Atlas Performing Arts Center (ATL)
Bethesda (BTH)
Dupont Circle (DC)
Friendship Heights (FH)

Youth Dance Education Program 
Summer 2006
June 26 - August 6, 2006 
No classes will be held Tuesday, July 4, 2006.  Tuesday class make ups will be held Tuesday, August 8, 2006.
Tuition

• 6-Week Dance Classes by Style

• Performance Dance Camps for grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

• Dance Intensives for grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
  

KIDMOTION
Joy of Motion Dance Center's EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM

Dance for preschool aged children is an active, fun and creative way to encourage physiological, emotional, and cognitive development in addition to promoting social skills and cooperative participation with a group. For the young child, movement is pre-verbal, and can be a valuable outlet for thoughts and emotions as a child develops and expands verbal skills. Dance is a joyful, kinetic experience that encourages skill building, focus, creative thought and an appreciation for one’s self and the arts. Joy of Motion's Early Childhood Dance Program is designed to provide an enriched dance experience in a supportive and safe environment, and to ensure each young dancer is developing a love and appreciation for dance that lasts a lifetime.

Summer Classes

Babies In Motion 
Pre-walkers aged 6 months-12 months
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Babies discover their world through motion! A baby’s cognitive development begins through exploring movement and their environment. Connect with your baby through teacher lead activities that will encourage baby to explore through touch, sight, sound and movement in a nurturing environment. Babies In Motion curriculum is designed for babies who are pre-walkers. 

Toddlers In Motion   
13-24 months or toddlers who walk without assistance
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Get moving with your toddler! Movement and gesture are key components to a toddler’s physical, vocal, and social development which encourage them to connect, express, and communicate. Encourage your toddler to develop locomotor and cognitive skills through teacher lead activities in a fun environment for both adult and child. 

Tiny Dancers  
25 months-35 months
Dance with your Tiny Dancer! The elements of dance are introduced in a fun and creative way for both adult and child to connect through movement and music explorations. Curriculum is designed to prepare your child for Creative Movement for three year olds. 
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Creative Movement
3 year olds
Teacher lead activities introduce the basic elements of dance including rhythm and time, movement qualities and dynamics, space, and use of the body. Students will be able to explore their own movement within the age appropriate creative structure of the class while gaining confidence and body awareness. 
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Dance Basics
4  year olds
Building on the basic elements of dance (time, dynamics, space, body), students will explore their own movement in class structures that begin to expand on each of these elements. Teacher lead activities that include axial and locomotor movement will introduce dance vocabulary and concepts at an age appropriate level to prepare students for future participation in any type of structured dance class.
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Kid Tap and Pre-Ballet
5  year olds
Building on the basic elements of dance (time, dynamics, space, body), students will explore their own movement in class structures that begin to expand on each of these elements. Teacher lead activities that include axial and locomotor movement will introduce dance vocabulary and concepts at an age appropriate level to prepare students for future participation in any type of structured dance class.
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