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PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY DANCE CLASSES
FOR KIDS
teaches a "creative movement" approach to dance.
Fostering the love of moving and dancing is our chief goal.
Our young dancers discover their own wide range of movements
varying in size, shape, feeling, and speed. This self-discovery
is fun. It develops concentration and teaches self-discipline
which promotes self-confidence. The use of music instills
new appreciation and emphasizes auditory and rhythmic skills.
Working with props strengthens eye-hand coordination. It is
our aim that with increasing experience, our students will
make their dancing expressive and impressive.
Click here for more about the
importance of dance education for all children.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
All classes begin with dance warm-up exercises, followed
by creative, improvisational challenges, story dances, free
dances, prop dances or good bye solos that explore movement
themes like shapes or levels. As students mature, more dance
technique is added to the curriculum, and classes include
more exacting dance warm-up exercises and simple patterns,
teaching skills such as turning, jumping, or lifted posture.
All classes create beautiful improvisational dances as well
as set pieces. The final class of each session will be a performance
for parents. Come and see us fly!
CLASS LOCATION
Please note that classes take place at the Church Of Our Saviour,
on the corner of Monmouth and Carlton Streets in Brookline,
MA. The church is one block south of Beacon Street at Carlton
Street. Easy access by T. The church is located near stops
on the C line or D line. Street parking is available. Click
here to view our map.
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SCHEDULE FOR FALL
2008 SESSION
12 Weeks - Beginning September 15, 2008
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CREATIVE MOVEMENT
3:00-3:50 PM Mondays Ages 3-5
3:00-3:50 PM Tuesdays Ages 3-4
4:00-4:50 PM Tuesdays Ages 4-5
3:00-3:50 PM Thursdays Ages 4-5
4:00-4:50 PM Thursdays Ages 3-4
Tuition: $170 (includes registration fee)
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GRADES K, 1, 2 CREATIVE MOVEMENT,
TECHNIQUE and PERFORMANCE
(extrasmallfeets dancers)
Dancers prepare short pieces for our last day showing
and year end concert.
4:00-5:20 PM Mondays
Tuition: $190 (includes registration fee) (additional fees for
costumes)
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SMALL FEETS dance company
3:30-5:30 PM Wednesdays
Class and Rehearsal
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FOOTNOTES and UPDATES
Scholarships
There are two half scholarships available for our classes.
Please call for details.
Full Classes:
Classes are already filling. Please send in
registrations ASAP. For the
fall session, there is no priority enrollment.
TEACHER
JEANNE TRAXLER
is the Director of the PB&J Dance Company, a group of adult
professional dancers who perform for children in schools,
libraries and at festivals. Beside her extensive teaching
experience, she has received grants from the Mass Cultural
Council and the Brookline Arts Council for choreographic projects,
has choreographed school musicals in Brookline, and created
pieces for Brookline's First Light Night. In 2002, Jeanne
was a co-chair of the dance and the Child international-USA
Chapter: Massachusetts Day of Dance conference in Worcester.
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"..thank you soooo much for your class. My daughter has
been painfully shy for as long as I can remember. For some
reason, she isn't at all in your class. I am shocked to see
her volunteer to go up on stage, to let you lift her up, and
to do the goodbye dance by herself. (The first day, I
figured that would be disastrous.) She rarely looks at me
the whole hour (it is wonderful, as normally she is very
clingy.) I appreciate the way you run the class, with lots
of fun activities. Her father, grandmother, and preschool
teacher don't believe me when I tell them about her doing
all of these things."
"...provide[s] children with a concrete skill set that
is rife with real-world usefulness." - Brookline Tab
"Classes [are] geared toward a child's mind and
[light] up the imagination." - Parent
Thank you for such a great Creative Movement program. We
were very fortunate for such a wonderful, enthusiastic
teacher!
My daughter can't imagine not dancing with Jeanne!
My daughter took Jeanne's classes for a couple of years,
and I've guest taught for her and known her for years. I can
vouch unreservedly for her creativity, soundness of
approach, and general good sense about life and art.
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