Adult Dance class

aging gracefully with Ballet

Location: 106 S. Austin St. - The ROcc

in the randall ewing kemper hall

 The Barre:

We will warm up with barre work. Barre includes low impact, flowing, movements. Barre moves slowly and progressively. Posture is key.

You will develop long and lean muscles which have flexibility and strength. The teacher will help spot small adjustments in alignment to be made, and as a result mobility will increase.

Stretching:

We will do a combination of ballet, Pilates, and yoga stretches to increase our flexibility and stamina.

Center Work/Moving Across the Floor:

Center work is the apogee of the ballet class - we put everything together. We travel across the floor, turn, and jump. You will get a full body workout and release stress through dancing.

Students should listen to their bodies and modify movements wherever needed. 

We will take bathroom and water breaks throughout class.

Attire is any workout wear/yoga/dance clothing. Ballet slippers, jazz shoes, or socks are recommended for this class.

Come age gracefully with us!

We will offer 1 adult class:

Adults | Mondays 10:30AM-12:30PM

Most Mondays, September 9th, 2024 - April 28th, 2025

Actual dates: (Sept 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct 7, 21, 28 Nov 4, 11, 18 Dec 2, 9, Jan 13, 27, Feb 3, 10, 24, March 3, 17, 24, 31, April 7, 14, 28)

24-day package $480 for members | $520 for non-members

12-day package $275 for members | $300 for non-members

1- day package $25 for members | $30 for non-members

Our goals for the Ballet classes hosted at Rockport Center for the Arts this fall are to engage and educate children and adults in our community through an appreciation, understanding, and respect for the art of classical ballet. Poised in a vibrant arts community, adults and children in our ballet classes have the opportunity to experience ballet and understand this evolving and exciting art form. Students take classes in ballet technique, music for dancers, dance improvisation, choreography, and the apogee of the class is a public performance in the new Rockport Center for the Arts Conference Center. During the show, students demonstrate their knowledge of ballet technique and classical repertoire including Swan Lake (1877), The Nutcracker (1892), The Firebird (1910), and Stars and Stripes (1958) to name a few. During the process of learning these ballets, students are exposed to the rich history and production elements of each ballet: its music, the composer, choreographer, character analysis, and costume design. The benefit of ballet classes to humans is the opportunity to practice creativity, social skills, emotional expression, communication, problem solving, critical thinking, and collaboration. The benefits to families include that these skills can be developed and strengthened right here in Rockport without having to travel very far for classes. We are committed to providing ballet education that instills discipline, confidence, and skill development in the art of ballet. We look forward to seeing our local adults and children perform in more ballet productions in the future and see them transfer these skills to other parts of their lives: school, family, and their community. 

About the Instructor:

Holly Waxman danced professionally with Ballet West, Oklahoma Festival Ballet, Utah Ballet, Western Arkansas Ballet, Antelope Valley Ballet, Corpus Christi Concert Ballet, Corpus Christi Ballet, and as a guest artist across the United States. She has danced as The Firebird in George Skibine’s Firebird, Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Liberty Bell in Balanchine’s© Stars and Stripes Pas de Deux, Second Violin in George Balanchine’s© Concerto Barocco, and “The Osage Variation” from The Four Moons by Miguel Terehkov. Ms. Waxman performed in Jonas Kåge’s Swan Lake, Willam Christensen's Coppèlia, George Balanchine's© Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Ben Stevenson's Cinderella, and Airs, by Paul Taylor to name a few. Mrs. Waxman toured internationally with Oklahoma Festival Ballet in Clermont-Ferrand, France, Avignon, France, and Eisenstadt, Austria. From 2006-2013 Ms. Waxman was a full-time Professor in Ballet at the University of Oklahoma where she taught classes in ballet, pointe, dance history, and coordinated the Saturday Youth Class and SummerWind Ballet Camp. She has taught dance for ZACH Theatre Performing Arts School, Any Given Child program (Kennedy Center for the Arts), American College Dance Festival, Texas State University, and Texas A&M College Station where she was an Artist-in-Residence in 2011. She has taught dance for the Any Given Child program (Kennedy Center for the Arts), the American College Dance Festival, and Texas A&M College Station where she was an Artist-in-Residence in 2011. Her choreography has been presented at the Sooner Theatre, the University of Oklahoma, and Michigan State University. She has coached dancers in Fandango by Antony Tudor, Reflections by Gerald Arpino, Les Biches by Bronislava Nijinksa, The Nutcracker by Mary Margaret Holt, Camouflage by Ben Stevenson, The Firebird by Miguel Terekhov, and Who Cares? by George Balanchine©.  Ms. Waxman began taking ballet classes at the age of 4 with Roquemore Ballet Arts and continued with Munro Ballet Studios and the Corpus Christi Ballet. She studied with the Boston Ballet School, as a full scholarship student with the Houston Ballet Academy and the Paul Taylor Dance School in New York, STEPS on Broadway, and Ballet West Conservatory. Ms. Waxman holds an MFA in Dance from the University of Oklahoma where she was a Foundation Fellow and BFA in Ballet from the University of Utah. Mrs. Waxman is thrilled to be partnering with the Rockport Center for the Arts to bring classical ballet to the beautiful Rockport, Texas community.

Attire is any workout wear/yoga/dance clothing. Ballet slippers, jazz shoes, or socks are recommended for this class.