Academy Year 2020 – 2021
Registration is ongoing throughout the year! All levels are in-person. Make sure you follow the dress code and read our COVID-19 Guidelines for Children’s Program.
Ballet Virginia’s children’s program is a young dancer’s perfect introduction to ballet. We instill a love for dance in our students and provide the necessary tools for success. This is where our dancers “learn how to learn.”
— Registration & Class Times —
Classes held in Norfolk and Virginia Beach:
Dance with Me
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Ages 18 months to 3 years with an adult
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45 minute class focuses on group work, following directions and fostering a love for dance
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Learn the fundamentals of movement and musicality with games and props
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Build coordination
Pre-Ballet 
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Beginning at age 3
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45 minute class
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Improve listening skills and ability to follow directions
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Gain confidence in their ability to move in different ways
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Understand spatial concepts; develop motor skills
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Builds coordination and basic ballet vocabulary
Beginning Ballet
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Ages 4 to 5
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1 hour class teaches students to love moving to music
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Improve listening skills, concentration and ability to follow directions
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Gain confidence in their ability to move different ways
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Introduces barre work while gaining strength, flexibility and agility
Ballet A
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Ages 5 to 6
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1 hour class improves listening skills, concentration and ability to follow directions
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Gain confidence in their ability to move different ways while learning basic ballet vocabulary
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Gain strength, agility and flexibility
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Understand spatial concepts
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Develop fine motor skills
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Understand basic body placement and expand barre work
Ballet B
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Approximately age 6 to 9
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1 hour class improves listening skills and ability to follow directions
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Gain confidence in their ability to move different ways while learning basic ballet vocabulary
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Continue building strength, stretch, agility and flexibility
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Understand spatial concepts
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Develop fine motor skills
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Understand hip rotation and basic placement
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Instill a strong work ethic and learn basic steps and barre work
Tap 1
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Approximately ages 5 to 9
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1 hour introductory class
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Maintains the discipline and focus of Ballet Virginia’s ballet program
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Allows the young dancer to explore rhythm through movement
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Awareness of music and musicality is greatly enhanced which is key to the dancer’s training
Musical Theater for Kids
- Approximately ages 7 and up
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Maintains the discipline and focus of Ballet Virginia’s ballet program
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Allows the young dancer to explore acting and singing
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Acting skills are important part of a dancer’s performance artistry.
Adaptive Dance Class
- Approximately age 5 to 11
- 45-minute ballet based movement class for children with special needs
- High quality, engaging instruction will foster coordination, self-confidence, musicality, fitness and personal growth
- Allows for exploration of movement, spatial concepts, group work, and self expression in a supportive, positive and fun-loving environment
- Learn more
- Fill out an intake form to begin the registration process for adaptive dance