Si View Metropolitan Park District
Si View Metropolitan Park District

Si View Dance Program

The Dance Program at Si View 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. Dance classes are taught by experienced instructors: Emmy Fansler, Phoebe Raftery, Tempest Chase, and Emelia Ricchio.

Dance classes are formatted as limited viewing. Parents will be invited in to watch the week of October 23rd. If you have a special guest in town or you just want to check in on the class, please talk with the instructor and they will do their best to accommodate you.

No classes are currently scheduled on 10/31, 11/10, 11/21, 11/23, 11/24. If any classes are cancelled due to /weather/instructor illness, we will do our best to reschedule classes.

Fall Season Dance Program

Fall Season Preschool Dance Classes

Age 6 & Under Monthly Dance Classes Join the fun in dance and movement with Miss Emmy! Our classes are designed for children ages 6 and younger. Classes are scheduled for monthly sessions in February, March and April to allow for ultimate flexibility.

Creative Dance

Come join the fun and make new friends! This class will give dancers, boys and girls, creative opportunities to enhance coordination and balance, learn dance movement and technique and explore their independence. Dancers have the option to perform in our end of season showcase, sharing all that has been learned with family and friends is a great confidence builder and tons of creative fun! This is a child-only class.

Me & Mine

Do you AND your child love to move together? Bring them with you to connect, play, and explore music and movement in a fun and encouraging environment.

Intro to Hip Hop

Hip Hop is a fun, popular style of dance for boys and girls. Join the fun in Into to Hip Hop with Miss Tempest for fun, free-style movements to cool tunes. This introductory preschool dance class is designed for children ages 2.5 to 4. Classes are scheduled for short three-week sessions for ultimate flexibility.

Introductory Dance Classes

Beginner Jazz

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.

Beginner Contemporary

Contemporary dance fuses the strength and technique of ballet with elements of modern dance. Movement emphasises the use of gravity, momentum, moving on and off balance, and suspension to express with the whole body.

Beginner/Intermediate Hip Hop

Hip Hop is a fun, popular style of dance for boys and girls. In this class we will be focusing on establishing a good body rhythm and learning basic to intermediate pop choreography. Students will start learning how to control spins, perform leaps and learn choreography to top 40 pop singles.

Beginner/Intermediate Ballet

Our ballet 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.

Dance Combo I

This combo class for ages 4-6 provides a great opportunity to explore a diversity of dance styles. Come have fun experiencing the multiple disciplines of Ballet & Jazz. Great for beginning dancers.

Dance Combo II

This combo class for ages 7-9 provides a great opportunity to explore a diversity of dance styles. Come have fun experiencing the multiple disciplines of Ballet & Jazz. Great for beginning dancers and/or continuing dancers.

Fall Season Youth Dance

Teen Hip Hop

Hip Hop is a fun, popular style of dance for boys and girls. This program provides the more mature dancer with a higher level of technical, rhythmic, spatial and strength challenges. We will focus on choreography and expression, all the while keeping an emphasis on the joy of dance.

Teen Contemporary

Contemporary dance fuses the strength and technique of ballet with elements of modern dance. Movement emphasises the use of gravity, momentum, moving on and off balance, and suspension to express with the whole body. This teen class provides the more mature dancer with a higher level of technical, rhythmic, spatial and strength challenges. We will focus on choreography and expression, all the while keeping an emphasis on the joy of dance.

Teen Ballet

This program is for 11 and up. It provides the more mature dancer with a higher level of technical, rhythmic, spatial and strength challenges. We will focus on choreography and expression, all the while keeping an emphasis on the joy of dance.

Teen Combo

This class is for the teen who wants to try a little of everything! In this class, we will learn elements of ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, modern, salsa, and musical theater.

Fall Season Advanced Dance

Pointe

Pointe is the art of dancing on one’s toes. This takes strength, proper alignment and required proper footwear. Dancers must take Teen Ballet beforehand and receive instructor permission.