The Journey in Each MEMDT Student’s Development

Introductory Stage (Ages 2-7) are our youngest students when they first venture outside their family. Our faculty/staff work closely to build self-awareness, personal esteem, and confidence in social interaction with others.

Skills include:

• Fundamental Movement

• Body Awareness

• Musicality

• Creative Expression

     Recommended Classes:

• Creative Movement

• Pre-Ballet, Tap & Tumble

• Ballet, Tap & Tumble

• Kindercombo

• Primary Tap/Ballet/Jazz

     Performance Opportunities:

• The Nutcracker starting at age 6

• Experience MEM Dance Theatre

Intermediate Stage (Ages 7-11) are students who learn discipline and cultivate the tools to organize and take responsibility.

Skills include:

• Technical Proficiency

• Exposure to Choreography and Performance Productions

• Musical Interpretation

• Flexibility and Strength

      Suggested Junior and Intermediate Classes:

• Acting I – Theatre Basics

• Ballet

• Tap

• Jazz

• Modern

• Lyrical/Contemporary

• Hip Hop

• Acro

      Performance Opportunities:

• The Nutcracker

• Sharing the Arts Together

• Experience MEM Dance Theatre

• Trainee Division of MEM Dance Company

Pre-Professional Stage (Ages 11-18) are students who enter the most challenging and exciting phase of their development in building a lifetime awareness of good exercise, strong mental health, and the importance in how best to present themselves when applying for assistantships, internships, summer intensives, and college admission.

Skills include:

• Technical Mastery

• Multiple Performance Roles

• Using Choreographic Skills

• Artistic Interpretation

• Oral and Written Communications

Suggested Advanced Classes:

• Acting II – Advanced Acting

• Ballet

• Tap

• Jazz

• Modern

• Lyrical/Contemporary

• Hip Hop

• Acro

     Performance Opportunities:

• The Nutcracker

• Sharing the Arts Together

• Experience MEM Dance Theatre

• Trainee, Apprentice and Pre-Professional Divisions of MEM Dance Company