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Organization:  Garden Island Dance Academy

Program Description:  For student in Pre-Pointe or beginning Pointe this is an excellent class. Students are taught an understanding of barre work, and further understand how to linking steps in the center. Technique for pirouettes, allegro and linking movements are taught in the class, as well as the use of intermediate ballet terminology. This is a good class for teens with at least a year of ballet and beginning adults with some dance background. The class structure is ballet barre, center work and allegro. This is the next class up from Ballet 3 and it is recommended that students take 2 classes per week.

About Garden Island Dance Academy:  Jennifer Schwartz Bell-Grey founded Garden Island Dance Academy in 1998 when she graduated from the Royal Ballet School of London England. Dance classes in Classical Ballet, Hip Hop, Jazz, Contemporary, Flamenco and Modern Dance are offered to students of all ages and abilities.