Youth Ballet Technique

Details

Session: Fall 2026
Chapter:  Phoenix
Location:  CYT Studio
Time:  6:05pm - 7:00pm
Day:  Tuesday
Starts:  07/21
Ages:  8 - 12
Tuition:  $125.00

** Registration begins June 1, 2026 at 10:00am

Description

Ballet Technique Intensive
Ages 8–12
Refine your strength, grace, and precision in this focused ballet intensive designed for dancers ready to elevate their technique and artistry.
Throughout this 10-week training experience, dancers will strengthen the foundational skills that support all styles of dance while developing greater control, alignment, flexibility, and musicality. Each class will focus on intentional technique training through barre work, center combinations, across-the-floor progressions, and performance quality exercises designed to help dancers grow in both discipline and confidence.
Students will work on:
  • Ballet terminology and classical technique
  • Proper alignment, posture, and placement
  • Strength, flexibility, and body control
  • Musicality and movement quality
  • Turns, extensions, and technical precision
  • Performance presence and artistry
  • Building healthy habits for long-term dance growth
Whether students are preparing for pointe work, strengthening their technical foundation, or looking to grow as versatile performers, this class offers focused training in one of the most essential disciplines of dance.
Strong technique creates confident dancers—and beautiful artistry begins with strong foundations.

Teacher:


Haley Conte

Haley Conte holds a BS in Entrepreneurship with a minor in Dance Education, and an MPA in Nonprofit Management from Grand Canyon University. In addition to studying dance techniques and teaching principles, she had the opportunity to perform in GCU’s Ethington Dance Ensemble in works by both faculty and guest artists. Before attending GCU, Haley enjoyed dancing competitively and then furthering her training at Walkerdance Ballet Theater’s conservatory style program in North Carolina. She is trained in ballet, pointe, contemporary, jazz, and tap and has had the privilege of studying under master teachers in festivals and master classes at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts’, and Broadway Dance Center in New York City. In addition to multiple performance credits, Haley has been teaching dance and choreographing for 16 years. Haley is excited about teaching the next generation of artists and strives to provide an atmosphere in which her students are challenged to grow in their art form, as well as individuals.

Location:

13832 N 32nd St, C136, Phoenix, AZ 85032