Development Programs
Introduction:
The Development Programs are open to students by invitation only. If you have not received an invitation, and you are interested in joining, please phone the studio (393-2623) and speak with Andrea Simpson-Fowler.
The Feater Family Development Program offers more classes per week and more performing opportunities throughout the year at such venues as the Rendezvous Festival, School Tours in the Spring, Extremely Moving Youth Society’s annual fundraiser Go Nuts! Student Choreography Showcase, and an additional evening of performance as part of our year-end recital Dancing Through Life.
Dancers in the repertory program can also prepare to audition for Extremely Moving Youth Society’s Pre-Professional Program for students in grades 7-12 who wish to pursue a professional career in dance. For more information about the Pre-Professional Program, visit www.leapingfeats.com or email your enquiries to extremelymovingyouth@northwestel.net.
Repertory Program
The 2011-12 dance season, Leaping Feats will offer six different levels of the Repertory Program:
Rep 1, 2 and 3 attends Ballet, Jazz and Repertory class.
Rep 4 attends Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary and Repertory class.
Rep 5 attends Ballet 2x per week, Contemporary, Jazz and Repertory class
Teen attends Contemporary, Jazz, and Repertory class and may also attend optional Ballet classes.
Aims of the Repertory Program:
Repertory Time Commitments:
Repertory 1/2: 4.0 hours per week + performances & tech rehearsals
Repertory 3: 4.5 hours per week + performances & tech rehearsals
Repertory 4: 6.0 hours per week + performances & tech rehearsals
Repertory 5: 7.5 hours per week + performances & tech rehearsals
Repertory Teen: 4.5 hours per week + performances & tech rehearsals
Clothing Requirements for Class:
Other Commitments:
Shows at the Yukon Arts Centre:
All Repertory Program Students are required to attend at least 1 professional dance performance presented at the Yukon Arts Centre. Dancers can obtain a youth pass there, which allows them to purchase tickets for $2. It is important for dancers in the Repertory Program to see professional dancers perform, as it gives them a sense of what a good performer is. The more strong performers they see, the better their own performance quality will become. Students are required to remember dance exercises from class to class so that they are confident when working in class.
Make-up for missed Repertory classes:
All Repertory Program Students are required to remember all choreography given in repertory class from week to week so that rehearsal time is used most efficiently, and the class is not held up by the instructor having to re-teach previous weeks’ choreography. Students are responsible for learning any missed material (due to absence) or asking for extra help if they need it. Students can request the assistance of fellow dancers or their teachers. Teachers are available for a fee of $35/hour, in addition to studio rental. The studio may be rented for $20/hour for students interested in using the space or doing their own choreography. A parent/or adult will be required to accompany that child to the studio.
Cypher Citizens Program
BYS’s Cypher Citizens Program offers more classes per week and more performing opportunities
throughout the year at such venues as the Rendezvous Festival, one School Tours, Extremely
Moving Youth Society’s annual fundraiser Go Nuts! Student Choreography Showcase, and an
additional evening of performance as part of our year-end recital Dancing Through Life.
This program is also the training ground for Pre-Professional Breakdance Crews such as
Groundwork Sessions, and the newly formed crew, Commando Kings.
In the 2011-12 dance season, Breakdancing Yukon Society will have 4 teams of Bboys-Girls
Beat Street- 2 mandatory classes
Freshest Kidz - 4 mandatory classes
Wild Style- 4 mandatory classes
Krush Groove - 4 mandatory classes
Aims of the Cypher Citizens Program:
This program is designed for those dancers interested in pursuing breakdance as an advanced artist
and to develop Breakdance Crews capable of performing and competing across Yukon and Canada at a National level.
Dancers are taught the following:
As dancers grow through the program they are involved in:
Cypher Citizens Time Commitments:
Beat Street- 2 hours/week
Wild Style - 5 hours/week
Freshest Kidz- 5 hours/week
Krush Groove - 6 hours/week
Required Dance Clothing & Supplies for Cypher Citizens
Please make sure your student has all of these items for his/her classes and performances, and
assist them to arrive at the studio a few minutes early for each class with everything they need.
The first week of classes begins on Monday, August 29th.
The Development Programs are open to students by invitation only. If you have not received an invitation, and you are interested in joining, please phone the studio (393-2623) and speak with Andrea Simpson-Fowler.
The Feater Family Development Program offers more classes per week and more performing opportunities throughout the year at such venues as the Rendezvous Festival, School Tours in the Spring, Extremely Moving Youth Society’s annual fundraiser Go Nuts! Student Choreography Showcase, and an additional evening of performance as part of our year-end recital Dancing Through Life.
Dancers in the repertory program can also prepare to audition for Extremely Moving Youth Society’s Pre-Professional Program for students in grades 7-12 who wish to pursue a professional career in dance. For more information about the Pre-Professional Program, visit www.leapingfeats.com or email your enquiries to extremelymovingyouth@northwestel.net.
Repertory Program
The 2011-12 dance season, Leaping Feats will offer six different levels of the Repertory Program:
- Rep 1/2 - Grades 1-3 (3 mandatory classes)
- Rep 3 - Grades 4-6 (3 mandatory classes)
- Rep 4 - Grades 4-6 (4 mandatory classes)
- Rep 5 - Grades 6-7 (5 mandatory classes)
- Teen Rep – Grades 8+ (3 mandatory + optional classes)
Rep 1, 2 and 3 attends Ballet, Jazz and Repertory class.
Rep 4 attends Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary and Repertory class.
Rep 5 attends Ballet 2x per week, Contemporary, Jazz and Repertory class
Teen attends Contemporary, Jazz, and Repertory class and may also attend optional Ballet classes.
Aims of the Repertory Program:
- To provide training that will adequately prepare children to enter the Pre-Professional Program currently offered by Extremely Moving Youth Society.
- To provide an intermediary option for dancers who want to dance more than the recreational program offers, but not commit to as much training as that offered by the EMYS Pre-Professional Program.
- To provide dancers with opportunity to perform in the community.
- To provide dancers with opportunity to work with guest choreographers. To inspire children to challenge themselves physically, creatively, intellectually, and realize their potential as dancers, choreographers, and collaborators.
- To prepare young dancers for outside competition.
Repertory Time Commitments:
Repertory 1/2: 4.0 hours per week + performances & tech rehearsals
Repertory 3: 4.5 hours per week + performances & tech rehearsals
Repertory 4: 6.0 hours per week + performances & tech rehearsals
Repertory 5: 7.5 hours per week + performances & tech rehearsals
Repertory Teen: 4.5 hours per week + performances & tech rehearsals
Clothing Requirements for Class:
- Black Body Suit with Spaghetti Straps
- Pink Ballet Tights
- Black Shorts WITH NO COLOURED BAND
- Black Jazz Pants WITH NO COLOURED BAND
- Black Jazz Shoes
- Ballet Slippers
- Sweat pants for HipHop
- Sneakers (wait till class decides what colour before purchase)
- Water bottle
- Black Shorts & Black Jazz Pants BOTH WITH NO COLOURFUL BAND
- Pink & Black tights (clean with no runs)
- Nude Coloured Undergarments
- Clean Jazz & Ballet shoes (with NO holes)
- Base, Powder, Blush, Eyeliner, Mascara, Eye Shawdow & Lipstick
- Black Body Suit with Spaghetti Straps
- Lots of Bobby Pins, Hair Ties and a Hair Net
Other Commitments:
Shows at the Yukon Arts Centre:
All Repertory Program Students are required to attend at least 1 professional dance performance presented at the Yukon Arts Centre. Dancers can obtain a youth pass there, which allows them to purchase tickets for $2. It is important for dancers in the Repertory Program to see professional dancers perform, as it gives them a sense of what a good performer is. The more strong performers they see, the better their own performance quality will become. Students are required to remember dance exercises from class to class so that they are confident when working in class.
Make-up for missed Repertory classes:
All Repertory Program Students are required to remember all choreography given in repertory class from week to week so that rehearsal time is used most efficiently, and the class is not held up by the instructor having to re-teach previous weeks’ choreography. Students are responsible for learning any missed material (due to absence) or asking for extra help if they need it. Students can request the assistance of fellow dancers or their teachers. Teachers are available for a fee of $35/hour, in addition to studio rental. The studio may be rented for $20/hour for students interested in using the space or doing their own choreography. A parent/or adult will be required to accompany that child to the studio.
Cypher Citizens Program
BYS’s Cypher Citizens Program offers more classes per week and more performing opportunities
throughout the year at such venues as the Rendezvous Festival, one School Tours, Extremely
Moving Youth Society’s annual fundraiser Go Nuts! Student Choreography Showcase, and an
additional evening of performance as part of our year-end recital Dancing Through Life.
This program is also the training ground for Pre-Professional Breakdance Crews such as
Groundwork Sessions, and the newly formed crew, Commando Kings.
In the 2011-12 dance season, Breakdancing Yukon Society will have 4 teams of Bboys-Girls
Beat Street- 2 mandatory classes
Freshest Kidz - 4 mandatory classes
Wild Style- 4 mandatory classes
Krush Groove - 4 mandatory classes
Aims of the Cypher Citizens Program:
This program is designed for those dancers interested in pursuing breakdance as an advanced artist
and to develop Breakdance Crews capable of performing and competing across Yukon and Canada at a National level.
Dancers are taught the following:
- How to work as part of a team
- Project completion
- Peer collaborations
- Community Outreach
- Realizing their identity and developing a sense of pride in who they are.
- Dancers have exposure to skilled instructors who have overcome adversity in many ways
- Dancers gain confidence through skill building, and performances, including school tours.
- Dancers gain confidence through project completion.
As dancers grow through the program they are involved in:
- Choreography
- Teaching
- Community Outreach
- Project Management
- Working as part of a team
Cypher Citizens Time Commitments:
Beat Street- 2 hours/week
Wild Style - 5 hours/week
Freshest Kidz- 5 hours/week
Krush Groove - 6 hours/week
Required Dance Clothing & Supplies for Cypher Citizens
Please make sure your student has all of these items for his/her classes and performances, and
assist them to arrive at the studio a few minutes early for each class with everything they need.
The first week of classes begins on Monday, August 29th.
- Shorts
- T-Shirt
- Sneakers (wait till class decides colour before purchase)
- Sweatpants
- Water bottle
- Knee pads
- spin Cap (opt)