New
classes beginning in March, 2012 in West Asheville!
APPALACHIAN
CLOGGING 101:
Tuesday
evenings from 5:30-6:30
March 6th-April 10th
Sliding scale: 6-week session for
$60-$100
Class
description: Come prepared to have a lot of fun learning the
basics of this wonderful dance style! With clear, step-by -step
instruction and lots of encouragement and humor, you will be
making music with your feet in no time at all. "Dance is
music made visible." -George Balanchine
CLOGGING
FOR KIDS (AGES 6-10):
Tuesday
evenings from 4:45-5:15
March 6th-April 10th
Sliding scale: 6-week session for
$40-$70
Class
description: An adventure
in dance for the younger set! Kids will learn the
fundamentals of clogging, strengthen their natural connection to
the music, and explore rhythms through fun games. All
that is required to be part of this high-energy class is an
interest in dancing and willingness to learn! Older kids are
welcome in the adult classes.
CAPE
BRETON STEP DANCING:
Monday
evenings from 7:30 - 8:30
March 5th-April 9th
Sliding scale: 6-week session for
$60-$100
Class
description: Explore the driving rhythms
and beautiful style of this percussive dance from Cape Breton
Island in Canada. No experience is necessary. All of the steps
will be clearly broken down and you might amaze yourself with
the exciting footwork and choreography you have mastered by the
end of the six-week class.
Now
accepting private students and small groups at a sweet, little
studio in West Asheville!
MANDOLIN
BEGINNING
GUITAR
BEGINNING
UKULELE
CLOGGING
CAPE
BRETON STEP DANCING
RHYTHM
TAP
IRISH
STEP DANCING
OLD
TIME BAND
SINGING
WITH AN INSTRUMENT
DETAILS:
You can
take individualized lessons or create a custom class with a small
group of your friends, co-workers, or random people who share your
love of music and dance! Private lessons are $35/hr or
$20/half hour. Small group rates vary depending upon the
size of the group. Please contact me with questions, to ask about
barter/sliding scale, or to sign up: ellie@gracefamilymusic.com
or (573) 239-0430
INSTRUCTOR:
Ellie
Grace grew up performing professionally as part of her family band
and now carries on her family's tradition in music and percussive
dance. Ellie is an
experienced and patient teacher (having taught at camps, schools,
studios, and festivals across the country for over twenty years). Several years ago, Ellie left Missouri where she was running her own
school of music and dance and headed to Western North Carolina.
Since her arrival here in the mountains, she has been on
faculty as a percussive dance instructor at the University of
North Carolina at Asheville, led Twistycuffs (a Cape Breton step
dance troupe), and continued to tour and teach nationally and
internationally with several bands (Leela and Ellie Grace, Dirk
Powell Band, Blue Eyed Girl) and dance companies. Though
still young, Ellie nonetheless has a lifetime of experience to
offer, delivered with joyful energy and humor.
With
questions, please contact:
ellie
"at" gracefamilymusic.com or (573)
239-0430
