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| Ballet Ariel |
We offer excellence in classical ballet training for children ages 4 and up. Students benefit in their physical, artistic, and intellectual development from the discipline of the ballet art. We provide opportunities for performance so students experience the excitement of theatre.
Grades: ECE-K • Thursdays • 3:35-4:30pm • Starts 1/14/10 • $84/14 weeks • Jessica Clayton
Grades: K-5 • Mondays • 3:35-4:30pm • Starts 1/11/10 • $72/12 weeks • Katie Brogren
Female students are expected to wear pink tights, black leotards, and pink leather ballet slippers. Male students should wear black pants or tights, black t-shirts, and black ballet slippers. Long hair should be secured in a bun, and shorter hair in a ponytail so that the neck may be visible and the hair does not fly in the face while turning. Students should not wear loose jewelry during class that will distract the student during movement. Students should not wear skirts or warm-ups that hide the body so that teachers cannot see if the student is using proper technique. Students should come to class on time. The exercises that are given at the beginning of every ballet class are very important for warming up the muscles to prevent injury and to develop the proper elasticity of the muscles for good jumping. Students must listen to the teacher, follow the teacher’s direction, and not engage in play during class time. Students who arrive to class late or are disruptive in the classroom may not be allowed to take class at the teacher’s discretion.
Contact: Ilena Norton • balletariel@comcast.net • 303-282-9828
Instructors: Katie Brogren is a company dancer for Ballet Ariel and Hannah Kahn Dance. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from the Univ. of Wyoming and attended the Denver School of the Arts. She danced apprenticeships with the Joel Hall Dancers and Deeply Rooted Productions in Chicago. She teaches beginning ballet.
Jessica Clayton is a local professional ballet dancer with an impressive performance history and repretoire under her belt. She shares her knowledge by teaching pre professional programs to children who dream of one day becoming a dancer like her. Jessica began her training under Marina Rodgers who was a soloist with the San Fransisco ballet. Jessica continued her training with Youth Ballet Colorado (now Ballet Nouveau Colorado). There she enjoyed the opportunity to dance pre professionally in the youth company as a soloist. She danced the role of Clara in the Nutcracker in 1998. She then left in 1999 to train with the Academy of Colorado Ballet. Jessica now dances and performs with Ballet Ariel as a company member.