Dance

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Marzena Pol DANCE THEATER

In classes, dancers learn dance etudes, impressions, and movement improvisation, exploring the world of hand and foot positions. They develop their own imagination using various dance techniques:

classical dance (ballet), pointe (dancing on toes)
jazz
modern jazz
elements of folk dance
modern dance

Classes are held twice a week (Tuesday and Thursday)

3:30pm – 4:15pm Akcent Group (children aged 4-5)
4:30pm – 5:30pm Impuls Group
5:45pm – 6:45pm Gracja Group
7:00pm – 8:00pm Wyobraznia Group
8:00pm – 8:30pm Pointe Group (this is an advanced group, youth over 12 years old)

FUN WITH DANCE

Dance classes develop our children’s imagination, awaken a sense of rhythm, and teach concentration and self-discipline. In “fun with dance,” elements of various dance techniques are used:

ABC of ballet
first steps in modern dance
folk dances
rhythmics with musicalization using musical instruments and props (scarves, bags, sashes, balloons)

MARZENA POL

“Passion in a person’s life is the key to the door and a cure for evil”

A graduate of the State Artistic Center in Białystok (1973-1982, including 2 years at the Ballet School in Warsaw) and the Medical Vocational College. After 2 years, she exchanged the University of Warsaw, Polish Philology Department, for the Animation Center in Warsaw, specializing in contemporary dance.

She created the Children’s Dance Theater “Fantazja” with which she won many awards and distinctions at dance and theater festivals in Poland, France, Germany, Turkey, and Estonia.

After receiving the City President’s Award for achievements in dance in June 2000, she moved to Chicago and began a new adventure with dance.