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Jessica Epting (she/her) received her classical ballet training on full scholarship at the Omaha Academy of Ballet under the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), and the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) training methods.
...Read moreJessica Epting (she/her) received her classical ballet training on full scholarship at the Omaha Academy of Ballet under the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), and the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) training methods.
Mrs. Epting performed with Creighton University’s Company of Dancers, Omaha Modern Dance Collective, and Central Dance Theater. In 1995, she founded En L’Air Dance Academy in Omaha, NE where she served as the director and master teacher for six years. She has served as a principal faculty member teaching classical ballet at Omaha Academy of Ballet (Omaha, NE), Metropolitan Ballet Theater (Rockville, MD), Ballet Royale Academy (Columbia, MD), NewDance (Rye, NY) Ballet Hispanico (New York, NY), Ballet Arts (Pelham, NY), Boden Performing Arts Center (New York, NY) and The D’Valda and Sirico Dance Centre (Fairfield, CT). She is currently on the teaching staff at Broadway Dance Center’s Children and Teen Program (New York, NY). In 2013 Mrs. Epting founded Mott Haven Ballet where she serves as a principal ballet instructor.
Mrs. Epting teaches as a guest master teacher for such conventions as Broadway Dance Center’s Teacher Workshop, Dance Teacher Web Conference, and International Teachers of Dance.
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The class is fun and dynamic within an encouraging and challenging atmosphere. The class will provide a welcoming and friendly environment, with individualized instruction and attention, systematically designed to promote progress for each dancer.
This level will provide a strong basis in ballet technique, correct body alignment and posture, an introduction to French ballet terminology as well as ballet classroom etiquette for students of all dance styles. Basic ballet is suitable for the novice dancer with very little previous experience, or for the student who wants to refine their technique at a basic level.