Tiny Tot Ballet
Where dreams begin at three . . . and do come true.
Tiny Tot Ballet
Our Tiny Tot Ballet program is specifically designed to provide a fun and supportive environment for developing a positive attitude toward ballet that encourages a life-long love of dance and a desire to grow into a confident and capable ballerina and adult.
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Using frequent praise, laughter, and small rewards to make class time fun and enjoyable, our Tiny Tot Ballet teachers encourage students to develop creativity, musicality, and dramatic expression.
We foster an environment where students relate easily to teachers, so they are comfortable following lessons with their classmates. Tiny Tot Ballet lays the critical foundation for our youngest students to develop the confidence essential for the freedom of movement that will remain with them forever.
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Tiny Tot Ballet utilizes the RAD’s Dance to Your Own Tune curriculum, delightful and fun lessons designed to motivate our youngest dancers. This gentle and playful introduction to the classical ballet world includes: skipping, galloping, hopping, jumping with two feet, running, free movement, using hands to express feeling, and even twirling your skirt. These elements of coordination and strength are the early building blocks of dance training that often entice our students to fall in love with ballet and inspires them to continue developing dance skills with us for years.
Many of our students remain at our studios throughout their childhoods because we provide opportunities to receive RAD instruction through high school, audition for our para-professional training company, and explore tap, jazz, character, and modern dance. The depth and breadth of our program are unparalleled in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Program Goals
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Building confidence while having fun in an engaging group setting
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Developing nurturing and supportive relationships with teachers and classmates
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Developing musicality and self-expression
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Building strength and coordination
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Providing age-appropriate class assignments: Mommy & Me, Creative Movement, Pre-Primary, and Primary
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Providing a variety of age-appropriate performance opportunities
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Providing a teaching staff of registered and certified members of the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), an international educational organization that establishes standards for excellence in ballet instruction.
Mommy & Me
(2 -3 yrs)
An interactive dance class for a parent and child where students develop spatial awareness and coordination, in addition to social skills like listening, self-regulation in a classroom environment, and communicating through movement. Students will explore a different theme every week like Ocean, Jungle or Outer Space all set to ballet versions of well known songs and nursery rhymes. Students get weekly opportunities to perform their newly acquired skills for their parent in the safe and structured environment of the studio to develop self esteem and create many magical memories.
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Tuesday (Starts September 3rd)
10:00 - 10:45 am
New!
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Creative Movement
(3 1/2 - 4 yr)
Tiny Tot Ballet students aged three and four may participate in Creative Movement class. Creative Movement students enjoy weekly classes set to playful music that emphasizes rhythm, flexibility, and coordination. Parents can observe classes through observation windows.
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Monday
4:00 - 4:45 pm
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Tuesday (Starts September 3rd)
10:45 - 11:30 am
Saturday
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
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Pre-Primary
(5 -6 yrs)
As our Tiny Tot Ballet students grow and learn, opportunities for further ballet exploration deepen. Children ages 5 and 6 years may join Pre-Primary level classes where their large and fine motor skills are further developed, and opportunities for performances and dance enrichment expand.
Monday
4:45 - 5:30 pm
Wednesday
3:45 - 4:30 pm
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Saturday
10:30 - 11:15 am
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Primary
(6 -7 yrs)
After Pre-Primary, our Tiny Tot students, age 6 and 7 are ready for Primary where they will learn to perform with an awareness of space, demonstrate control and co-ordination, perform expressively, and perform a sequence of simple steps to depict a story.
Monday
5:30 - 6:30 pm
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Tuesday
3:45-4:45
Thursday
4:00 - 5:00 pm
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Saturday
9:30 - 10:30 am
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