School Year Schedule (August 20, 2018 – May 25, 2019 )
Please contact us to schedule a placement class. Scroll down for the full description of our classes and calendar of holidays.
Ages 11 – Adult 
- Monday 6:00 – 7:30 pm, Ballet Technique, Jarina
- Monday 7:30 – 8:00 pm, Intermediate Pointe, Jarina
- Tuesday 6:00 – 7:30 pm, Ballet technique, Diogo
- Wednesday 6:00 – 7:30 pm, Ballet Technique, Aaron
- Wednesday 7:30 – 8:15 pm, Male Rep, Aaron
- Thursday 6:00 – 7:30 pm, Ballet Technique, Jarina. Enrolled students only!
- Thursday 7:30 to 8:30 pm, Variations, Jarina
- Friday 6:00 – 7:30 pm, Ballet Technique, Grace
- Friday 7:30 – 8:30 pm, Beginner Pointe, Grace
- Saturday 9:00 – 10 am, Pilates, Gretchen
- Saturday 10:00 – 11:30 am, Ballet Technique, Jarina
- Saturday 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, Big Gay Ballet 8 Weeks Workshop, Aaron
- Saturday 12:30 – 1:30 pm, Ballet Partnering, TBA
- Saturday 1:30 – 3:00 pm, Contemporary Forms, and Improvisation, Becky
ATTENTION! Class placements are subject to evaluation by the class instructor. Please contact us to schedule a placement class.
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Ballet Technique: An intermediate ballet class for students who have mastered the basic technique and want to expand their ballet vocabulary. Please contact us to schedule a placement class.
Adult Beginner Ballet Class: Open class to all who would like to experiment with ballet!
Pointe Class: A dancer needs a strong ballet technique for pointe work. These classes will build on the fundamentals dancer already has. Please contact us to schedule a placement class.
Partnering: Female and male students in this class will learn to dance together including lifts, turns, and promenades. Must have instructor approval to participate. Male dancers can take this class for free!
Contemporary Forms + Improvisation
photos courtesy of New Dialect
Designed to build a healthy balance of strength and flexibility in the body, while improving overall stability and increasing range of motion, this class will teach dancers to move in and out of the floor with fluid efficiency. Technique exercises are inspired by Laban/Barteneiff Fundamentals, Cunningham Technique, and Banning Bouldin’s Flooring/Falling/Sliding syllabus.
Improvisation tasks will set the tone for the class, giving participants the space to research the body’s natural energetic directions and to try on various dynamics and coordination. These tasks will influence the approach to any technique exercises. Phrase work is often accompanied by improvisation tasks designed to stimulate imaginations and open new movement possibilities.
Dancers will be encouraged to discover new ways of thinking about and embodying known and rehearsed forms.
Contemporary workshop: For Pre-professionals and adults alike. We will spend an hour working on contemporary choreography with professional dancer Kellis Oldenburg. Please arrive warmed up or take the ballet class before the workshop to ensure you are ready to dance. This one hour class does not include warm-up.
Click here to get more information on our collaboration with the Tulane Dance Clinic
PRIV
ATE LESSONS & CHOREOGRAPHY
All of us at Live Oak are interested in developing new artists in New Orleans. Taking privates is a great way to move ahead in a short period of time, but privates are not a substitute for a regular group class. For this reason, private classes are a privilege of students participating in classes at Live Oak Dance. To schedule a private with one of our faculty please contact Jarina.
HOLIDAYS & IMPORTANT DATES (2017-2018 school year)
Please note: Scheduled studio closings are not missed opportunities for class, as they are not part of the class schedule. Under no circumstances will students be given discounts for scheduled studio closings listed here as they are part of our enrollment agreement.
- August 6: Student Enrollment Period
- August 20 – First day of classes
- October 31- No Classes, Halloween
- November 19 to 24: No classes, Thanksgiving Holiday
- December 22 to January 5: No Classes, Winter Break
- February 27 to March 6: No Classes, Mardi Gras Break
- May 24: Last Day of Classes and Dress Rehearsal
- May 25 and 26: Spring recital, end of the school year classes
- May 27 to 31: No Classes, Summer Break
- June 3 – 28: Summer Intensive Period
Dress Code
Ladies:
- Any solid color leotard
- Pink or black tights
- Pink leather ballet shoes (Please double knot string and cut off excess.)
- A ballet skirt or shorts may be worn
Gentleman:
- Solid white T-shirt
- Black dance pants
- Black leather ballet shoes (Please double knot string and cut off excess.)
Beginner adults trying ballet class for the first time may wish to wear yoga or other movement-friendly sportswear for their first class along with socks instead of ballet shoes.
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