Dancer Placement
Dancer Placement
The artistic director and instructors ultimately decide in which class each student is placed.
We use ages as guidelines for creating class cohorts during registration. Please register in the class that matches your childs age in September.
There are many factors that help our director ensure that groups contain similar abilities.
- individual development
- age
- skills and technique
- years of experience The goal is to keep cohorts of athletes together as these friendships progress through years of dance together.
Every year we welcome athletes who are brand new to dance! Oftentimes by the end of the year it's hard to tell who was new. Do not let a lack of previous experience stop you or your child from coming to see what folk dance is all about. We’re happy to fill the stage.
Students wishing to dance with our senior performing group Kupalo are expected to audition and be able to perform the basic following steps:
- Girls: chaines, obertasse, turns from fifth, half and full prepdynnia turns
- Boys: chaines, prycydky, cabrioles
It is also expected that those wishing to dance with Kupalo will have had previous exposure to steps from Poltava, Hutzul, Transcarpathian, Volyn and Polissian dance regions.
During the first month of classes some adjustments may be made and we might try dancers in different classes.
This may result in a slight cost increase or refund.
With over 30 years of experience, our Artistic Director will place all students exactly where they will shine.
If a dancer withdraws from our program for any reason, a society membership registration fee of $25.00 portion of the fees will be withheld. The remainder of class costs will be pro-rated once costumes are returned.
