Pre-Ballet (3 Years Old)
This class is an introduction to dance and movement for a three year old child. Students will learn basic ballet, musicality and coordination through creative play. Students must have ballet slippers. A parent or caregiver will need to be on site during class.
Ballet + Tap (4 - 5 Years Old)
This combination class is an introduction to basic technique in ballet and tap for four and five year olds. Students will learn basic steps, musicality and coordination through classroom exercises and creative play.
Students must have ballet shoes and tap shoes for this class.
Fall to Winter Dance Registration
There is no recital for the Fall Dance Program. All participants who are enrolled in the Fall Dance Program will receive an email notification to register early for the Winter Dance Program, which includes a Spring Recital. To qualify for early registration, you must be registering for the exact same class as enrolled in for the Fall Dance Program (same time, day, instructor).
Meet The instructors
Mackenzie Hanna
Ms. Mackenzie has worked with children of all ages as a teacher of both dance and Spanish. She has danced on her high school dance team. She has danced and choreographed with Miami University’s Vision Dance company in college, the theater company SNAP! and New Vision Dance Company. She also created and coached a dance team at a high school for three years. She has been teaching dance with Bexley Recreation for several years.
Jennifer Zmuda
Ms. Jen has a Masters of Fine Arts with a Choreographic Emphasis from the University of California, Irvine and a Bachelors of Fine Arts with a Teaching Emphasis from the University of Utah. She also completed the ABT® Teacher Curriculum Training for Pre-Primary through Level 3. Alongside her teaching role at the Bexley Recreation Department, she serves as the photographer and filmmaker for BalletMet and owns a media production company, Jennifer Zmuda Photography.