Spread over the 9-month season, team members will learn five specialized choreography dances as well as a ballet dance for recital. Each dance number will focus on one specific style of dance for 2 months and then perform it either for a live audience or for a virtual dance recital. Dancers will learn and rehearse these dances each week at the studio.
With all the uncertainty about public events including the public and in an effort to keep costs low, these group dances will not be entered into competition this year. Instead they will be video recorded on interesting locations around Chatham-Kent to fit the theme of the dance. These will be assembled together into a digital recital that you can watch and share with your friends and family. We are hoping that a public year-end recital will be possible by June of 2021, so a few of these dances will be performed then as well.
The ballet dance for our year-end recital is a chance to show off all the skills learned through the year. This dance has no additional choreography fees and will be learned outside of class time on a weekend intensive rehearsal in April. More details will be shared later.
At Ascension Dance we have a high committment to developing skills and technique alongside learning and performing choreography. Team time at the studio will include ballet training, stretch and conditioning and tricks and progression combos.
We would like to keep the costs reasonable for parents, especially with dancers performing in 5 different numbers over the course of the year. We will be providing a rental option for all costumes, they will cost in the range of $30-$70 per costume. If you would like to purchase your costume outright you may.
Dancers will need to provide their own shoes: beige jazz shoes, ballet shoes, and hiphop sneakers to match their costume. We will discuss these further during the first weeks of class to make sure everyone is aware of what is needed.
All team members** have the option to learn and perform in a solo, duet, or trio if they would like to. These dances will be performed in the year-end recital, an on-location video shoot, and can be taken to competition if the dancer(s) would like to.
** Dancers who would like to only dance in Solo/Duet/Trio but not the team numbers are also required to attend ballet, stretch, and technique training with the team. Please contact us for more information and pricing.