Winter 2015/2016 Classes
DANCE & CREATIVE MOVEMENT
Ballet Studio:
Certified Cecchetti ballet instructor Casey Kristofferson
Littlejohn. Monthly payment.
$25 registration fee for new students and for students who have left class for
more than a month.
Drop in fees: $12/ 30 minute, $15 /one hour, $17 /1.5 hour. Sibling
discount/multi-class discount.
SAT
Pre-ballet:
$40 monthly
Primary:
9:00 - 9:30 am (1/2 hour lesson)
3-4 year olds
9:30 - 10:15 am (45 min lesson)
5-7 year olds $45
Cecchetti
$50 monthly
Cecchetti
10:15 - 11:30 pm (1.25 hour lesson)
8-12 year olds
11:30 - 1:00 pm (1.5 hour lesson)
teen/adult
monthly
$52
monthly
MON
monthly
TUES
WED
monthly
Pointe:
1:00 - 1:30 pm (1/2 hour)
teen/adult
Cecchetti adult 9:00 - 10:30 am (1.5 hour lesson)
$40 monthly
adult
$52
Pre-pointe/pointe
4:30-5:30 pm ((1.5 hour lesson)
12 and up
$50 monthly
Cecchetti adult 9:00 - 10:30 am (1.5 hour lesson)
adult
$52
All fees are payable by the first session of the month. Casey is a member of the
Asheville Ballet. Cecchetti ballet is a nationwide accepted exam process and one of the
oldest and purest forms of ballet training still provided today. Training provides a
solid foundation in classical ballet that would support any professional ballet career.
Registration fee is to encourage consistency in attendance and training.
Required attire: ballet slippers + leotard & tights for females; leggings & white tee for
males.
Contemporary Dance for Children:
Taught by Amy Maze ongoing weekly. All
classes $40 per month/ $12 drop in. All fees payable the first session of the month.
Attire: Comfortable clothes, clean-soled sneakers or bare feet, NO blue jeans.
Kids in Motion
ages 3-5
Thursday 3:30-4:30 pm
Combination of creative movement and basic acrobatics. Helps develop coordination,
increase spatial and rhythmic awareness, flexibility, perception and memory.
Beginning Dance
ages 5-7
Thursday 4:30-5:30 pm
Up-beat combination of hip hop and contemporary/modern dance and musical theater
styles allowing for freedom of expression while learning basic dance skills. Good for
strength, coordination and flexibility.
Intermediate Dance
4:30pm
ages 8-11
Mondays 4-5 pm or Tuesday 3:30-
Geared towards students with some previous dance experience, this class an extension
of the concepts learned in Beginning dance. This class will work with contemporary,
jazz and musical theater styles.
Teen Dance
ages 12-up Monday 6-7 pm
Suitable for middle school and up. No previous experience necessary. Classes alternate
between athletic contemporary and hip hop styles to improve coordination, musicality and
develop core strength. Learn a combination each class.
Boys Only
ages 8-12
Monday 5-6 pm
This high-energy boy’s-only class is a great way for dancers to feel confident and
comfortable while learning. The class will focus on hip-hop and add touches of break
dancing and acrobatics.
Dance Troupe
ages 6-up
Thursday 5:30-6:30
Gives dancers performance opportunities in the community. Dancers must be enrolled in a
class. $30.
Qi Gong: Instructor Melanie (Mela) Carreira Fridays 4-5pm $50 monthly/ $15
drop-in
Qi Gong, or "energy work," is a powerful form of internal exercise and meditation.
Silk Reeling Spiral Power Qi Gong is a special set of spiraling movements designed to
gently relax the muscles, integrate the body, and open up the energy pathways.
Through Qi Gong, standing meditation and circle walking, practitioners improve
health, vitality, and clarity of mind from the inside out. Mela, a student and
assistant instructor to Master Frank J. Paolillo of the Tao Institute, has been
practicing martial arts for 14 years and teaching since 2006.
Yoga in Motion: taught by Viniyoga Instructor Renate Rikkers.
Two ongoing classes for
adults: Tuesday, 6-7:30 pm and Friday, 9-10:30 am. Fee: $55 for 6 weeks. Improve
posture, balance, & strength through the practice of yoga postures. Some yoga experience
is necessary. With questions & to register, call Renate at 298-9988.
VISUAL ARTS
Pottery Classes:
Two-hour classes are available at various times Mon.-Sat. Fee is
$135 for 6-weeks, which includes Open Studio practice times, plus a $50 Lab fee that
covers 25 lbs. of clay, glazing & firing. Current session ends 12/15/15. Next session
begins 1/5/16. Instructors: Geoff Bird, Charles Freeland and Mathilda Tanner.
Registration Deadline is 2 days prior to first class. Click on CLAY icon on our website
for more info or see separate printed schedules. Independent Study option is available
for experienced potters who need no instruction – application necessary. $80 monthly.
Clay extra.
Drawing & Painting: Instructor: Bob Travers. Mondays (10 am-12 pm) (1-3 pm,
dates TBA), Tuesdays (10 am-12 pm, 1-3 pm, 3:30-5:30 pm), ongoing, depending on
openings; fee is $80 for 4 lessons. Four to five separate weekly class sessions
(depending on the season) available for ages 12 and up & adults. Each class is
appropriate for beginner through advanced. Students work at their own pace, with their
choice of medium & subject. Bob Travers is a graduate of the Pratt Institute & an awardwinning wildlife artist who teaches in oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor & more. For more
information & to register call Bob at 828-776-6376 or visit http://www.bobtraversart.com.
MUSIC
JAM (Junior Appalachian Musicians):
Instructors Cary Fridley, Ben Nelson and
Hannah Seng. For grades 3-9 (ages 8-14). Wednesdays: January 6 –May 25 (Spring
Break, March 30 no session) Cost: $200. Tuition payable in two parts of $100. JAM
students learn to play traditional Appalachian tunes by ear & play with small
groups on banjo, guitar & fiddle. Home schoolers welcome. Some instruments
available for rental. JAM is a regional program; BMCA hosts the Buncombe County
classes.
Celtic Harp: Instructor Sue Richards. Tuesdays. $50 for 45-minute lesson.
All ages and abilities welcome. Instrument taught by ear, with music to follow.
Students must own or have access to a harp, but can use Sue's second harp at
lessons.
Richards won the American National Scottish Harp Championship four times and sat in
with the Chieftains Irish band. She currently teaches and directs the harp program at
the Ohio Scottish Arts School at Oberlin, and has many recordings and books of
arrangements and original tunes to her credit. Richards also plays and tours with
Ensemble Galilei, a group of five musicians performing multi-media concerts
commissioned by the National Geographic Society and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Piano for all ages: Instructor: Alicia Almaguer. Mondays. Fees vary based on
length of lesson and number of lessons per month (approx $100 a month). Choose from a
focus on a classical approach or a more modern chord-learning approach. Also Wunderkeys-
Piano for Preschoolers (ages 3-5) a unique approach to introducing the preschooler to
piano and music concepts, changes up activities every few minutes to keep your little one
engaged and excited. Almaguer received her Bachelor of Arts degree at Montreat College in 2006. She has been
teaching since 2004.
WRITING
BMCA hosts the Great Smokies Writing Program, a joint effort between the UNC Asheville
departments of Literature and Language, Creative Writing and the Asheville Graduate
Center. January’s instructors are
GSWP executive director and award-winning writer Tommy Hays: Wednesdays 6-8:30pm 1/27 5/3/16
The Bare Necessities: An Introduction to the Craft of Creative Prose
Popular poet Tina Barr Mondays 1pm-3:30pm 2/15 – 4/18/16
Developing a Signature Voice: A Poetry Workshop
To learn more visit agc.unca.edu/gswp. To enroll contact the Great Smokies Writing
Program administrator Nancy Williams at nwilliam@unca.edu or 828-250-2353.
Variations in scheduling may occur. All classes are subject to cancellation.
All communication via email.
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
225 W. State Street in the old City Hall.
For more info call 828/669-0930 or visit blackmountainarts.org.