Levels at Intermission

You move on when you want to and your teacher agrees. Here is what each level covers.

01
First steps
Never danced
Skills
- Standing at the barre and finding your balance
- Plié, tendu and a first arm movement
- Tap sounds, one at a time
Moving up
Your teacher talks with you after a term. You move on when you ask to, or when your teacher suggests it and you agree. There is no test.
02
Coming back
Danced before
Skills
- A full barre in the order you may remember
- Combinations that grow by a few counts each week
- Adagio at a pace set by the room
Moving up
Stay as long as you like. When you want something harder, ask your teacher about joining a second class in the week.
03
Keeping on
A few terms in
Skills
- Longer combinations across the floor
- Turns and traveling steps, taken slowly
- Dancing a phrase you helped to make
Moving up
There is no level after this one. People who stay come to the May showing, take two classes a week or help teach a first-steps class.

Where to startTry a class

Sample levels.

Every student moves at their own pace.

Not sure where to start?

Tell us what you have done before, even if it is nothing, and we will place you at the door.