Basics of Ballet

Yetzabeth Perez, 3 watches the other children in the class for clues on the next dance step.

By: Story and Photos by Marny Malin |
Published: February 19, 2009

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Sandee Salcedo-Conrad teaches the basics of ballet at the youth center on Saturdays. Each class, filled with beginners to advanced, learns or refines the steps, techniques, posture and discipline of dance. Combining music to help the tiny tots in tutus concentrate, Conrad adds skipping, galloping, and pirouetting as they learn rhythm, tap, the ability to focus and flexibility.

All the weeks of practice culminate in a costumed SKIES showcase May 16 at Wallace Theater, with talents of ballet, hip-hop and tap, along with piano and drums, on display. All are welcome to the recital that starts at 1 p.m. for dance and at 4 p.m. for
music.