Spring 2010 Community Dance Classes for Children, Teens, and Adults

Spring 2010 | January 25 - April 8, 2010

Classes will not meet the week of Spring Break, March 15 - 19, 2010.

What is the Community Dance Center at TWU?
The Community Dance Center at TWU offers affordable dance classes for all ages and abilities. The Dance Center is directed and supervised by a full-time faculty member in the Department of Dance. TWU, through its highly respected Department of Dance, has been offering dance classes to the Denton Community for more than 30 years.

Classes are designed for individuals who wish to:
• expand their knowledge of dance.
• improve their skills.
• simply have fun moving.

Classes are offered in a variety of dance forms and taught at the level of the students enrolled. Classes are offered once a week for ten weeks. There are no recitals, but parents, family, and friends are invited to an informal presentation on the last class day.

Spring 2010 Schedule

 Monday

Time	Class	Age	Room	Price & Number of Lessons
4:30 - 5:15 pm	Creative Movement	3 - 4	DGL 124	$60 / 10
5:15 - 6 pm	Creative Dance	5 - 6	DGL 124	$60 / 10
6 - 6:45 pm	Ballet	7 - 12	DGL 124	$60 / 10
6 - 7 pm	Ballroom	7 - 12	DGL 210	$60 / 10
7 - 8 pm	Ballroom	Teen / Adult	DGL 210	$60 / 10

Tuesday

Time	Class	Age	Room	Price & Number of Lessons
7 - 8 pm	Modern Dance / Lyrical Jazz	Teen/Adult	DGL 208	$60 / 10
7 - 8 pm	Beginning Ballet	Teen/Adult	PH 328	$60 / 10

Wednesday

Time	Class	Age	Room	Price & Number of Lessons
4:30 - 5:15 pm	Hip Hop	7 - 12	DGL 124	$60 / 10
7 - 8 pm	Hip Hop	Teen / Adult	DGL 210	$60 / 10
7 - 8:30	Beginner / Advanced Beginners Ballet**	Teen / Adult	PH 328	$60 / 10

Thursday

Time	Class	Age	Room	Price & Number of Lessons
7 - 8 pm	Latin	Teen/Adult	DGL 208	$60 / 10

** American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum consists of a comprehensive set of age-appropriate, outcome-based guidelines to provide the highest quality training to dance students of all ages and skill levels.

Minimum enrollment of 6 students is required for each class.

DGL - Dance Building
PH - Pioneer Hall

Note: Schedule subject to change.

Dance Class Descriptions

Creative Dance and Creative Movement classes for ages three to six use movement ideas, imagery, and music to explore space, rhythm, dynamics, and energy. These classes develop movement coordination and nurture the individuality and uniqueness inherent in all children before they study established technique and style. Shoes are not worn in this class.

Ballet and Lyrical Jazz classes emphasize alignment, strength, flexibility, performance, and body/breath awareness within specific movement vocabulary.

Ballroom (swing, fox trot, waltz, polka) and Latin (salsa, merengue, cha cha, cumbia, tango) provides basic step patterns and musical relationship needed for dancing in any social setting.

Hip Hop Jazz introduces the “moves” of the latest street dance.

General Information

Who are the Dance Instructors?
Community Dance instructors are TWU dance faculty and dance major students who perform with the university’s dance companies and have acquired a solid background in dance theory and technique.

The instructors are:
• skilled and knowledgeable in dance technique.
• competent and enthusiastic.
• concerned about each student’s growth and development, especially in regard to bone development   and function of the feet and back.

About the Director of the Community Dance Center
Gladys M. Keeton, professor of dance at Texas Woman’s University, has been director of the TWU Community Dance Center for over thirty years. She is active in promoting and providing dance in the Denton community and schools as well as throughout Texas. Gladys has received University Dance Educator awards in the state and southern district.

Where are the Studios?
The dance studios are located on the TWU Denton Campus in the Dance and Pioneer Hall Buildings (on Bell Avenue). The dance studios are air conditioned and fully mirrored with resilient wood flooring.

Where do I Park?
Parking passes will be distributed the first night of your class. Parking is available in the visitor parking lot across from the Dance Building.

What Should I Wear?
Shorts, bodysuits or leotards with no shoes or socks are required for Creative Dance and Movement classes. Any color leotard, tights, and ballet shoes are required for the Ballet classes. Jazz or tennis shoes are needed for the jazz classes. Information about shoes for other classes will be provided the first day of class.

Payment/Refund Policy
Tuition is payable in advance of the first class day. After January 19, 2010 add $5 to the dance class fee. Registrants who find it necessary to cancel will receive a refund, less a $10 processing fee. To receive a refund, you must submit written notification seven days prior to the event start date. Refunds will not be issued once the program begins. Substitutions may be made at any time. The Office of Lifelong Learning reserves the right to cancel this event if sufficient enrollment is not met. In doing so, Texas Woman’s University’s liability is limited to the registration fee.

Important Note for Online Registration:
If you have not registered online with the TWU Continuing Education system before, you must become a new user. This will prompt you to enter your information and then proceed with the registration process. You will receive an email confirming you are a new user, but then you must register for the class you want to enroll in. Please be sure to sign up for the specific day and dance class (workshop) you intend to take. When you get to the screen titled "Enrollment Card Entries" select the fee, then click on the button "Sign up for workshops" and make your selection. Then proceed with the registration process to finish your registration. If you need assistance, please call 940.898.3408, Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm.

Confirmation Letters
All event correspondence will be delivered to you by email. It is important to provide a current email address on the registration form or online. Check your spam box for information from Texas Woman’s University. Our goal is to provide you with up-to-date information regarding the event you have registered for in a timely and efficient manner.