We hope that everyone is staying safe and healthy through this difficult time and we would like to thank you for your patience, supportive messages and kind words over the past week. We certainly appreciate having the Dance Gallery family to offer love and support to everyone!
The Dance Gallery faculty have been working to put together a plan for dancers to continue training and learning through the COVID-19 closures and disruptions. We have been extremely lucky to have such a wonderful and supportive dance community, both local and afar, to research with, gather ideas and develop the best alternative during this time. We are very confident in all of the work that we have put in that we will be able to continue supporting and teaching through this temporary shutdown. Although we don't know how long this will last, we will be revisiting bi-weekly and advising you of any changes, should they come....cross your fingers, families!
We are pleased to announce that as of Monday, March 30th, the Dance Gallery will be offering real time VIRTUAL classes to all of our DG families! Our instructors have been working over the break to adapt lesson plans and modify teaching to go online for all of the dancers!
Your dancers classes will be available via ZOOM at the REGULAR TIME of day that they would normally attend the DG. During this time, they will now simply click on a link on their device where they will see all of their fellow dancers in the class and their teacher...we love that we can keep everyone connected as best we can!
"How does this work?" you ask. Well...let us tell you! :)
You will receive an email by THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH with an attached schedule of classes. It will be in calendar format, with links under every class for that scheduled virtual class.
Simply click on the link to the corresponding class on the calendar that your dancer is in and you will automatically be welcomed into the virtual class:) Your instructor and fellow dancers will be visible to you...you can interact, ask questions, message with other dancers live...its the next best thing to being in the studio!
What do I need to do to prepare my dancer?
You will need to download the Zoom app (it's free!) onto the device that your dancer will be using during the real-time class. To sign up and for information on Zoom and live demos, click HERE.
We also ask that you clear some space for your dancer to learn in...we know that space will be a challenge for all of us, but we will be teaching from our own homes as well (we are not going into the studio as we are all self-isolating as best as we can and staying out of the sanitized studio!) so we have adapted our own lessons. We invite you to be as creative as you can during this time...use a chair for a barre, if you have an old board that you can tap on, great! If not, just tap in your runners! We ask that you prepare yourself for your real-time virtual class as close to or the same as your would a regular dance class!
Special Considerations:
For the preschool classes, we kindly ask that a parent or responsible caregiver help your little one during this class. Music will be live and the dancers will know a lot of what to do as we are very routine and scheduled, but they may find it a bit challenging to learn virtually at first. We thank you for your support!
For the PBT classes, we understand that the PBT equipment (FIT ball) is currently at the studio for most of the dancers. As we said before, we are encouraging all families to self-isolate and opening the studio is not an option at this point. In this instance, please use a couch or a bed to complete the PBT exercises where you would nornally use a ball. We will be adapting where necessary, but this is a great substitute if you don't have access to a ball!
For our Acro program, we are focusing on strength and conditioning at this time to keep everyone safe and progressing. Most dancers have paper copies of what they are working on for skills, and we are happy to supplement levels or missing booklets via email. Please let us know and we can help out! We encourage parents to keep younger siblings from "mirroring" tricks that they may see their older brother or sister do ...we want everyone safe and injury free! We will likely be teaching these Acro classes both inside and outside, so if you have access to a flat lawn, that's fantastic!
Lastly, for our dancers that have classes later at night, your instructors will be contacting you regarding the possibility of moving the classes to start earlier (possibly at 2pm) to avoid having dancers keeping other family members up at home while learning online. Stay tuned for those emails!
Teachers will be emailing out copies of your dancers year end dance music so that they can practice the choreography anytime they like! Dancers will be continuing to learn the choreography for the year end show during this time...we encourage you to keep active with your practicing and rehearsing during this temporary closure:):)
We are hoping to be back in the studio soon and we thank everyone again for their support!
Take care and stay healthy!
The Dance Gallery
The Dance Gallery faculty have been working to put together a plan for dancers to continue training and learning through the COVID-19 closures and disruptions. We have been extremely lucky to have such a wonderful and supportive dance community, both local and afar, to research with, gather ideas and develop the best alternative during this time. We are very confident in all of the work that we have put in that we will be able to continue supporting and teaching through this temporary shutdown. Although we don't know how long this will last, we will be revisiting bi-weekly and advising you of any changes, should they come....cross your fingers, families!
We are pleased to announce that as of Monday, March 30th, the Dance Gallery will be offering real time VIRTUAL classes to all of our DG families! Our instructors have been working over the break to adapt lesson plans and modify teaching to go online for all of the dancers!
Your dancers classes will be available via ZOOM at the REGULAR TIME of day that they would normally attend the DG. During this time, they will now simply click on a link on their device where they will see all of their fellow dancers in the class and their teacher...we love that we can keep everyone connected as best we can!
"How does this work?" you ask. Well...let us tell you! :)
You will receive an email by THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH with an attached schedule of classes. It will be in calendar format, with links under every class for that scheduled virtual class.
Simply click on the link to the corresponding class on the calendar that your dancer is in and you will automatically be welcomed into the virtual class:) Your instructor and fellow dancers will be visible to you...you can interact, ask questions, message with other dancers live...its the next best thing to being in the studio!
What do I need to do to prepare my dancer?
You will need to download the Zoom app (it's free!) onto the device that your dancer will be using during the real-time class. To sign up and for information on Zoom and live demos, click HERE.
We also ask that you clear some space for your dancer to learn in...we know that space will be a challenge for all of us, but we will be teaching from our own homes as well (we are not going into the studio as we are all self-isolating as best as we can and staying out of the sanitized studio!) so we have adapted our own lessons. We invite you to be as creative as you can during this time...use a chair for a barre, if you have an old board that you can tap on, great! If not, just tap in your runners! We ask that you prepare yourself for your real-time virtual class as close to or the same as your would a regular dance class!
Special Considerations:
For the preschool classes, we kindly ask that a parent or responsible caregiver help your little one during this class. Music will be live and the dancers will know a lot of what to do as we are very routine and scheduled, but they may find it a bit challenging to learn virtually at first. We thank you for your support!
For the PBT classes, we understand that the PBT equipment (FIT ball) is currently at the studio for most of the dancers. As we said before, we are encouraging all families to self-isolate and opening the studio is not an option at this point. In this instance, please use a couch or a bed to complete the PBT exercises where you would nornally use a ball. We will be adapting where necessary, but this is a great substitute if you don't have access to a ball!
For our Acro program, we are focusing on strength and conditioning at this time to keep everyone safe and progressing. Most dancers have paper copies of what they are working on for skills, and we are happy to supplement levels or missing booklets via email. Please let us know and we can help out! We encourage parents to keep younger siblings from "mirroring" tricks that they may see their older brother or sister do ...we want everyone safe and injury free! We will likely be teaching these Acro classes both inside and outside, so if you have access to a flat lawn, that's fantastic!
Lastly, for our dancers that have classes later at night, your instructors will be contacting you regarding the possibility of moving the classes to start earlier (possibly at 2pm) to avoid having dancers keeping other family members up at home while learning online. Stay tuned for those emails!
Teachers will be emailing out copies of your dancers year end dance music so that they can practice the choreography anytime they like! Dancers will be continuing to learn the choreography for the year end show during this time...we encourage you to keep active with your practicing and rehearsing during this temporary closure:):)
We are hoping to be back in the studio soon and we thank everyone again for their support!
Take care and stay healthy!
The Dance Gallery
