Miss Janine wants her level 6 dancers to know how proud she is of all of you, you are so hardworking, strong, respectful, and enthusiastic dancers, you make teaching you an absolute blessing...:)

Summer Dance Camp for our Spokane Inland Northwest Ballet upper level students (those who have completed one or more years of level 5, 6, or 7)...

Summer is a great time to round out our ballet study, as we have a little more time for trying new, more complicated exercises, partnering, the study of ballet history, French terms, stretching games, and just plain fun!

July 7-9

1:30 – 3:30 for levels 5 – 7 - class, snack games, and projects

3:30 – 4:30 for levels 6 and 7 only – a more intense class/ballet study

Each day, we will have ballet barre and center class, work on a little partnering, enjoy a snack, watch a short dance video, study our ballet history and play our French terms and stretching games. In addition, we will do our own fun project, such as creatively painting pointe shoes or butterfly wings (you can paint your own pointe shoes and take them home, or paint an old pair of Miss Janine’s and hang them in the studio…plan must be drawn out ahead of time for this). For level 5, this will be a challenging class, which will help you prepare for the additional Sat. barre class that you may participate in next year. Expect fun and progress in your ballet study!

Levels 5-7 $45

Levels 6-7 $70

Price includes instruction, art supplies, fun prizes for games, and snacks.

Must be pre-registered by July 2nd to participate!

First pair of pointe shoes!

First pointe shoes…

A dancer being fitted for her first pair of pointe shoes is a huge thrill…Yesterday we made a trip down to Empire Dance Shop (http://www.empiredanceshop.com/) in downtown Spokane..., THE place to be fitted in the northwest, to have some of our dancers fitted for their very first pair of pointe shoes. The girls looked beautiful on pointe, and can’t wait to actually dance on their toes! We celebrated afterwards by having lunch at the Olive Garden.. We know the girls were so excited they didn’t sleep much the night before the big day, but Miss Janine hopes they sleep before their first pointe class on Monday…

Malinda tests the fit of a pretty pair of Blochs...

Shannon's first response was "This feels amazing!"

Malinda getting support for her first releve, while Madi and Sarah watch...

Shannon rolls over nicely onto pointe, with help from an Empire Dance fantastic staff member!

For all the girls, it was fun to either relive the memories of being fitted for their first pointe shoes, or to have a taste of what is in store for them if they continue to work hard...:)