Dance Theatre
This is a great introduction to dance and theatre for both boys and girls. Learn the basic steps of jazz, hip hop and ballet while moving your body to the beat. Stretch your muscles and your imagination as you enjoy a class of fun and increase your creativity and coordination!
Pre-Ballet
Come twirl and skip like a ballerina. This fun beginners class will offer the foundation for ballet. Students will learn ballet positions and build strength while making new friends dancing. Great for developing coordination and confidence.
Ballet
These classes focus on the basic ballet vocabulary, emphasizing correct alignment. Barre-work, adagio and petite and grand allegro build strength and grace in a non-competitive encouraging environment. Grace, style and ballet discipline will continue to be mastered.
Jazz/Lyrical
Learn jazz steps and across the floor movements while developing a personal sense of artistic expression. For the more advanced students they will contribute to choreography and advance their performance skills.
Combo Dance Classes – Ballet, Tap, Jazz & Hip Hop
Provides a great opportunity to explore a diversity of dance styles. Have fun experiencing the multiple disciplines of tap, ballet, jazz & hip hop. Please see the chart to the right for the different combinations of multiple disciplines in one class!
Intermediate Tap
This class will polish our basic tap skills while adding new steps and rhythmic combinations. This class will focusing on technique, sounds and form. From time steps to riffs, this class is guaranteed fun!
Hip Hop
Open to boys and girls who enjoy moving to the groove and getting funky. This class emphasizes fundamentals in balance, weight transfer, coordination, isolations, visualization, self-confidence, and flexibility. They will be applying all the skills they learn through choreography. This class serves as a wonderful class for students who have a lot of energy.
Pointe
More than just an advanced ballet class. In classical ballet when a dancer uses special shoes (called pointe shoes) to dance ‘en pointe’ (on their toes) they have reached a new level. This is for the serious intermediate/advanced student. Only those who are found qualified be the teacher can participate.
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Meet our Instructors
Sara Werner
Ms. Sara lives in North Bend with her husband and 3 children. Sara has been building and nurturing the dance program at Si View over the past 7 years and enjoys watching her students grow as dancers and young children. Sara started dancing at the age of four and has stayed active in dance ever since. Sara is entering her 15th year of teaching youth dance in ballet, jazz, tap and musical theatre. She has also taught drama at the Village Theatre and worked for the City of Renton for 5 years teaching dance and drama. She has choreographed many youth musicals all over King and Snohomish counties. She has performed over the years in Seattle, San Diego, Los Angeles, and London.
Sara graduated with a bachelor's degree in Performing Arts from Evergreen State College and also studied at Cornish College of the Arts and San Diego State University. This school year Sara will be teaching at two area pre-schools bringing creative movement to class time. Sara is truly living out her dreams by working with young students and brings the joy of the arts into their lives.
Cristie Coffing
Cristie Coffing earned
her degree in Physical
Education, Dance
and English from
Central Washington
University, then
attended Reed
College. She has
trained with such
masters as; Armgard
von Bardeleben, Pat Graney,
Bill Evans, Leslie Watanabe, Penny
Hutchinson, Greg Lizenberry, Shirley Jenkins, and Erica
Angelakos. She has been performing since 1979 and
teaching since 1984 and has danced professionally
with Winnie Chapin Young & Co., Erica Angelakos &
Associates, Mary Sheldon Scott and many independent
choreographers. She has been seen on stage in
various productions, including; Dancing at Lughnassa,
Barefoot in the Park, Lie of the Mind, West Side Story,
Dial M for Murder and Dracula.
She currently works
with Theatre Black Dog and is Theatre Director of Reach
for the Sky July while writing her own plays and novel.
She continues to study ballet and tap and teach dance
on the eastside. One of her joys has been teaching
creative movement at the Mt. Si Montessori for the past
20 years. Dance, theatre, art, that’s all there is to it.
Jenna Crisafulli
Jenna Crisafulli started dancing in 7th grade and she has never looked back! Beginning her dance career at REACH Eastside Performing Arts (formerly The Center for Dance), she has trained in jazz, hip hop, ballet, modern, lyrical and tap, transitioning from student to teacher within three years of being with the studio. In addition to dance, she worked as an instructor at Gymnastics East starting in 2003.
Also a member of two well known hip hop dance crews, Kongatious Performing Company (captain since 2010) and the BAD KIDS, she has performed regularly at numerous venues since 2009. She is happy to be able to follow her passion for dance and hopes to encourage others to do the same.
Si View’s Dance Program offers a high level of
professional instruction with a strong emphasis
on technique, fitness and fun. Each student
receives individual attention, initiating the joy and
appreciation of dance and music. We allow each
student the freedom of creative expression in a
nurturing and motivating environment designed to
enhance self-esteem.
