New Classes
Due to having so many students on waiting lists, we have added new classes at our Albemarle and Locust studios. If these classes work better for your schedule, please let us know. These additions have also allowed us to free up some space in the previously full classes. Please check the ‘schedule’ page on our website for available class space.
We are now accepting registration for all new classes
Albemarle Additions: (classes began Sept. 18)
Tuesday 7:30-8:15 - afro-caribbean
Thursday 5:30-6:15 – ballerina princess
Thursday 6:15-7:00 – rising stars ballet
Thursday 7:00-7:30 – rising stars tap/jazz
Locust Additions: (we hope to begin these classes Nov.1)
Monday 4:15-4:45 – toddler creative mov’t
Monday 5:00-6:00 – ballet/tumble (4-7yr olds)
Monday 6:10-6:55 – ballerina princess
City Youth Ballet’s Nutcracker
Our resident youth ballet has begun rehearsals for their 2008 production of ‘The Nutcracker’. Those of you who attend the Albemarle studio will begin seeing sets and costumes filling the space. Our production of the Nutcracker has hundreds of costumes and props, a full size sleigh, grandfather clock and a Christmas tree that grows to forty feet tall. Professional dancers will join our cast of over sixty dancers, ages six and up and numerous parent and technical volunteers. We will present three shows to the public plus three shows to local school children. Our last Nutcracker production was seen by over four thousand audience members from all around the region. This year’s production is planned to be the best yet. We will be studying the story, choreographers and composers of this timeless ballet in our dance classes soon. We encourage you to support these dancers and parent volunteers in this huge project.
Show Dates : Dec 5, 6 – 7pm & Dec 7 -3pm
Dress Code
Here at AAD, we do have a dress code. Students should be dressed in their appropriate class color leotard. Ballet students should wear pink tights and pink ballet slippers. Tap and Jazz students should have the appropriate shoes, as well. Tumbling students should be in a leotard and bare feet. Dancewear is designed to allow the instructor to view body alignment and make necessary corrections. Hair should always be pulled away from the face in a pony tail or ballet bun. Even short hair should be pulled back in clips in order to keep it off the face. Stray hair is distracting and dangerous.
Meet your teacher
We will focus on two of our staff members during each of our monthly newsletters.
Joining the staff as a preschool and elementary dance and tumbling instructor is Amy Hawkins. Miss Amy was born and raised in the mountains of North Carolina. She studied under the instruction of Resi Dolbee and Laura Roper. She then continued her education and practice of dance at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Amy holds a BA in management with a concentration in Leadership and a minor in mathematics. Amy comes to AAD with four years of teaching experience in jazz, tap, ballet and jazz. “I hold the art of dance very close to my heart. It’s a passion and an unconditional love. One of the most rewarding things as a teacher is to help a student develop that same love and passion for dance.”
Nicole Ross has been dancing for 23 years. After studying at AAD, she has studied dance and theatre at North Carolina School of the Arts, North Carolina Governor's School, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, at Dance Central under Mary Ann Mee, at Shakespeare's Globe Theater in London, and at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. Mrs. Nicole also holds a Bachelor's of Arts in English from UNCC and is currently working on obtaining her Paramedic certification. She also teaches English at South Stanly High School. Nicole resides in Concord with her husband James and her daughter Alicia, age three.
