VDE School for Modern Dance

Spring/Summer 2025

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6-Week Session CLASS DESCRIPTIONS:

Limitless - Dancers with Disabilities (age 12+)
Tuesdays 6:30-7:15
A class designed for dancers with physical and/or mental disabilities or impairments. This class focuses on creativity and self-expression with the added bonus of strengthening and flexibility work. This class is customized to the needs of the students and moves at the pace specific to those interests and needs.
Parents are invited to come into the classroom to observe the last 10 minutes of the last day of class.
Taught by Tessa Evans.

2nd-4th Grade Creative Dance (age 7-10)
Tuesdays 4:15-5:15 pm
Creative dance combines skill development and self-expression. Dancers will increase strength and flexibility through balance, body control, dynamics, and simple patterns through space. Dancers will apply the elements of dance: space, time, and energy. They will work in groups to problem solve and express ideas through putting movement patterns together into dance phrases.
Parents are invited to come into the classroom to observe the last 10 minutes of the last day of class.
Taught by Tiffany Childress

5th-8th Grade Creative Dance (age 10-14)
Tuesdays 5:15-6:30 pm
Dancers will learn basic modern dance technique, as well as expand creative development through improvisation and choreography. They will explore ways to express ideas using space, time, and energy, as well as increase performance skills.
Parents are invited to come into the classroom to observe the last 10 minutes of the last day of class.
Taught by Tiffany Childress
Moving with Grace - Adaptive Beginner Modern Dance for Adults (Seniors age 55+ & Adults of all ages with mobility limitations)
Wednesdays 9:30-10:30 am
This class is designed specifically to provide an adaptive approach to adults who want to learn the basics of modern dance with a specialized emphasis on creative aging through movement and self expression. A gentle-paced class for all levels that teaches basic modern dance technique, breath, and improvisation. Chairs will be available for movement adaptations.
No experience necessary. It’s never too late to discover a new passion or rediscover an old one!
Taught by Tessa Evans.