Ballet Wolcott is excited to announce our 2012 Spring Performance at Dibden Center for the Arts of "The Secret Garden".
Download our WInter/Spring 2012 Brochure on the bottom of the Class Calendar page!
Winter/Spring 2012 Workshop Series
see brochure for details (at the bottom of Class Calendar page)
Appalachian Style Clogging: Foot Percussion Part 2 with Ellen Cooke
Mondays, January 16- February 20 Time: 5:30-6:30pm Tuition: $58
This workshop for adults will focus on traditional Appalachian clogging technique, while incorporating a number of other styles of foot percussion and body percussion. This class is for cloggers with some previous experience. Be prepared to have fun! Taps are required.
Adult Beginning Ballet with Avi Waring
Mondays, March 5-April 9 Time: 5:00-6:30pm Tuition: $70
If you have always wanted to try ballet, this is your chance. Ballet is good for posture, body awareness and strengthening the deep postural muscles. We will begin with the basics in a friendly and encouraging environment. In this six week workshop, you will learn a short dance and develop skills to continue strengthening your body in your daily life.
Kid's African Dance and Drum with Jordan Mensah
Mondays, April 16- May 14 Time: 5:30-6:30pm Tuition: $60
Experience West African culture in this fun course for children ages 5 and older. Students will spend time learning traditional drumming rhythms and West African dance. Please bring a jembe drum if you own one. If you need to rent a drum, please contact us before classes begin.
MIddle Eastern Belly Dance with Shari Stahl
Series #1 Wednesdays, January 11-February 22 (7 weeks) Tuition : $80
Series #2 Wednesdays, March 7-April 11 (6 weeks) Tuition: $70
An exquisite form of exercise to exotic music! Warm-up with gentle movements, learn basic vocabulary of belly dance, use veils and finger cymbals, and develop comfort through improvised dance and short choreographies. No previous dance experience required!
Featured Workshop
Breakdancing with Calvin Walker
Friday, February 17, 2012
Girls: 4:00-5:00pm
Boys: 5:00-6:00pm
Tuition: $10
A collaboration between Ballet Wolcott and River Arts of Morrisville brings Calvin Walker to the studio on Pleasant Street in Morrisville for this one time workshop.
Students will be introduced to toprock, footwork, freezes, and power moves which will serve as a foundation that leads to more complex maneuvers. Class will include relevant instruction on stretching and balance exercises.
Our History:
The Ballet Wolcott began as a collaboration between three women, Helene Nilsen, Brandy Ofciarcik-Perez, and Avi Waring. Helene and Avi met while dancing with June Gorton and the Wolcott Children’s Ballet Company in the 1980’s at the Wolcott Town Hall and so felt a need to give back to the area where their dance training began. Brandy trained and danced in Pennsylvania and Maryland. When she moved to Vermont, she met Helene and Avi and knew that she wanted to join these women in sharing dance with the community. All three love dancing as well as teaching dance and want to offer affordable quality dance education in the rural setting of Wolcott. It began with a conversation; and, pretty soon, they were posting flyers and beginning their first classes in the fall of 2007. Helene, Brandy and Avi believe that access to creativity and progression through technical training of dance are among the greatest ways for children to learn problem solving and develop healthy self esteem.
Our Mission:
The primary aim of Ballet Wolcott is to foster healthy development and creativity in our students by providing them with quality dance education and the opportunity to become involved in the creative process in a nurturing environment.