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520 Glendale Avenue
Winnetka, IL 60093
p 847-441-1750
f 847-441-2193
Thomas Eber
Principal
Alison Hawley
Assistant Principal
Hours:
M: 8:30 A.M. - 2:30 P.M.
T-F: 8:30 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.
This comprehensive dance experience focuses on expressing emotions and ideas through the art and technique of purposeful movement. Through a variety of physical and intellectual activities, students come to understand technical elements, vocabulary, aesthetics, kinesthetics, art appreciation, creativity, history, cultures, discipline, self-awareness, and the joy of moving freely and unselfconsciously. Dancing may include historical and ethnic dance, ballroom, ballet, tap, jazz, modern, hip-hop, and funk.
Students attend Dance for an approximately six-week rotation at some point during the school year prior to Spring Break. Students then provide input about their personal interests and are assigned to participate for seven weeks in one of the four focus groups - Drama, Music, Dance, or Computer Literacy. The focus groups meet daily in preparation for the Extravaganza, collaboratively presented by the fifth grade at the end of May.