Early Years

...this is where it begins

20 Commercial Way
Springboro OH 45066
937-550-4931
Barbara Pontecorvo
Founder and Director

20 Commercial Way, Springboro OH 45066 937-550-4931
Barbara Pontecorvo, Founder and Director

Pre-Ballet, ages 3 -5, nutures a child's interest in movement and music. It introduces basic ballet positions, class room etiquette and exercises to strengthen and stretch young bodies.

Beginning Ballet, minimum age 6, mixes barre work and creative work for an hour long class.

Pre-Ballet dancers and Clara in The Nutcracker,performed November 2022..

Progress Check

Age 3
-Works and plays with others.
-Knows how to take their turn.
-Knows NOT to hang on the barre.

Age 4
-Recognizes a 4/4 beat.
-Knows their five ballet positions.
-Knows that their feet can point!

Age 5
-Knows how to skip, gallop, march and leap.
-Recognizes a 3/4 beat.
-Knows how to plié with knees over toes.

Age 6
-Knows that all jumps begin and end in plié.
-Knows that their feet point every time they leave the ground.
-Knows that it is fun to stretch.