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Olivia Gale
Artistic Director
Olivia Gale was honored to be chosen in the summer of 2004 to direct the newly formed Dance Academy at the Jewish Community Center in Maitland, Florida. Our mission through our combined efforts is to provide quality dance programs for member and non-member families in the community. As a part of the after school program choices, classes were formed in Creative Movement / Pre-School Dance, Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Musical Theater Dance, Hip Hop and all forms of Ballroom Dance. Creative Movement and Pre-School Dance classes are offered for the young dancer Age 3-5. Along with the basics of dance, which include elements of Classical Ballet and Jazz presented in a format that is appropriate for the young dancer, students learn socialization, leadership and following skills as well as skills that sharpen memory, improve coordination, rhythm, focus, balance, and motor development. All Dance classes emphasize proper technique that develops strength, flexibility and an appreciation for music and dance as an art. Dance class also helps develop personal discipline and build life skills that give the student the ability to achieve goals successfully throughout their lives. It is the perfect vehicle for expressing creativity while building self esteem and respect for oneself and others. Dance class, as you see, is about more than just dance. Oh, and one more thing, you have a whole lot of fun along the way. Dance is for everyone no matter what your age, 7 or 70. There are long term benefits for adults who dance, mentally, physically and emotionally. Keep dancing and stay young all your life.
Olivia received her BA from Florida State University where she majored in both theater and dance, becoming a member of Dance Masters of America in 1983. She has studied dance in it's many forms from ballet, jazz and tap to modern, African and even ballroom, Latin and Swing. Needless to say, she loves to dance. Ms. Gale has been privileged to study with professionals at the top of their field including Robert Joffery (Joffery Ballet), Robert Barnett (Atlanta Ballet), Arthur Mitchell (Dance Theater of Harlem), Luigi, Reginald Yates (Alvin Ailey Dance Company), Fosse dancer Jill Powell, choreographer for Disney's Mickey Mouse Club Myles Thoroughgood, and Hardrive Productions' choreographer Pamela Bolling just to name a few. After years of running her own dance and performing arts studio, The Dance Workshop, located outside of Tallahassee, FL, she made the move to Orlando in 1995. Shortly thereafter, she opened On Stage Studios and Raven's Wing Entertainment Company providing dancers, choreography and dance shows for Conventions and Events. She has performed in and choreographed professionally for conventions and theater as well as commercials, television, and video. Her client list ranges from New Balance Athletic Wear and PBS for conventions here in Orlando to TOC Productions "Menopause the Musical" in LA. She teaches all ages and levels of jazz and tap as well as the advanced jazz classes to the upper level students at Orlando Ballet School. Olivia also teaches and choreographs for Orlando Ballet's summer intensive program which draws students locally, nationally and internationally. Although dance in it's many forms has been a primary focus of Olivia's work and interest, she is also an actor, an artist, a writer and a poet. Her writing has been published nationally in Dancer, Dance Spirit and Dance Teacher magazines, and locally in O Arts Magazine and Focus In. She has three cover articles to her credit in Dance Teacher, Dancer and O Arts. She was extremely honored to have the opportunity to act as personal press representative for former Orlando Ballet Artistic Director and Dance Icon, Fernando Bujones for two and a half years prior to his untimely passing in November of 2005. Her interest in all the arts and how they compliment each other brings an added dimension to her work. Her goal is to give her students the tools they need to tap into their own individual creativity and find their own personal joy through dance.
It's the supreme art of
the teacher to awaken joy in creative
expression and knowledge
-- Albert Einstein
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Joining Olivia as instructors will be other top quality, highly skilled professionals with considerable teaching and performance experience to their credit. As the program grows additional classes will be scheduled on demand and cater to all ages from children through adult. Inquire about the future inclusion of Ballroom, Latin and Swing Classes. If there is a class that you’d like to see on the schedule please let us know.
Geona Roberts
JCC South Location
Hip Hop, Jazz, Tap , Ballet & Creative Movement, Musical Theater Dance
Geona has been dancing all her life and is a natural performer.
Full of humor and fun, she is not only a dancer and teacher but a choreographer
as well. Her extensive resume includes teaching and choreographing for Central
Florida Ballet, Orlando City Ballet, The Turning Pointe, and SBT in Greater
Orlando as well as performing arts studios in New Jersey and New York City,
where she choreographed for an Off-Broadway production. Some at the J will
probably be familiar with Geona's work since before she left for the "Big Apple"
she choreographed for the JCC's ”Silhouettes" production, "Kaleidoscope of
Dreams". She has a wide range of teaching experience which includes all ages
from beginning to professional. Her performance resume includes stints at both
Walt Disney World Orlando and Tokyo Disney in Japan. Her Disney Experience
included dancing roles in Party Express, Christmas Spectacular and Ariel in
Fantillusion. She has performed in numerous shows and industrials here in the
Orlando area, as well as in New York and New Jersey, which include Studio 54,
Arabian Nights, VH1 Save the Music, and Hardive Productions' "Hunch Back". Geona
has much to share with her students here at the JCC, including real world
experience in the arts and entertainment.
Please let us know about any class you'd like to see put on the schedule and put your name on the waiting list, spread the word and we'll start the class as soon as there are enough students to begin...Thank You
All Classes Are Contingent Upon Enrollment
"If You Are Interested In A Specific Class Please Put Your Name On the Waiting List
and a Class Will Be Formed as Soon as Possible"
Summer Dance Class Schedule
Children's Classes Begin again in the Fall
Monday and Tuesday
No Dance Classes Scheduled...
Wednesday
2:00-3:00 ECLC Pre-School Ballet/Tap Level I (Olivia)
3:30-4:30 Enrichment Academy Ballet/Tap Age 6-9 (Olivia)
Thursday
2:00-3:00 ECLC
Pre-School Ballet/Tap Level 1 (Olivia)
3:30-4:30 Enrichment Academy Jazz/Hip Hop Fusion Age 6-11 (Olivia)
We Are Taking Enrollment for the Adult/Teen Classes...Please
Contact the Youth Desk to Enroll
5:30-6:30 Enrichment Academy Jazz/Hip Hop Fusion
Adult/Teen (Glynn)
6:30-7:30 Enrichment Academy
Ballet Adult/Teen (Glynn)
Friday
2:00-3:00 ECLC Pre-School Ballet/Tap Level II (Olivia)
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"For information on fees and course schedules for this or any other Enrichment Academy, visit www.orlandojcc.org or call the Youth Desk at the JCC. Enrichment Academy brochures are also available at the JCC’s main lobby and Youth Department offices."
To Register for classes call 407-645-5933 and ask for the Youth Dept., Email youthdept@orlandojcc.org
If you have questions about a class contact Olivia at 407.761.9122
Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando
851 N Maitland Av
Maitland, FL 32751
407.645.5933
Email Olivia at onstagewp@aol.com ogale@onstage-studios.com
Olivia Gale / Author.
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