The Dance Front

Annual Bring a Friend to Dance Week! Bring a friend for a complimentary class Sept 13-18th! Ages 8 and under

Click Here to Register : https://thedancefront.com/schedule Schedule — The Dance Front

Registration begins tomorrow and we’re thrilled to announce that our Ballet Program will be lead by current Boulder Ballet Company member Julia Meister!

Julia Meister is originally from Lake Elmo, Minnesota and began dancing at St. Croix Ballet.
She continued her training as a New Artist at Next Generation Ballet, performing principal roles
in Coppélia, Giselle, and George Balanchine’s Donizetti Variations, and attending summer
courses at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, National Ballet School of Canada, and Miami City
Ballet School. From 2017-2019, Julia studied in the Professional Division at Pacific Northwest
Ballet School, performing in both company productions and works by Margaret Mullin and
Kiyon Ross. Upon graduation, she danced with Diablo Ballet, followed by Ballet Tucson. Her
repertoire includes works by choreographers such as Andrea Schermoly, Justin Peck, Penny
Saunders, and Chieko Imada. Julia is grateful to be joining Boulder Ballet and The Dance Front this season!

Registration starts this Friday! 🌟

Saturdays at the studio 😍

Summer classes are filling up! Are you registered?! https://thedancefront.com/schedule

Dance Students: You cannot take the summer off from dance and pick up where you left off. Dance is not a seasonal sport. These are dance facts of life.

If you take an entire summer off or take only a few classes here and there, plan to begin the fall having lost at least 50% of the strength, stamina, placement, flexibility, and mental focus that you gained in the previous year.

If you study dance 2-4 days per week over the summer, plan to maintain the level you created during the school year, but not necessarily improve—unless that 2-4 days per week is significantly more than you are used to.

If you want to improve your dance immensely, attend a summer intensive in addition to consistent classes while you are home. Or stay home and attend a full schedule of classes at your home studio.

These decisions will affect your placement level in the fall and possibly your long-term dance goals.

I intend no judgement here. I am pointing out the physical and mental demands of long term progress in dance. People have different goals with their dance training. Make sure that your actions match up to and will create your goals.

Dancing as a hobby is fantastic and gives you space to take longer periods of time off.

If you want a dance career, yes, go ahead and take a week or two, even three or four weeks off, for rest and relaxation. (It’s good for you.) But more than that hinders progress. The choice is yours.

Photo: Scott Serio
Dancer: Magnolia Williams

That’s a wrap on Winter 2025! 🌟 Congrats to all our dancers! Thanks to our instructors and volunteers who make the magic happen. See you June 7th for Summer Session!