a spring ballet at the end of our school year to showcase our students’ abilities. Each class takes part in this ballet, performing dances specifically choreographed for their age and skill level. Solos and duets are performed by our more advanced dancers and by those taking private, or semi-privates lessons. This year’s ballet will be announced during Observation Day. Each studio family with a participating dancer(s) receives 2 complimentary tickets.
Sugar Plum Shoppe - Held during the Christmas Parade, our shoppe holds lots of extra goodies to fill a dancer’s stocking.
“Try-It” Ballet Classes - an opportunity for those who cannot take class for the whole school year to learn the art of ballet. This class is not included in our Spring Ballet or our Annual Awards Celebration. Held Tuesday evenings Jan - May.
“Try-It” Tap, Jazz - an opportunity for our students to learn a different dance form. We encourage tap for rhythm and musicality; and jazz for creative movement and style.
ity; and jazz for creative movement and style.PLEASE NOTE: Toe To Toe Ballet School holds two 15 week semesters over the course of the school year. Summer Intensive and rehearsals for our Festival of Summer Ballet are held for three weeks in July.
