Dance with the Best
We are excited to announce our 2019-20 class schedule is now available! Registrations are now open as well. You can view the full class schedule here and register for classes online here or by calling us at 970-472-4156. Thank you and happy dancing!
Canyon Concert Ballet currently has two Jazz 1 classes, taught by Ms Cassie and Ms Jacqueline. Learn more about this fun dance class!
Class Description: Students will be exposed to basic jazz dance technique and its fundamentals. This class will include the following structure: a warm up (body isolations, stretching, proper posture, and lower body movements). Across the floor will introduce students to jazz step sequences and traveling movements that will build their dance vocabulary. At the end of class students will learn a short piece of choreography to build on their memorization and performing skills. This is a 2 year level and is equivalent to students in Ballet 3.
Ms Cassie: My favorite song in my Jazz 1 playlist is San Francisco by The Mogli’s because it is upbeat yet lighthearted.
Ms Cassie: I began as a teachers assistant in high school and have been teaching my own classes for almost a year now.
Ms Cassie: I would like people to know that jazz is an amazing style of dance for self-expression and freedom while also building technique, strength, and flexibility! Whenever I took jazz at my studio when I was younger a more confident version of myself came out which was very important being that I was very shy and I hope I can bring that out in my students as well.
Jazz 1 happens Tuesdays at 4:30pm at the Conifer Studio with Ms Jacqueline and Wednesdays at 4:30pm at the Harmony Studio with Ms Cassie. Register for Jazz 1 class today!
Canyon Concert Ballet currently has a Find Your Style dance class, taught by Ms Alta. Learn more about this fun dance class!
Class Description: This class is divided into sections to explore all genres of dance and learn the basics each technique has to offer. The genres included are Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Contemporary, Modern, Hip Hop, and Musical Theatre. This is a great class for young children ages 5-7 that wish to explore all styles of dance. Equivalent to Ballet 1 & Pre-Ballet 3.
Come to Canyon Concert Ballet, at 1031 Conifer Street, on Thursday, August 9th for Master Classes with Grace Gallagher! No need to register, drop-ins are welcome.
Beginning/Intermediate Level Contemporary/Jazz: 4:15-5:45pm
Intermediate/Advanced Level Contemporary/Jazz: 6:00-7:30pm
Cost: $20
Raised in Hickory Corners, Michigan, Grace Gallagher started her training with basic jazz, ballet, tap, and contemporary movement forms. Upon graduation of high school, Grace went on to attend Arizona State University, where she trained in modern and urban dance technique. After earning her BFA, Grace went on to live in New York City where she spent her time interning and training at Broadway Dance Center.
Shortly after, Grace decided to try out the commercial scene in Los Angeles. She was accepted into the Edge Performing Arts Center’s rigorous scholarship program. Upon completion of the program, Grace was hired by Edge to help kickoff their kids program. Recognizing her passion for teaching and choreography, Grace made the decision to leave the commercial dance industry to pursue a career in dance education.
Grace went on to earn her MFA in Dance along with her K-12 teaching certification from Arizona State University. Over the past three years, Grace has taught countless master classes, workshops, conventions, and set work at over 40 colleges, high schools, and studios across the country while continuing to grow her Phoenix based dance company, gracegallagherdance. Grace premiered her first evening length work, CONSequence, in May 2014 and her second evening length work, 40 Love Letters, in April 2015, both at the MonOrchid Gallery in Phoenix, AZ. In November 2015, Grace debuted her third work, JUXTAposition at the Margaret Gisolo Theatre in Tempe, AZ. Her latest work, RE late premiered on November 18, 2016 at the MonOrchid, North Gallery.
In addition to producing her own evening length shows, her work has also been recently shown at Nasty Woman|Phoenix Unite, Hope for Haiti Benefit, Artel PHX, Phoenix Center for the Art’s Beta Dance Festival, Breaking Ground Dance Festival, and Studio 3D for Halo Movement Collective’s 2nd showing of Underland: White Nightmare. Grace recently returned from touring Germany with America’s Got Talent runner up, The Silhouettes (10/17-03/18).
