Dance
BPAS offers a diverse dance program for all ages and ability levels, with emphasis on technique. Each individual discipline. i.e.: ballet, jazz, tap, modern, etc. focuses on a specific teaching method or syllabus designed to properly educate the student through a progressive process.
Our ballet syllabus derives from the School of Paris Opera Ballet (the origin of ballet), where our Modern is Graham-based from legendary modern dance pioneer, Martha Graham. Both programs are taught by instructor Elizabeth Halajian (graduate of world famous Interlochen Center for the Arts boarding school in addition to having a BFA from Butler University in Dance).
The Jazz and Tap programs are both taught by Broadway Veteran Kirk Sprinkles. Both disciplines encompass a variety of styles and teaching methods; Jazz includes Classical Jazz Technique (Joe Frisco) and styles Theatre Dance (Fosse, Jack Cole, Jerome Robbins, Michael Bennett, etc.), Tap classes incorporate tap technique barre (Henry LeTang), rhythm tap and Broadway styles.
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