Fridays: Ballet [Ages 5-7]

As your child gets older, their bodies grow and their coordination improves. In these classes, your child will continue to work on coordination and control of their body’s movements through stretching and basic ballet technique. We will focus more on vocabulary and variations to the basics of ballet. Through fun games, prompts, and ballet music, your child will enhance their foundation in dance. A demonstration for families and friends will be held during the last class of the session. In partnership with Princeton Dance and Theater.

Covid Protocols: Classes and workshops held in all spaces at the art center and Whole World Arts utilize an HVAC system supplemented with portable HEPA filtration systems. Fresh air is introduced whenever possible. Classes are spaced appropriately to allow 3 - 6 ft. of social distancing. Acrylic barriers are utilized, as needed. Mask wearing is strongly encouraged for all adults regardless of vaccination status, and required for all youth classes. All our staff and Teaching Artists have been vaccinated. High-touch surfaces are wiped down regularly using certified cleaning agents. Hand sanitizer is available in all classrooms. Youth visual arts classes have their own sanitized art supplies to be used.

About the Teaching Artist
Audrey Yeager began her formal dance training at New Jersey School of Ballet under the direction of Carolyn Clark, and went on to join New Jersey Ballet’s Junior Company where she danced various roles, including Clara in The Nutcracker. In 2008, she was named a New Jersey Governor’s School Dance Scholar. In 2013, Audrey graduated summa cum laude from Rider University. During this time, she studied dance with Dr. Kim Chandler Vaccaro, earned the Mildred C. Hawkins Dance Scholarship, and served as the president of the Rider Dance Ensemble, choreographing for and administrating performances for a group of 100 dancers. Audrey currently balances her time between work as a dance educator at Princeton Dance Camp; Theater Studio, arts manager, and professional ballet dancer. In 2018, she joined Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater’s professional company led by Gabriel Chajnik, dancing soloist roles in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Jungle Book, and The Nutcracker Rocks. She has also performed with Verlezza Dance and Artbysolo. Audrey is an ABT® Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level Three of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. She is excited to share her experience and love of dance with students at the West Windsor Arts Council.