Anna Marie Dance Studio - dance instruction, dance teachers, dance schools - jazz, tap, ballet. Wilmington, Delaware, DE
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Dance is a way of life, and the way of life for the Anna Marie Dance Studio since the school was established by Anna Marie Leo in 1951.

Five decades have been devoted to building a reputation for excellence, with an uncompromising dedication to the idea of providing highest quality dance education.

Studio Policies

Students will be placed with respect to individual potential and proficiency by the directors of the school.

Please know that students progress a different rates. Therefore, students may not always be placed with the same classmates.

Regular attendance is essential for progress in dance education. It takes twice as long to teach a child who is repeatedly absent.

All students are requested to arrive to class on time. A late arrival is extremely distracting to the teacher and to the class.

Please notify the studio by phone if a class has to be missed or if you're unexpectedly detained.
The Anna Marie Dance Studio has become known and honored across the country for its comprehensive dance curriculum.

The studio offers its aspiring professional dancers the best opportunity in Delaware to develop the skills, experience and discipline which are the foundation for building a professional career in dance.

The school also maintains a commitment to offer children and adults alike a variety of courses designed to provide all levels with the benefits of physical and aesthetic expertise which only dance can provide.

Anna Marie's goal, by keeping the high standards and growth potential as top priorities, is to provide personal attention and professional dance instruction.

The Anna Marie Dance Studio, in Wilmington, Delaware, has a nationally respected teaching staff supplemented by visiting guest teachers and choreographers who add to the dancers' education.

Anna Marie is proud of her many students and their accomplishments as they bow own studios of their own, along with careers on Broadway. Disney, Las Vegas, TV, and World Cu rises.

                                


Dress Code, Tap and Ballet Shoes

Kinderdance I & II:
Black leotard, pink tights, pink ballet shoes.


Girls

Intermediate and Advanced
Ballet Class & Pointe Class:
Any style black leotard, pink tights, pink ballet slippers. No Warm-Ups.

Intermediate and Advanced Tap Class:
Any style black leotard, black tights, black jazz pants, black tap shoes. No street black pants - they must be regulation jazz pants.

All Jazz Classes:
Same as above with tan colored slip-on jazz shoes.

Lyrical Class:
Any style black leotard, suntan tights, tan colored slip-on jazz shoes.

Musical Theatre Intermediate and Advanced:
Same as Jazz classes.

Hip Hop:
Appropriate street clothes with sneakers. 		  Levels I - IV Combination Ballet & Tap:
Any style black leotard, pink tights, pink ballet
shoes, black tap shoes. No skirts.

Boys

Ballet:
White tank top, black tights, white socks, white ballet shoes.

Jazz - Tap - Lyrical - Musical Theatre -- Intermediate and Advanced:
White T-shirt, black jazz pants (No street black pants - they must be regulation jazz pants), tap shoes or jazz shoes.

Students must wear the proper dance attire in class for uniformity and must wear the proper shoes for safety.

Girls must wear their hair in a bun for all ballet classes. Pony tail for jazz or tap. No loose hair down.

The following clothing IS NOT acceptable in class: T-Shirts, sweat shirts, sweat pants, shorts, or bikers. The instructor needs to see the students' body lines to assure correct alignment.



Ballet Shoes

All students are required to wear one of the following ballet shoes:

Bloch     #S0205 or Split Sole

Students will not be permitted to take class in any other ballet shoes. Shoes that are from a department store, or a regular shoe store are unacceptable. Because:

  • They have no arch

  • They do not bend

  • The toes are extremely hard.


    • It is impossible for the ballet teacher to work with your child's feet in those kinds of shoes.

    Should your child arrive in an incorrect ballet shoe, the teacher will point that out to you and will request that the child be provided with the proper shoe for the proper training.

    We ask that you abide by this requirement.

    Tap Shoes

    Bloch 'Merry Jane' #S0352G Tap Shoe

    Important Notice Regarding Children's Tap Shoe Requirements

    The Brandywine Dance Shoppe will be carrying the following required tap shoes for our children. It's called the Bloch "Merry Jane" #S0352G or the "Merry Jane" S0352L (L begins at size 4).

    This shoe has an adjustable buckle and comes in Narrow, Medium and Wide.

    Please please!! Do not put your child in tie shoes or shoes with elastic,. Last year was a disaster!

    If your child comes in with incorrect shoes you will be asked to change them. So Please have Miss Anna Marie or Miss Bonnie check them before wearing them in to class.

    I would appreciate you abiding by this requirement.

    Thank you,

    Miss Anna Marie

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    The Anna Marie Dance Studio 1800 Naaman's Road, Wilmington, DE USA (302) 475 - 3949