Youth Class Schedule

Welcome to SCDT's Youth Program FALL 2022!
We have a few options for your favorite young dancers...

SCDT's classes are open to all levels of experience.
No prior experience required!
FALL 2022 September 6- December 18

See the full FALL 2022 schedule (including adult classes!) HERE >>>>

YOUTH PROGRAM WEEKLY SCHEDULE

FALL 2022 (class descriptions below)

All times Eastern Time (New York, NY)
33 Hawley Street, Northampton MA

• Hawley Street Ballet classes
• SCDT Youth Program classes
• Hatchery Teen Dance Company classes

MONDAY
4:00 - 5:00PM Contemporary Technique for Teens (ages 12-18) LEARN MORE / Register Here!
5:00 - 6:30PM Hatchery Company Class & Rehearsal   LEARN MORE

TUESDAY
4:00 - 4:45PM CREATIVE MOVEMENT FOR LITTLES  (ages 5-7) LEARN MORE/ Register Here!
4:45-5:45 PM DANCE-MAKING + TECHNIQUE  (ages 5-7) LEARN MORE / Register Here!

WEDNESDAY
9:00-10:30AM   TEEN/ADULT BALLET LEARN MORE / REGISTER HERE
4:00- 5:00PM YOUTH HIP HOP  (ages 5-8) LEARN MORE / Register Here!

THURSDAY
4:00 - 5:00PM   DANCE-MAKING + TECHNIQUE  (ages 8-12) LEARN MORE / Register Here!
5:00 - 7:00PM   Hatchery Company Class & Rehearsal    LEARN MORE

SATURDAY
10:30AM - 12:00PM   TEEN/ADULT BALLET LEARN MORE / REGISTER HERE

SUNDAY
11:00AM - 12:00PM   HATCHERY COMPANY CLASS (OPEN)  LEARN MORE
12:00 - 2:00PM   Hatchery Company Rehearsal    LEARN MORE

PRICES:
Price per session: $125-$150
Drop-In Classes:
Student/low income sliding scale: $5-15
Employed/financially stable sliding scale: $15-50
Contact infoscdt@gmail.com for questions or scholarship info!

Find out more about our teachers for the FALL 2022 sessions HERE >>>>

YOUTH PROGRAM CLASS DESCRIPTIONS - WINTER/SPRING 2022

CONTEMPORARY BALLET FOR TEENS (ages 12-18)
Mondays, 4:00-5:00pm Eastern Time

Students will be invited into contemporary approaches to ballet techniques that include kindness, rigor, coordination, curiosity, and specificity. Together, we will deepen physical exploration and expand knowledge of movement vocabulary. In these classes, dancers will learn and increase familiarity with ballet terminology, and apply anatomical information for maximized freedom within form, function, and joy.

Students should wear clothes they feel comfortable moving in, perhaps bring an extra layer for warming up. socks, ballet slippers, barefoot are all optional. Long hair should be secured out of one's face for safety.

CREATIVE MOVEMENT (ages 5-7)
Tuesdays, 4-4:45pm Eastern Time, with Kate Martel

Creative Dance-Making will include creative dance games, stretches and puzzles as a warm-up for our bodies and minds.

We will then work on a variety of time, space, and rhythm concepts in a fun and memorable way and build a final performance together using what we've learned, along with our collective and individual imaginations.

TEEN / ADULT BALLET
Wednesdays, 9-10:30am, and Saturdays, 10:30am-12pm Eastern Time, with Jen Polins, Ellie Goudie- Averill, and Kate Martel
Students will be invited into contemporary approaches to ballet techniques that include kindness, rigor, coordination, curiosity, and specificity. Together, we will deepen physical exploration and expand knowledge of movement vocabulary. In these classes, dancers will learn and increase familiarity with ballet terminology, and apply anatomical information for maximized freedom within form, function, and joy.

Experiential and somatic approach to Ballet.
Open to all levels who want to train together in a supportive environment. This program is for anyone who loves ballet, especially the people whom ballet has left out. Reimagine the standard components of a ballet class and prioritize joy, generosity, play, mutual admiration, and virtuosity.

WEIRD VILLAGE: THEATERMAKING (ages 9-12)
Wednesdays, 4:30-6:00p Eastern Time, with Karinne Keithley Syers

This ongoing class uses collaborative, playful game structures to explore the elements of theater creation from as many angles as possible, including story, sound, song, image, object, voice and physicality. We will let curiosity lead us onward. We will practice deep listening – to ourselves, the space, and to each other – learning to find our place in a collaborative ensemble. Each session culminates in a collaboratively devised performance to share.

YOUTH DANCE MAKING & COMPOSITION (ages 8-12)
Thursdays, 4-5pm Eastern Time, With Kate Martel and Jen Polins

MAKING THINGS / MAKING MORE THINGS
This movement class consists of a Modern Dance warm up followed by a choreography lab. During our choreography lab, we will focus on using objects and costumes as duet partners and source material. We will experiment with various choreographic methodologies, both uncovering themes through physical research and allowing predetermined concepts to drive choreographic inquiry. This class is for all levels of experience.

YOUTH HIP HOP (ages 5-8)
Saturdays, 10-10:45am Eastern Time, with Angelica "Jelly" Polk

This is a high energy class for kids looking to groove and keep rhythm on the latest hip-hop dance styles. This class will develop their confidence, body control, improvisation, and choreographic- performance skills. This class will focus on the teachings of Afrobeat dance, old/new school hip-hop, and reggae dance movements.

COVID-19 SAFETY:

SCDT is holding LIVE and IN-PERSON youth programming this winter/spring!
SCDT classes are a fun and safe place to move your body, build community, express personal choice and have LOADS OF FUN!

COVID safety protocols will be strictly followed. Masks are required of all participants at ALL TIMES while in the Hawley St. building, and class sizes will be limited to allow for social distancing.

If your youth dancer is old enough to be vaccinated, you MUST provide proof of vaccination at the beginning of the semester. Email your dancer's proof of vaccination to us to keep on file at infoscdt@gmail.com

Learn more about our COVID-19 safety policies and find updates HERE >>>>

Questions? Call or email our youth program coordinator Jen: +1 (413) 695 1799 // jenscdt@gmail.com