The Cora School for Dance, Semester 1

Fall/Winter 2011/12 Class Schedule:

September 22, 2011-February 3, 2012
Registration Begins on August 22!
Open House, September 17, 12:30-2:30pm

Click HERE for the class brochure.

To register, call 718-858-2520 or email Educational Manager, Katie Dean.

Class schedule and offerings are subject to change.

* Zumba! is a drop-in class for adults and mature teens requiring no pre-registration. Admission is by a suggested donation of $10 at the door or pay-what-you-can.

Our "PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN!" Philosophy

Cora believes that outstanding performing arts programs should be accessible to ALL interested families regardless of ability to pay. We operate on the honor policy. If you can pay our suggested rates, we ask that you do. If your family is not able to pay the suggested tuition, we allow you to name a tuition rate that you can afford. No proof of income is required and no one is turned away based on what she/he can afford. For more details or to register, contact Education Manager, Katie Dean at kdean@coradance.org or call 718-858-2520.

Suggested Tuition and Fees:

Membership Fee: To take part in our program, every family enrolling a student is required to pay a $20 membership fee, due once a year at the time of enrollment.

Tuition: PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN. NO CHILD WILL BE TURNED AWAY BASED ON WHAT A FAMILY CAN OR CANNOT PAY. Below are our suggested rates. If the suggested tuition is not within your budget, please name your own rate and that will be the tuition we anticipate from your family.

Suggested Tuition for 1 class per week or Semester 1:
Tuition only (no walkover):                $290 ($145 due per quarter)
Tuition plus walkover:                       $340 ($170 due per quarter)

PS15 & PAVE Walkover Service:

LET US PICK UP YOUR KIDS FROM SCHOOL!! For students participating in our weekday classes, Cora provides a walkover service to our studio for children who attend PS15 and PAVE Academy Charter School. Pick-up takes place from school at the following days and times:

• Monday and Tuesday: Walkover for Pre-K and Kindergarten at 2:55 pm
• Wednesday and Thursday: Walkover for 1st and 2nd Grades at 2:55 pm
• Friday: Walkover for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grades at 2:25 pm

Parents pick up students at Cora's studio at 201 Richards Street immediately following the end of the class in which the student is enrolled.

Trial Classes:

Students may take a one-time only trial class for $15. Should the student register for this class, the $15 will be deducted from total tuition and fees.

Class Descriptions

Cora offers classes in the following techniques and disciplines:

BALLET: Ballet exposes students to basic ballet vocabulary, while developing strength, proper alignment and musicality. Pre-ballet is explored in a less formal environment appropriate for very young dancers while more formal ballet classes begin at age six.

CREATIVE MOVEMENT: This blend of dance games, songs and stories uses vivid imagery to inspire children's imaginations as well as their bodies. CM draws on many movement styles and techniques and is a fun introduction to the future study of many different dance forms.

MODERN: Modern dance expands upon the more positional vocabulary learned in ballet to explore fluid, released movement qualities. Modern dance nurtures intuitive, imaginative dancers by providing a balance of technique and improvisation.

TAP: This class brings together many creative professionals that collaborate with Cora Dance to offer kids a diverse experience in the arts. Guest teaching artists in clowning, storytelling, drama, visual arts and music bring their specialties to children over four to eight week workshop periods throughout the semester.

ZUMBA!: Zumba Fitness® is the only Latin-inspired dance-fitness program that blends red-hot international music, created by Grammy Award-winning producers, and contagious steps to form a "fitness-party" that is downright addictive.

Our fusion classes:

These classes offer a blend of styles and techniques to broaden students' exposure to a variety of dance and arts experiences:

“BIG FUN DANCE”: The improvisation and structure of modern dance meets the energy of hip-hop and jazz fusion in this class designed to build technique through vigorous, rhythmic, full-bodied movement.: Each week is a blend of styles designed for a high energy dance experience that never stops!

“DISCOVER DANCE”: This sampler class offers young students the chance to sample ballet, tap and modern/creative dance vocabulary through games, stories and other activities. A fun introduction to later, more serious study in dance.

“THE WORKS!”: This class brings together many creative professionals that collaborate with Cora Dance to offer kids a diverse experience in the arts. Guest teaching artists in clowning, storytelling, zumba, drama, visual arts and music bring their specialties to children over four to eight week workshop periods throughout the year.

Click HERE for the class brochure.

To register, call 718-858-2520 or email Educational Manager, Katie Dean.

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Cora, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization which consists of the professional company – Cora Dance – and the educational arm of that company – The Cora School for Dance. Cora's programs have been supported this year by the The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, The Copper-Beech Foundation, The Brooklyn Community Foundation, The Brooklyn Arts Council/The New York State Council on the Arts Regrant Program, Michael & Cornelia Bessie Foundation, The Robertson Foundation, Materials for the Arts and by our generous individual contributors. We are proud that our programs have received community support in the areas of promotion and/or programming by Martha Bowers Dance Theater Etcetera, Red Hook Rise, PS 15, PAVE Academy Charter School, Red Hook Initiative, Red Hook Economic Development, among other generous institutions.