- Dance Classes & Music Lessons
- 310.406.1730
Author: Liliana
Dear Dance Company Families,
Thank you for the incredible commitment, time, and energy you and your dancers pour into SDM. Our company teams are the heart of our studio.
We wanted to let you know that you will be invited to a
Private EXTRA Early Pre‑Registration window STARTING MONDAY MARCH 9th
before VIP Pre‑Registration opens to all current families on Monday March 16th. All current team and company dancers are welcome to register for classes even if for whatever reason you will not be joining our team or company classes next school year.
Keep an eye out for your Pre-Registration packet (with your recommendations, and next school year’s schedule) that will be coming in the mail starting the week of March 9th, however, you will recieve an email in your inbox on March 9th as well.
Once VIP Pre‑Registration opens for all current students on March 16, you may still add or adjust classes through your SDM student registration portal.
Auditions Are Only Required for the Following:
– Auditions are not needed for most teams and Ballet companies, families can just sign up for a team.
– Auditions are needed for dancers seeking additional roles in our Ballet Company for Pointe Int I & above. This will take place Saturday May 30th 2:45-4:15pm at AVI
– Auditions are needed for all Jazz competition-focused dancers. Current Pre-Elite dancers auditions will take place May 29th 6:45-8:45pm at AVI. All other current and new dancer auditions will take place May 30th from 4:30-6:30pm at AVI
– Auditions for Hip Hop competition- focused dancers will take place May 28th from 8:20-9:20pm at AVI
Note for Competition‑Focused Company Dance Families
Technique and choreography levels may shift after auditions at the end of May. Families can add the “choreo” classes needed after auditions and change their technique classes as well if needed.
Commitment
– We would love to have everyone part of one of our teams or ballet company, however, teamates count on each other, so if you cannot attend all required performances and dress rehearsals please be considerate of others and choose to not join for our following school year. We want to support you in your dancing! We would be thrilled to continue working on your technique in our classes for those of you auditioning for high school dance teams! However, out of dedication and respect for your fellow dancers, our teams and ballet company require a primary commitment, our rehearsals and events must take precedence over all other extracurricular activities.
Note for All Teams
– For all company teams, all requests for solos, duets, trios, and small groups must be submitted by auditions May 30th. This allows us to plan casting and choreography within the category and level limitations set by competitions. In addition, we must have all final routine requests confirmed no later than May 30 so we can complete competition registrations accurately.
– Private lessons may be taken for choreography and for technical traning. They may be take in addition to classes or substitute a required class. Please be sure to let us know when, where, and with what teacher you would like to request for the following school year so we can best schedule everyone at the closest preferred times.
– All solos, duet, trios and small group REQUESTS MUST BE MADE BY MAY 30th. This includes all competitive solos, duet, trios, and small groups for Hip Hop, Jazz, & Ballet and includes all regular and all ballet competitions.
Note on Elite Team
– At auditions, Elite dancers will request how many routines they would like to compete in for the upcoming year. Keep in mind you will see in the schedule you will recieve next week the following choices will include: Thu 8:10 Jes- Sun 12:30 Laurn Tue 5:35 Reb & Sun 11:30 Jes. Again, If you are planning to request a particular duet, trio, or small group with a particular teacher, please let us know before May 30th.
– Large Group participation is an expected part of the Elite program and is considered a required routine. Rehearsals will be held on Wed at 8:05 w Jess and may occasionally include weekend practices. We understand that dancers have school, family, and other activity commitments. We will review conflicts case‑by‑case and do our best to accommodate those that truly cannot participate.
Work Study Program
Those dancers that would like more information about our “work study” program, please email Liliana@schoolofdanceandmusic.com directly. We ask that students are 16 years of age, however there may also be opportunities for those that are younger high school students at a minimum Pointe Beg level. Work study program is offered during our school year (not in the summer) and could range from minimal one hour or class a week to more. It may include assisting classes, helping at shows, and other tasks needed at the studio : )
Thank you again for being part of the School of Dance & Music and for trusting us with your dancer’s growth. Please reach out with any questions you may have!
General Dance company page link
www.schoolofdanceandmusic.com/dance-company
Detailed company info 26-27 page link
www.schoolofdanceandmusic.com/team-company-details
Sincerely,
Liliana and Dan Galitzen…and our amazing SDM Staff
A Special Note specifically to our Ballet/Tap/Jazz 5-7yr old students:
It is almost show time! Our June Dance Recital is being held on June 6th-8th at the Redondo Performing Arts Center (1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd, Redondo Beach, CA 90278).
We wanted to send your specific group a few reminders for those with us in past recitals :
Your dancer has graduated from our “Jr. Showcase” (for younger classes) and is now performing in our “Mini Show” format.
The “Mini Shows” last between 45-60 min and run 1 group after the other like a usual dance show (not in 10 minute segments like the “Jr. Showcase”)
Last, reminder to avoid lines on the day of the show and to avoid the extra $5 surcharge, please purchase your tickets ahead of time (schoolofdanceandmusic.com/tix). All tickets are non-refundable so please do not lose your tickets (the wristband is good for the entire weekend) as there are no replacements for them. New tickets will need to be purchased if you lose them. You can also find our show program for the weekend at : schoolofdanceandmusic.com/showProgram
Thank you and enjoy the show!
Hello SDM Family!
Reminder – This week – Monday December 9th thru Saturday December 14th, dance classes will be performing their informal holiday dance to all of their family and friends to watch with their IN STUDIO performance! We will be ‘zooming’ the first 2 run throughs for those that would like to watch (beginning 20 min before class end time). Then we will invite any in-person guests to watch the last 2 run throughs. Due to limited space, please do not bring more than 2 guests to watch from inside the studio.
Please help us make this experience fun and amazing for all by taking a moment to read the tips below. Also remember to call us if you have any questions at all!
Dancer Tips – Wear anything festive but keep it dancewear please : )
Family Tips – Tell your family and friends to zoom in the last 20 minutes of class. The students will perform the routine 4 times (2 times for zoom then 2 times for in-person) so everyone should be able to catch 1 or more of these LIVE performances 🙂
Please see your class end time(s) below and the zoom Meeting ID so you can zoom in and watch!
– SEE YOUR TEXT MESSAGE FOR YOUR SPECIFIC ZOOM INFO LINKS –
* To watch online go to : zoom.us/join on your computer browser or app and type in the Meeting ID listed above for your class.
Thank you & Happy Holidays!
Liliana, Dan & our aMaZiNg staff
School of Dance & Music
310-406-1730 (call)
310-406-1725 (text)
Happy Tuesday SDM families! We hope you received some extra love yesterday for Valentines day! If not, don’t forget that everyday is a great day to give (and receive) some ♥ Please see below some important dates and reminders for your dancer…that we would LOVE you to read 🙂
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Attention All Dancers :
Don’t forget! All dance classes will be putting on an ‘In-Studio Sneak Peek Performance’ during our upcoming Spring Dance Parent Observation Weeks (March 7th – March 12th AND May 31st thru June 6th).
What? The students will be performing some or parts of the routines they have been working on (4 times) so that if there are siblings at the same time, families will be able to watch all of their dancers involved.
Where & When? The last 20 minutes of each student’s regular dance class time, day & location from March 7th – March 12th and again the week of May 31st – June 6th.
How? One member of each family may come into the studio to watch in-person while all other family members and friends are welcome to watch their dancer for this special ‘Sneak Peek Week’ via ZOOM. The zoom.us meeting ID’s and passwords will be emailed to all students the week before.
Dancewear Reminders! – If you already purchased any of the ‘In-Studio Performance’ attire for this past winter in-studio show make sure to wear it! This was optional – so for those of you that did not, you are welcome to wear something aqua or light blue, or white for our Spring Themed “Blue Skies” for all of our ballet jazz and tap classes and all black for our hip hop classes! We may also have more ‘In-Studio Performance’ attire available for purchase at the studio, however we are limited to whatever we currently have available since it has been challenging receiving dancewear this year from our suppliers.
In addition to the In-Studio Performances our school puts on, a big end of the year Dance Recital at the beautiful Redondo Performing Arts Center is held the weekend of June 11th & 12th (with our Dance Company Shows performing June 10th). It has been 2 years since we have been able to come back at to the theater after 2 years of our garden shows. This June we will be keeping a similar show format for our recital weekend which will decrease our standard audience size which used to be over 1000 guests (with a 75min show) to under 100 guests where you will only stay to watch your groups on stage performance.
All dance students enrolled before Nov 6th were guaranteed a spot in our optional year end Dance Recital. At registration, every dance student was placed to participate in the recital unless otherwise noted. All classes perform in the June recital except for Mommy & My, 2 ½ – 3yrs, and technical classes including older ballet classes that meet multiple times per week.
You are welcomed to buy as many tickets as you like which will allow entrance for the entire weekend. Tickets are $20/guest and may be purchased online (link and more info coming soon).
For those students that are scheduled to perform in the End of Year June recital – You will be emailed your personalized recital details before next Monday February 21st.
Please don’t hesitate to give us a call or visit with any questions you may have!
Sincerely,
Liliana, Dan & our aMaZiNg staff
School of Dance & Music
310-406-1730
Hi SDM Families!
Starting this coming Monday December 6th thru Saturday December 11th, dance classes will be performing their holiday dance to all of their family and friends to watch via zoom! In addition, up to 1 parent per dancer will be allowed at a time to watch from inside the studio.
Please help us make this experience fun and amazing for all by taking a moment to read the tips below. Also remember to call us if you have any questions at all!
Dancer Tips – If you did purchase any of the ‘In–Studio Performance’ attire make sure and wear it! This was optional – so for those of you that did not, you are welcome to wear something aqua or light blue, or white for our winter snowflake theme for all of our ballet jazz and tap classes and all black for our hip hop classes. You can either participate and perform with your class from home via zoom or at the studio.
Family Tips – Tell your family and friends to zoom in the last 20 minutes of class. The students will perform the routine 4 times so everyone should be able to catch 1 or more of these LIVE performances 🙂
Please see your class end time(s) below and the zoom Meeting ID so you can zoom in and watch!
— PLEASE SEE YOUR EMAIL for your STUDENT’s Class Zoom Meeting ID info —
* As a reminder – If you are not already zoom pro’s by now… you just go to : zoom.us on your computer browser or app and click on “Join A Meeting” and type in the Meeting ID listed above for your class.
** The password to join ALL virtual classes for students and families this week is : dance
**** Here is a link as well to the related ‘2021 Wrap-Up’ email sent 11/30/2021 : https://schoolofdanceandmusic.com/2021-wrap-up-email/
Thank you & Happy Holidays!
Liliana, Dan & our aMaZiNg staff
School of Dance & Music
310-406-1730
We thank everyone who participated in our ballet hair bun raffle and hope all of our dancers will continue to come to class prepared with their required dancewear and hair in a bun (or pulled away from their face for short hair).
The following raffle tickets have been awarded $50.00 to our Bella Dancewear Store!
We are looking forward to 10 students to come forward to let us know who you are and redeem their prizes at the front desk!
Winning Raffle Tickets :
258475 521183 258721 258261 258737 521062 521003 258493 521089 258674
Attention All Dancers :
Don’t forget! All dance classes will be putting on an ‘In-Studio Holiday Performance’ the week of December 6th-11th.
What? The students will be performing their routines 4 times so that if there are siblings are at the same time, families will be able to watch all dancers involved.
Where & When? The last 20 minutes of each student’s regular dance class time, day & location from Dec 6th – 13th.
How? One member of each family may come into the studio to watch in-person while all other family members and friends are welcome to watch their dancer for this special holiday show week via ZOOM. The zoom.us meeting ID’s and passwords will be emailed to all students before the end of this week.
Dancewear Reminders! – If you did purchase any of the ‘In-Studio Performance’ attire make sure and wear it! This was optional – so for those of you that did not, you are welcome to wear something aqua or light blue, or white for our winter snowflake theme for all of our ballet jazz and tap classes and all black for our hip hop classes!
Please don’t hesitate to give us a call or visit with any questions you may have!
There will be no classes during our Winter Break from December 19th – January 2nd. Classes resume on January 3rd.
Enjoy your holidays and time with the family and we can’t wait to see you again in 2022!
During the break, the front desk will be checking messages daily to answer any questions you may have:
We hope everyone is thoroughly enjoying this holiday season. We thank you for being a part of our SDM family and hope you will be able to spend some due time with your loved ones and are overcome with the temptation to celebrate with some spontaneous song and dance. 🙂
Sincerely,
Liliana and Dan and our truly awesome SDM team
School of Dance and Music – (310) 406-1730
Happy Tuesday SDM Families!
We hope that the start to your school year has so far been a success. We have been super busy working behind the scenes finishing the buildout of the new PCH location and with planning this years’ Dance & Music events and student experience enhancements. It has been so refreshing to see all of the students coming back to the studios (or still zooming at home!) these past couple months – we thank you and appreciate your dedication to SDM and dance!
We have some awesome and exciting news for all dancers – our Winter ‘In-Studio’ Performance is near!!
This year we are having an In-Studio Winter Performance titled “Winter Snowflakes” held at the studio the week of Monday Dec 6th – 11th the last 15 minutes of their regularly scheduled dance class. We would love you to be a part of it and join in on the festivities. More details will be given closer to this week which will include in-person guest allowance at the time and zoom information to send to all your family members to enjoy.
We hope you are available for this awesome experience … dancers may wear their normal class dancewear, however, to make it a special event we are offering in-studio performance dancewear* (that can be used for this ‘in studio’ recital and our 2 others this year) but we need to know your order ASAP.
Please RSVP : https://schoolofdanceandmusic.com/winter-dance-recital
Please RSVP with this form for this optional recital today even if you cannot participate. This way we know for sure that no one was left out. The winter recital dancewear is limited and is time sensitive.
For more information on this Winter ‘In-Studio’ Dance Recital please see this form for more info or as always feel free to give us a call.
Thank you and welcome back!
Sincerely,
Liliana and Dan and our aMaZinG staff
310-406-1730
Hello SDM family!
Thank you for being part of our school. We are emailing you to let you know that we have opened pre-registration for fall for our current students.
Your teacher has reserved classes for you and we are asking if you would like to “Save Your Spot.”
1- Go to schoolofdanceandmusic.com/saveMySpot to see what classes were recommended and temporarily reserved for you. (more…)
