The Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia

Movement with Mommy
Ages 12 months to 28 months
A transitional class to introduce young ones to movement and the classroom experience.  This class will be full of visual, tactile and audible stimulation for everyone involved.  This is an excellent way for children and parents to socialize within our vibrant Jewish community.  Parents and children should wear comfortable clothes.

Once Upon a Toddler
Ages 28 months to 36 months
A class designed to allow younger children to develop their imaginations and body awareness through interactive story telling, dress-up and creative expression.  Students should wear comfortable clothing.

Tiny Tu Tus
Ages 28 months to 36 months
A special class designed for young dancers.  The class will touch the imagination of little ones through fairy tales and nursery rhymes, while beginning to introduce simple ballet movements.  Children should wear leotards, tights and ballet slippers.

Once Upon A Time
Designed to allow younger children to develop their imaginations and body awareness through interactive storytelling, arts and crafts, and creative expression. Students should wear comfortable clothing.

Ballet
A remarkably expressive, non-verbal art form that creates a mood or tells a story through seemingly effortless movement. The study of ballet, however, is rigorous and designed to improve body carriage and coordination. Students should wear leotards to allow the instructor to properly observe body alignment and form, and ballet slippers.  Ballet 3, 4, 5 and 6 students are required to wear solid-colored leotards and tights, and pink ballet slippers.

Tap
A rhythmic and percussive dance-form done in special shoes which augment the dance movements with a variety of sounds. Tap develops the student’s timing and rhythm and can enhance the study of other dance forms. Students should wear tap shoes and leotards to allow the instructor to properly observe body alignment and form.

Tumbling
Tumbling introduces students to basic acrobatic skills (forward tolls and bridges), while developing strength and flexibility.  As students progress, they will work towards learning more difficult tricks like back walkovers and handsprings.  Students should wear leotards with footless tights (or not tights).

Jazz
A newer dance genre than ballet and tap, jazz allows the dancer to achieve a more individualistic expression of mood and style. Students should wear jazz shoes and leotards to allow the instructor to properly observe body alignment and form.

Pre-Pointe/Pointe
To dance en-pointe is the ambition of every young ballet student. A standard of strength and technique must be achieved first, however, to be able to achieve that ambition safely and without detrimental effect to a growing body. Students will practice barre and center floor exercises in ballet slippers until the teacher feels they are ready to begin en-pointe.

Hip-Hop
A high-energy dance form done to the music of rap, R& B and pop music.  Study of the form develops the student’s sense of creative movement, rhythm, strength, and coordination.

Acrobatics
Flip-Flops:  A beginning tumbling class geared toward students aged 6-9. They will learn the basics from forward rolls to backbends to round offs and the more advanced back hand springs.  Students should wear tight fitting clothing they can move in, bare feet and no jewelry of any kind.  Long hair must be pulled back in a pony tail.

Students’ hair must be worn in the preferred bun or in a ponytail.
Parents are not permitted in the classroom.
No gum or candy is allowed in the classroom.
Make-up classes must be arranged with the teacher and dance director.
Preschool dance classes abide by the JCCNV Early Childhood school closing schedule.

Youth dance classes abide by the Fairfax County public school closings.