ACCOLADES MOVEMENT PROJECT

Train: Dance: Succeed: Celebrate

Train:  we believe proper training of the mind and body creates a strong foundation

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Dance: we believe a strong foundation enables us to participate, perform and compete at the highest level

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Succeed: we believe success is defined by each dancer’s goals, achieved by training & expressed through dance

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Celebrate: we believe every success should be celebrated

We train side-by-side, we dance together, we celebrate as one

WHAT'S NEW AT AMP

FALL REGISTRATION COMING SOON!

ITTY BITTY DANCERS AGES 2-5

The focus of our Itty Bitty classes is to foster a love for dance and learning while having fun. This usually is the first experience in a dance class with a teacher and other students; therefore, etiquette such as listening, following instructions and being respectful to others is emphasized. Pre-ballet and tap fundamentals are taught to increase creativity, flexibility, concentration and focus, providing a strong foundation for continued dance education.  Dancers will learn 2 routines to be performed at Spring Recital.

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Itty Bitty 2's & 3's   Thursdays 10:45pm-11:30pm

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Itty Bitty 3's & 4's  Thursdays 12:45-1:45pm

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Itty Bitty 3's - 5's  Tuesdays   3:00pm-4:00pm

                              Thursdays 2:30pm-3:30pm

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Itty Bitty 4's & 5's  Tuesdays 4:00pm-5:00pm

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Ballet/Tap Dress Code is Pink Leotard ( any style, may have attached skirt), Pink Tights, Pink Ballet Shoes&Black Patent Tap Shoes

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BEGINNING DANCERS AGES 5-7

This 60-minute  combo class is designed for 5-7 year olds as a pre-curser to the Ballet and Jazz programs. Overall emphasis is on having fun while learning coordination, balance, rhythm, musical counting, self-confidence, muscle isolation and development, taking turns and following directions. Students will be exposed to multiple movements and musical styles. Students in this class will be introduced to elements in the Ballet and Jazz programs. Dancers will learn 2 routines to be performed at Spring Recital

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5-7 Year Olds                      

           Tuesdays 5:00pm-6:00pm Ballet/Jazz

            Thursdays 4:00pm5:00pm Ballet/Jazz

                               5:00pm-5:30pm  Tap

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Ballet/Jazz Dress Code is Pink Leotard ( any style, may have attached skirt), Pink Tights, Pink Ballet Shoes, Hair Pulled Back in a Bun

Black Patent Tap Shoes for Tap

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7-9 YEAR OLD DANCERS

Mondays

Ballet                      4:00pm-5:00pm

Jazz/Acro               5:00pm-6:00pm

Tuesdays

Ballet/Jazz/Lyrical  4:00pm-6:00pm CLOSED

Wednesdays     

Pop,Drop&Roll        3:45pm-4:30pm

Ballet                       4:30pm-5:30pm

Thursdays

Jazz/Lyrical             4:00pm-5:00pm

 Hip Hop                  6:00pm-7:00pm 

Ballet Dress Code is Black Leotard, Pink Tights,

Pink Ballet Shoes and Hair in a Bun

9-12 YEAR OLD DANCERS

Mondays

Lyrical    4:00pm-5:00pm

Ballet     5:00pm-6:00pm

Tuesdays

HipHop   6:00pm-7:00pm

Wednesdays

    Tap                 4:30pm-5:30pm

     Jazz                   5:30pm-6:30pm  

   Ballet                 6:30pm-7:30pm

Leaps Turns Tricks         7:15pm-8:00pm

Flexibility & Strength    8:00pm-8:30pm

Thursdays

Pop, Drop & Roll    5:00pm-6:00pm

Acro                    7:00pm-8:00pm

AGES 12-17 DANCERS

Mondays

Contemporary  6:00pm-7:00pm

Jazz                   7:00pm-8:00pm

Ballet                 8:00pm-9:00pm

Tuesdays

Progressions    6:15pm-7:00pm

Lyrical           7:00pm-8:00pm

HipHop        8:00pm-9:00pm

Wednesdays

Tap                        4:30pm-5:30pm

Conditioning            6:30pm-7:15pm    

Leaps Turns Tricks  7:15pm-8:00pm

Flexibility&Strength 8:00pm-8:30pm

Thursdays

Improv       6:30pm-7:00pm

Acro          7:00pm-8:00pm

Hip Hop   7:00pm-8:00pm

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ADVANCED DANCERS

Mondays

Pointe      6:00pm-6:30pm

Flexibility  6:30pm-7:00pm

Ballet      7:00pm-8:00pm

Jazz       8:00pm-9:00pm

Tuesdays 

Progressions  6:30pm-7:00pm

Hip Hop         7:00pm-8:00pm

Wednesdays

Tap                4:30pm-5:30pm

Ballet            5:30pm-6:30pm

Conditioning  6:30pm-7:15pm

Leaps&Turns  7:15pm-8:00pm

Lyrical              8:00pm-9:00pm

Thursdays

Improv              6:30pm-7:00pm

Acro                  7:00pm-8:00pm

Hip Hop            7:00pm-8:00pm

Contemporary  8:00pm-9:00pm

BALLET AND POINTE

Ballet is the most important dance fundamental and provides the necessary technical foundation, quality of movement and artistry, which supports most genres of dance.

Pointe is a specialized ballet training that requires the proper development of muscles in order to prevent injuries and ensure success. Enrollment in this class is at the discretion of the teacher and students must meet a minimum ballet class requirement.

JAZZ  LYRICAL AND CONTEMPORARY

Jazz dance is an American dance form which evolves and changes with the latest popular styles. Students work on placement and technique while also learning popular dances and current dance styles. This class consists of floor stretches, flexibility and balancing skills, leaps, turns and dance combinations. Jazz students are also encouraged to study ballet.

Lyrical incorporates the technical elements of ballet with jazz and modern movements. Students will learn how to express a wide range of emotions through their dance based on musical interpretation.​

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Contemporary is an extremely artistic style of dance. It is a fusion of ballet, jazz, and modern dance, and usually contains an emotional journey, or story.  There is a lot of creative freedom when it comes to contemporary dance.

IMPRO AND TAP

Improv is the spontaneous creation of movement. This means that you are inventing the movement as you do it.

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Tap dance focuses on developing coordination, precision, rhythmic skills, and musicality within both the Broadway and contemporary Rhythm-Tap styles.

HIP HOP AND POP, DROP & ROLL

Hip Hop is a street style of dance that focuses on self-expression and movement that involves the whole body. Hip Hop focuses on techniques of gliding, popping, locking, breaking and whacking. Hip-Hop is perfect for the beginning or advanced student who has the desire to participate in a less structured dance form which does not require knowledge or training in classical technique.

Pop, Drop and Roll is a Bubble Gum Style Hip Hop  that is fun and upbeat to popular pop music combined with Acro, (short for acrobatics).  Students learn acrobatic movements to be incorporated with dance such as backbends, handstands, cartwheels, front and back walkovers, aerials & contortion.

LEAPS & TURNS AND PROGRESSIONS

 Leaps and Turns class will dissect these two technical movements: teaching basic building blocks to master a variety of turns and leaps which are used in jazz and in choreography. Great emphasis will be placed on the body’s center, from which all movements begin and end, making it possible to maintain balance and control while executing turns, high extensions and powerful leaps. Spotting techniques will be studied to properly execute a variety of turns to reduce the dizzying effect of repeated rotation.

Progressions is across the floor  breakdowns and lead-ups of complex steps and movements. Each innovative combination emphasizes a different element of jazz technique: direction change, weight change, level change and use of space.

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CONDITIONING AND FLEXIBILITY

Core Strength and Flexibility classes are designed for dancers to strengthen core muscles which are vital for turning and improve the range of motion in joints, as well as to lengthen muscles.  A strong core and flexibility are key to staying injury free and helps students to excel technically in dance. This is a class designed for all levels and will promote a healthy yet effective way of increasing flexibility. Dancers will also work on conditioning basics to help enhance their dancing by strengthening exercises and injury prevention techniques.

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AMP COMPACT

Beginning Competition for

Ages 5-11

Teams forming in Late July
Want to find out more about our Compact Team?  
Email for an information packet

AMP ASCEND

Intermediate to Advanced Competition for Ages 10-18

Audition June 5, 2020
Want to find out more about our Ascend Team?  Email for an information packet
Register by May 30, 2020 to receive link for pre-audition material

AMP ELITE

Experienced High Level Competition for Ages 10-18

Audition June 5, 2020
Want to find out more about our Elite Team?  Email for an information packet
Register by May 30, 2020 to receive link for pre-audition material

REGISTER FOR CLASSES

Please click on the Register Button below for On-Line Registration

OUR STORY

We are excited to bring a new, fresh take on dance education to the Eastside for ages 2 - 18.  Located in central Bellevue, the owner of AMP brings more than 10 years of dance studio management to the table.  Our instructors are a mix of seasoned professionals with many years of teaching experience and knowledge along with young, energetic talent on the cutting edge of dance trends.

MYKEN NUNES

Owner and Head of Operations

Myken brings 12 plus years of studio management and events experience.  She is on the coaching staff for UW Spirit Pup Squad Program. She enjoys working with girls of all ages.  Myken has two beautiful daughters who grew up dancing.  When she is not at AMP you can find her with her dogs, Winston and BonBon!

MARCI VERNON

Youth Programming and 

 Competition Specialist

Marci has been teaching for over 30 years.  She has taught all age groups and disciplines but she has a true gift for working with two to six year olds.  Nobody has more patience than Miss Marci!  She has created an outstanding youth program combining fun while teaching dance knowledge.  Marci is very versed in the complex competition scene; organized, timely and knowledgeable.  She is enjoying living on Snoqualmie Pass with her husband and 2 weiners, Annabelle and Betty.

JESSI JENSEN

Artistic and Company Specialist

Jessi started dancing when she was just 2 years old and has been involved in the competition world for 22years now. She is trained in various styles of dance such as lyrical, jazz, contemporary, ballet, acro, tap, modern and hip hop, and has been teaching now for 10 years. Since graduating college at Utah Valley University in 2011, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Modern Dance, Jessi has had the opportunity to create several competitive group, solo, duo and trio routines, in which she has been recognized for her choreography, and creative process. Her creative works has received many high score, title, and overall awards at several competitive dance competitions.

JUJU FLORES

Contemporary

Julius "JuJu" Flores has been dancing since 2006 training on full scholarship with Honolulu Dance Performing Company.  He joined the California Pacific College of P.A.  He's traveled throughout the US teaching teaching dance&performance techniques. He was in Silver Lake Contemporary Ballet Company in LA. JuJu has choreographed many top soloists and awarded Judges Choice and Choreographer of the Year.  His goal is to make a difference in people's lives by helping them express their emotions through dance.

CHESSA CHALMERS

Ballet

Chessa began her dance training at Pacific Northwest Ballet, before leaving to study with a private instructor. After several years, she moved to study with Mara Vinson and Oleg Gorbulev at Olympic Ballet Theatre, where she placed in Classical and Contemporary sections at the semifinals of Youth America Grand Prix. She has been awarded scholarships to and attended programs at Ballet Chicago, Oklahoma City Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, and VIVO Ballet (Rome, Italy) among others.

KARI LEE FLORENTINE

Hip Hop

 Kari-Lee, the founder and director of the elite Seattle Hip Hop Dance Company “In-Effect", Kari-Lee has choreographed for artists as well as produced and directed numerous shows such as Seattle’s own hip hop production “Shameless”. Choreographer/director of award winning competition companies. Some highlights include: the Seattle production of the “The Wiz”, KUBE Summer Jam, Bumbershoot , Choreographer/director for Seattle’s WNBA Seattle Storm, half time for the Seattle Super Sonics, San Francisco Hip Hop Festival, L.A. Underground Hip Hop. She has privately trained many dancers who have moved on to dance behind artist’s such as Tyrese, P Diddy, Collin, Macklemore.   She is passionate and continues to dance and teach workshops.

JULIE PETERSON

Creative Programming & Costume Specialist

Julie is a former engineering manager and full-time mom who is now an empty nester. She is crazy about crafts of all kinds and has been sewing since she could reach the controls on her mother’s machine to sew for her dolls.  She has sewn everything from quilts to costumes and loves to solve any kind of sewing or crafty puzzle.  Her favorite sentence starts with “I wonder if we could…”. She has many years of experience managing people, developing programs and teaching classes and looks forward to contributing both creatively and functionally to AMP.

CONTACT

14028 Bel-Red Rd
Bellevue, King County 98007
USA