Arianna picked out her favorite steps and wrote them on her dance cube. She then rolled her cube and read and performed her steps. She also created shapes with Christmas lights and practiced her leaps. She listened to the story of Nutcracker and we compared the two Nutcracker stories we read.

Today Arianna shared her favorite dance moves and wrote them on a white board die. She then played a game where she rolled the die and did that move. She also read the names off the die when it was rolled.
Together we read the story of the Nutcracker and she shared her favorite parts of the story.
She then made jingle bells and was a reindeer leaping over the houses. She used straight legs and arms as a reindeer.

Today Arianna played a few frames of crazy faces. The focus was on having fun and letting go, being able to go With the flow. Arianna then listened to the story of the Nutcracker and then watched the sugar plum fairy dance.

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Today Arianna was a little sad from the playground so we explored activities to help us breath through movement. We blew bubbles and popped them with our body parts. We listened to calming music and used balls to sooth the arches and legs.

Arianna used a die for her ballet warm-up today. I brought in a music box for her to observe today. Arianna was a little tired so we watched a quick video of a Rockette performance and the Nutcracker.
After she watched the Nutcracker clip she performed battemente kicks like the wooden soldiers.
In jazz class she learned jumping into straddles and rolling. We added that step to a new Santa dance.

Today Arianna warmed-up with jazz warm-ups and used the balance board to help her concentrate. She practiced her leaps and basic jazz steps.

Arianna worked on all the jazz concepts she has learned up to this point as well as pivot turn.
She practiced chasse ballchange, jazz square, step dig, chinne turns, battemente kicks etc. She watched the Broadway version of "Its a hard knock life" and the movie version. We ended today's session with relaxation.

Arianna had two friends join us today for class. She did an amazing job showing off her ballet and jazz warm-ups, positions and steps. She was focused the entire class.

Arianna wanted to start with jazz today. She was very focused and stayed on timing through her jazz warm-ups, stretching and strengthening activities. She practiced step dig across the floor, saute jette (leaps) and kick ballchange. She learned a combination to Dance in the Dark and practices it 3 times.