CLASS INFORMATION

(Adults see "Adult classes")

AGE REQUIREMENTS

• The minimum age for tap, jazz, acrobatic, and beginning ballet is 6 (or first grade)
• The minimum age hip-hop is 8.

CLASS PLACEMENTS

Class placement is determined by the instructor.  Intermediate and advanced students enrolling at Pofahl Studios for the first time should arrange a placement class by calling (352) 373-1166.  The Studio reserves the right to refuse any student.

Dance Alive Principal Dancer and Pofahl faculty member Carla Amancio in a grande jete.      Photo by Johnston Photography.

CURRICULUM

• Pre-Ballet: Pre-ballet for the 3, 4, and 5 year old.  Students must be 3 by September.  Basic ballet technology and modified ballet technique, taking into consideration attention span and development stages of the younger student.  Classes are one hour long.

• Partnering Class: Hour long class for advanced students.  By invitation.
• Acrobatics: Hour long class teaching skills appropriate for floor routines.  Must be able to do a cartwheel and come up from a backbend.
  
• Tap and Jazz: Combination classes for children age 6 to 11.  1/2 hour each of tap and jazz.
• Tap: Hour long classes for youth, teens, and advanced students ages 8 and up.
• Jazz and Hip-Hop: Hour long classes for youth, teens, and advanced students ages 8 and up.
• Boys: Hour long classes
• Lyrical: Hour long classes for intermediate to advanced students.
  

DRESS CODE

Girls...

• Pre-ballet: Hair up and confined.  Pastel blue leotard, pink tights, pink ballet shoes.  NO skirts
• Ballet: Hair up and confined.  Pink tights, ballet and/or pointe shoes. No warmers or plastic pants.
  
  • Beginning Ballet through Ballet V: Black leotard.  No skirts
  • Pointe I/II: Pastel leotard with or without sheer ballet skirts on pointe day.  No skirt on flat day.
  • Pointe III-VI: Pastel leotard on pointe day, dark leotard on "ballet" day.  Skirts allowed on pointe day.
• Jazz: Hair confined.  Tan jazz shoes.  Any color leotard, unitard, or other appropriate dancewear.  Black jazz pants or bicycle pants.  No shorts or gaucho pants allowed.
• Tap: Under 12 wear standard flat tan tap shoes with single (not jingle) taps.  Intermediate IV and above should have both tan heeled tap shoes and black flat shoes with tele-tone taps.
• Hip-Hop: Aerobic/jazz sneakers.
• Acrobatics: Hair MUST be up. No jewelry. NO SHORTS.  Leotard or unitard.  If tights, they should be footless.
  

Boys...

• Ballet: Black tights, bike pants, or unitard with white T-shirt, white socks, and black ballet shoes.
• Jazz: Jazz pants, bike pants, or unitard with T-shirt.  Black jazz shoes.      
• Tap: Same as jazz, but flat black tap shoes.
• Hip-Hop: Aerobic/jazz sneakers.    
  

   DANB Principal Dancers Michele Incollingo and Andre Valladon with students from the School.

RATES:

MONTHLY TUITION  ( August through June)