We are located on the South end of Old Town Shopping Center
beside Dollar General. The Shopping Center with Food Lion on Reynolda
Road.
Unfortunately it is too late to join class this year. I will have a schedule by April for classes beginning August 25, 2012. I will begin taking registrations then.
If you wish to watch a class you may visit one of the classes that were created in August meeting Thursday at 9:30 AM, Thursday at 6 PM, Wednesday at 4 PM, and Saturday at 11:30 PM. You also may be interested in watching my youngest second year students Saturdays at 10 AM. Wednesday at 5:30 PM is five and six year olds who started last year. When you come by to watch a class I'll be teaching and not available to answer questions. If you wish to ask questions drop by at the end of the teaching day. Monday 8:15 PM, Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30 PM, Wednesday at 8 PM, and Saturday at 1 PM.
I also have DVD's you may take home to watch. Just ask to borrow one. On this website homepage just click 'Recital Pictures' to see photos of girls this age in last year's show. Click 'videos' to see actual girls dancing in our 2011 performance. On the title page I list the age of the girls performing.
I am currently creating a schedule for next year. I will post that schedule in April and begin taking registrations then for classes beginning August 2012.
What happens in a five year old class?
This 90 minute class consists of one hour
dance and 30 minutes floor exercise gymnastics (tumbling).
The beginner students learn a lot. We begin the year with simple songs
and routines that they can easily master and then build on these each
month until our Recital in June. Each dance class will have a ballet
lesson and a tap dancing lesson. For novelty we will twirl batons
and study creative expression.
Five and Six year old girls enjoy dancing. They love learning new
skills. They are excited by every new dance they can do. My class
builds on this to create a class that does not forget that dance requires
discipline but is also a fun filled hour to look forward to.
The gymnastics portion of the class is tumbling skills that begin
the year in a “taking turns” format that quickly evolves into a “game”
format as their repertoire of skills increases. These include rolls,
headstands, handstands, cartwheels, and arch skills. I use a simple
progression that works. Every skill leads to the next. We begin with
very basic skills and progress according to each girl’s physical
abilities.
PRICE
Monthly tuition is $51.00 per month based on $12.75 per class. There is no registration fee.
I guarantee your child will enjoy my classes or I will refund your registration fee and first month's tuition.
Payments may be made at paypal.com to the account of rjordan124@triad.rr.com.
Class Size
My average class for this age group is
eleven students. Sixteen students is the most I will enroll.
Typical Class Lesson Plan
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First 15 minute - Students arrive in ballet shoes
and we immediately begin with dances and songs that the students
have demonstrated that they enjoy doing. Later in the year
I introduce barre exercise warm up and a center floor warm up
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Next 10 minutes - New material of the Day. A new
skill, a new song, a new dance, a new step, or new exercise; then
CHANGE SHOES.
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Next 10 minutes - Another warm up of old songs or
exercises that re-energizes the class.
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Next 10 minutes - New material or especially planned
review of last week’s new material for those who were absent.
I did tap first last week. GET BATONS.
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Next 10 minutes - Review of baton twirls with individual
students taking turns leading. Putting twirls to music, both dance
and marching music. CHANGE SHOES, PUT UP BATONS, DRINK WATER AT
WATER FOUNTAIN.
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Next 25-30 minutes - Gymnastics skills on mats.
We generally warm up with skills they choose from past lessons and
I then lead into the New Material for the Day. Students in the age
group practice one at a time initially but by the end of the year
there are games and skill rotations around the classroom. DISMISS
CLASS.
SPECTATORS
I DO allow and encourage up to two adults to observe
any class during the year. You should probably wait 4 to 6 weeks initially
before observing. It can be difficult in those first few classes to
transfer authority to the teacher if the parent is present.
DRESS FOR CLASS
Beginning dance students wear a black leotard, white tights, white ballet shoes, black tap shoes, and they twirl a Starline brand baton. I do not require you buy dance wear from me but I can completely outfit a beginner for $86.00 including tax.
RECITAL
The beginner classes will each perform two dances in our Thirty-fourth annual Spring Recital May 27, 2012 at the Stevens Center. I believe having a performance at the end of the year helps give meaning and value to the students’ experience. Performing motivates students to learn before the show and accelerates their desire to learn after the show. We usually order costumes in January. Beginners need only one costume. Last year they cost $46.50 plus tax.
PARADES
The Vogler Studio Parade Corps has been twirling in Christmas parades since 1978. In 2011 we twirled batons and danced to music in parades in Winston-Salem, Rural Hall, and Lewisville. This year plan to watch but I would expect you to perform with us next year.
On the home page click 'parades' to see a video from 2010. Click 'parade pictures' to see photos taken during the 2010 season.
WHO TEACHES THE CLASSES?
Hello, my name is Robert Jordan and I teach all the classes at Vogler’s Studio in Oldtown. My wife of 38 years, Kathy Vogler Jordan, is my only substitute teacher. We have three children: Richard, 30 years old, Cherie, 26 years old, and Lana Loraine, 17 years old.
My wife and I founded Vogler ‘s Studio in 1978 in Welcome,
N.C. Since then I have devoted myself full time to teaching young
children to dance. I believe my best reference now is my students.
I invite you to talk to parents of my current students , come by
to watch a class, or borrow a videotape of one of our performances.
I am certified to teach the Performing Arts by Dance Educators of
America (ballet, tap and jazz), to teach ballet, tap, jazz, and
acrobatics by Dance Masters of America, and I am also a certified
United States Association of Independent Gymnastics Clubs Coach.
I have a BA degree from the school of Education at N.C. State University.
I am constantly training with other dance teachers to refine my
teaching and keep up with new teaching methods. I opened Vogler’s
Studio in Oldtown in 1983.
I teach all my classes myself. I do not hire anyone to teach any
class for me. If you come to Vogler’s Studio either I will
teach your class or my wife Kathy Vogler Jordan will. I believe
this is important. I have found that once I have established a rapport
with a student after teaching them one subject or one year it is
very easy to teach them another subject or the next year. I enjoy
seeing my students progress over the years.
Why begin at 5 or 6?
Students this age are wonderful to teach. They are young
enough to enjoy my “silly songs” but old enough to remember
them and master the skills that I intend for them to learn. I always
follow a standard skill progression. The student must learn ‘a’
before ‘b’ before ‘c’. Lessons that the three
and four year olds might spend months on skills these girls accomplish
in one evening. For the same reasons this is the best age for teaching
a child to read, it is also the best age to teach a child to dance.
Five and Six year olds are ready to learn.
Classroom
My classroom has been specially designed for dancing.
I have built a floating floor riding on 2000 foam blocks. This “Spring”
floor will help protect against injury but its main purpose is to
make dance more fun.
I have 1,484 square feet of gymnastics mats in my classroom.
This enables each student to participate safely and progress without
having to wait for an empty mat.
