May 30th Cinderella Rehearsal...

We will hold rehearsal for Cinderella, the Stepsisters, and the Stepmother on Friday May 30th from 7:15 - 8:30 pm. This Spokane rehearsal will be in costume, to work out costume changes before our Sat. group rehearsals. See you there! See Miss ZJanine if you have questions about your role or your choreography...:)

Upcomings rehearsals!

Cinderella Rehearsal – In studio

Sat., May 31…

This is a full cast rehearsal (except for the mice, who are still a little young)

Check your paperwork for your performance date, and you will know when you are dancing!

12:00 – 12:55 Cast A - for our first performance, the matinee of June 14th

1:00 – 1:55 Cast B - for our second performance, the evening of June 14th

2:00 – 2:55 Cast C - for our third performance, the matinee of June 21st

3:00 – 4:00 Cast D - for our fourth performance, evening of June 21st

Please note: This is a fun rehearsal, and although not required (we know Saturdays are busy, so only soloists are required to attend) it is a wonderful time for the little ones to watch “the big girls” dancing close up, and see how rehearsal creates a beautiful performance. They learn a little more about how a story ballet is put together, about entrances and exits, and the importance of staying with their own group. Please bring your child dressed in normal dance attire with hair up, and please note, that at rehearsals, any color leotard is acceptable. Please remind your child to stretch and warm up (plies, tendues, releves) on their own, as this is not done during rehearsal.

Important note: Please bring your dancebags into the studio, as in order to make studio traffic easier, we will have students enter through the usual door, but exit out the “staff only” door, once a parent is seen outside. To make it easier for parents retrieving children, all traffic will be “one way”, so please don’t leave anything out in the observation area, as you won’t be able to exit that way.

Qustions? Please see Miss Janine!

Congratulations to Kylie, Kaiti Bri, Nic, Julile and Amanda, our Inland Northwest Ballet upper level students who recently auditioned and were accepted into the advanced divison at Evergreen City Ballet. Miss Janine and Miss Kaiti took the students on a road trip earlier this month from Spokane to Seattle, and spent our time at the audition, as well as attending the company performance of Swan Lake that evening. We are proud of our hard working dancers!

Remember, Spring Break is coming up...We do not have class during the week of March 31st through April 7. Miss Janine and the our staff says "Get outside and enjoy the sunshine!" :)

Rehearsal will be held on Sat. March 15, and March 22 from 1:00 - 2:30 for the following soloists...

Stepsisters
Stepmother
Fairy Godmother
Level IIIB...optional! :)

There will be no rehearsal held on Sat. March 9th, or Sat., April 5th.

Fairies should know all, or almost all of your solos by now*, so no rehearsal will be held this month. Keep rehearsing on your own, so that you will be polished next month, when we all rehearse together with the Hours!

* Except Winter, we will wait for you to heal to finish your choreography! :)

Cute things our dancers have said...

Note: Some names have been changed to protect the parents :)

We look like a “Nake”!... Katelynn, describing the girl’s crooked line, when not yet able to pronounce her “s”.

Madeline, in wondering why her little friend did not stand up when the instructor asked, said “Whats the matter, Kaelynn, is your tush glued to the floor? She didn’t really say “tush”, but you get the idea.
“I’m alredy “abracked”... Madeline, when Miss Janine asked if the girls can “abracadabra” their feet into 1st position.

We need some “flirt scuffers”... “Princess Jim”, wanting some dancers to help fluff tutus. What’s a flirt scuffer?

“I understand that cows get pink eye too”... Laina, making an absolutely out of the blue comment made during imagination dance.

“They’re not togethering”... Elizabeth, when asked what is wrong with the instructor’s feet (as she stood with them slightly apart).

“It was siscusting!” ...Stephanie, after first seeing men dancing in tights, while attending the Nutcracker Ballet.

“My dad has a belly like that!” ... Anonymous :), when shown a Santa Claus belly and asked if that looks pretty.

“Linda?”... Kaitlin, when asked the name of the white swan in Swan Lake…um, close, the correct answer is Odette.

“Bloom like a flower to “yo fifth”…Anastasia, when leading the class in blooming to “low 5th". Maybe hip hop is her true calling?

When asked what she had just done (after having performed a pas de bourree”), Bethany said “I pas de bourated”. Hmmm…is that really correct French?

Sometimes the girls will perform an arabesque with their heads down, (rather as if smelling there armpits). When Miss Janine joked with little Madelynn, asking “How do your armpits smell, Maddy?” She replied “Like sugar!”.

On another occasion, little Maddy announced to the class that her parents were going on vacation to Costa Rica and leaving the kids in a kennel (Um…she was confused).

Soloist Rehearsals...

Our next two rehearsals for soloists will be held on Saturday, March 8th, and Saturday, March 15th. The rehearsals will take place between 1:00 - 2:30, please arrive at least 15 minutes early to warm up. Remember, in order to learn new choreography, you must have polished what you have already learned first! See you then! :)

President's Day!

Remember, as always,we DO have class on President's Day. If ever in doubt, check your annual Spokane studio calendar that was sent home in September, or our calendar on our website, or the latest news section of our web site for information regarding closures!

Hip Hop Dance Party!

Saturday in Spokane, we had a hip hop get together complete with fnky get ups and fun music, and our little hip hoppers danced their hearts out! Miss Kaiti Bri taught some fun new moves, and of course, the circle dance at the end was the highlight! Oh yeah...and the yummy frosted cupcakes that turned everything pink! What fun!

No soloist rehearsal Saturday...enjoy your long weekend!

For level IV - V...No soloist rehearsal in Spokane this Saturday...but make certain you review on your own so that you are prepared to dance the full length of your solo the following weekend, including extrances and exits!

Our delicate little ballet dancers...aren't they sweet?

Just a note regarding your performance participation form, and your theatre fee, which were due Jan. 31st. If you were not able to turn it in due to the snow closures, you may turn it in any time this week! The performance participation form lets us know who is performing, and how you would like your child's name spelled in the program. Both very important!

The theatre fee helps us to pay for the Spokane theatre rental, wages for the theatre director and a light and sound crew, backstage managers, rentals or purchase of backdrops, rental or purchase of sets, cost of creating and printing programs, cost of music and neccessary compilation, wages for staff to choose and coordinate costumes...also including unpacking, sorting, and then preparing them to be passed out, solving costume crisis' (mostly due to late orders...yikes!), create letters of communication regarding performance, printing of letters and performances docs, postage for the same when neccessary, wages for rehearsal time for all staff, etc. etc. etc. Whew! This does not include the jelly belly treats or roses for all performers, they are a gift from Miss Janine. We are happy to say that we recently checked around, and found that our theatre fee is the lowest in Spokane. :) Thank you for getting your fees in on time!

If you have any questions, please see Janine, Susie, or Cheryl!

Snow Day Make Ups!

As noted in your student guide, when Mead does not have school, we do not have class at our Spokane studio. If you would like to make up your missed class, you may do so at the time below. If these times don't work, just ask. We have more, just most optimal class is listed.

Mon. classes –
3:00 May attend Tues. at 2:15 or Thurs. at 3:00
3:45 May attend Fri. at 3:45 (or Sat. at 9:30 w/ Miss Kaiti)
4:30 Make-ups will be held in the form of Sat. rehearsals later on
5:30 May attend Wed. 3:45 or Thurs. 3:45
6:15 May attend Wed. 6:15, Tues. 3:45 ( a little easier) or Thurs. at 4:30 (harder)
7:15 Make ups will be held in the form of Sat. rehearsals

Tues. classes –
10:15 May attend Wed. at 3:00 (or others, just ask!)
11:00 May attend Wed. 2:15 (or Sat. 10:15 w/ Miss Kaiti!)
2:15 May attend Mon. 3:00 or Thurs. 3:00
3:00 May attend Wed. 2:15
3:45 May attend Thurs. 3:45, or dance party Sat. 12:00 - 1:00 w/ Miss Kaiti!
4:45 May attend Fri. at either 4:40 or 5:30
5:30 May attend Thurs. at 5:30 or Sat. 10:15
6:15 May attend Wed. 4:45 w/ Miss Janine, or Hip Hop on Fri. at 5:30
7:00 and 8:00 Steph will schedule Sat. classes

Wed. classes –
2:15 – May attend Tues. 11:00 or Tues. at 3:00
3:00 - May attend Tues. at 10:15 (or Sat. 10:15 w/ Miss Katie)
3:45 - May attend Thurs. at 3:45 (or Tues, at 3:45, a little harder)
4:45 - May attend hip hop on Fri. at 5:30 or Thurs. tap at 6:15 w/ Miss Kaiti
5:30 - May attend Mon. at 3:00 (or Sat. at 10:15 if have tap dance experience)
6:15 - May attend Mon. 6:15, Tues. 3:45 ( a little easier) or Mon. at 4:30 (harder)
7:15 - May attend Fri. at 6:15 (or Tues. 3:45, a little easier)

Thurs. classes –
2:15 – May attend Mon. 3:45 or Fri. 3:45
3:00 - May attend Mon. 3:00 or Tues. 2:15
3:45 - May attend Tues. at 3:45 (Ry/Jae level III)
4:30 - Make up classes will be held with Sat. rehearsals later on
5:30 - May attend Sat. at 10:15 or Tues. at 5:30
6:15 - May attend Wed. at 4:45 or hip hop Fri. 5:30 (both w/ Miss Janine)
7:15 - Make ups held in the form of Sat. rehearsals

Fri. classes -
3:45 May attend Mon. 3:45 (or Sat. 9:30 w/ Miss Kaiti!)
4:30 May attend Tues. 4:45,or dance party Sat. 12:00 - 1:00 w/ Miss Kaiti!
5:30 May attend Tues. 4:45,or dance party Sat. 12:00 - 1:00 w/ Miss Kaiti!
6:15 May attend Wed. 7:15

Sat. classes
9:30 May attend Mon. At 3:45 or Fri. at 3:45
10:15 May attend Tues. 11:00 or Wed. 2:15
11:00 Class will be made up by going longer for the next three weeks

What happened to global warming?

Wow, when it began snowing a couple of weeks ago, who would have thought it would have amounted to all this snow, and a week off of Spokane school, and therefore, dance lessons! We really missed all of you last week, and can't wait to begin dancing again! If you would like to make up the class you missed last week, see the make up schedule on our next post!

One note: Many of you called during the week to see if there were dance lessons. Please note that in your student guide it reads "If Mead School District cancels school due to heavy snow or extreme temps, we do NOT have class. If you are not involved in the Mead School District and would like to be placed on our call list, just let us know, and we will be happy to call you if we do not have class". Keep this in mind for the future!