Learn to connect story with expression in the very popular contemporary technique infused with flavors of ballet and jazz.
Learn to connect story with expression in the very popular contemporary technique infused with flavors of ballet and jazz.
Dress code: Girls – Any solid color leotard, solid black snug-fitting jazz pants. Dance Paws or similar. Boys – Solid color t-shirt, solid black snug-fitting jazz pants.
Ruth Jevarian, a professional ballet and Armenian folk dancer, opened Star Dance Studio in 1950. The studio was located briefly in the Haight Ashbury district before it was moved to the Inner Sunset.
Ruth’s students loved her — she was talented, creative and taught all forms of dance, including ballet, tap, jazz, acrobatics plus Armenian and other types of folk dancing.
Her students performed around the city at special events, hospitals and senior centers, sharing the joy of dance with their audiences. She retired in 1974 and turned the studio over to her daughter, Micky Powell, the current school director.
Micky has managed the studio for the past 40+ years, and the school has flourished under her direction. Her daughter, Julie, taught at the studio for many decades and remains involved in helping the school thrive.
For 70 years, Star Dance Studio has brought joy to thousands of children and adults. The lovely studio at 300 Moraga Street is dedicated to the memory of Ruth Jevarian.
The Broadway style of dance with students stretching and doing “across the floor” exercises (turns and leaps).
Contemporary stems from modern, jazz and ballet dance techniques. This form often utilizes: modern dance’s emphasis on the torso and use of improvisation, jazz dance’s focus on grounded/rhythmic movements and ballet dance’s attention to controlled legwork and lines.
Contemporary II (Senior) dance classes are offered for all levels, modern classes begin as a creative movement with both classical and contemporary technique being introduced as students advance.
A physically demanding Contemporary class that incorporates technique, floor work, and efficient release and strengthening.
This technical dance class is a weekly dance class designed to explore the contemporary and modern dance world. Previous dance experience is required.
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