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Residence Students move-in

Earlier Event: July 31
Summer Week 6
Later Event: September 4
Residence Students move-in

ROCK CENTER is the School's main facility, located on the Avenue of the Arts at 1101 S Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147. Rock Center houses five floors fully equipped with six state of the art sprung-floor studios, in-house costume shop, a delicious & nutritious 2nd floor Café and a Boutique for dancewear and Rock School merchandise. Rock Center also offers Residence for students training far from home as well as an Academics program for grades 7-12.

The Rock School's Fringearts performance: "The Edge of The Rock" showcases international and local students. Join us for 45 minutes of beauty and talent with a post discussion with Directors Bo and Stephanie Spassoff in the cafe. Saturday, September 23rd at 2pm in Studio A at The Rock School for Dance Education. $10 tickets at the door or online, link in bio. All currently enrolled students can see the performance free. All early registered students can contact info@therockschool.org for the complimentary ticket. Tickets will be sold at door also. #fringefestival #fringearts #rockschoollife
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Lao Tzu Merde to all of the dedicated and talented 2017 #rockalum on their newly appointed ballet positions. We can't wait to watch your journey unfold. #rockschooljourney #rockschoollife ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Cato Berry - PA Ballet, Apprentice Karley Brook - LA Ballet, Trainee Christian Gutierrez - Carolina Ballet, Corps Member Lucas Labrador - Atlanta Ballet, 2nd Company Olivia MacCabe - Oklahoma City Ballet, 2nd Company Juliana Missano - Atlanta Ballet, Apprentice Alana Morgenstern- PA Ballet, 2nd Company Luciano Perotto - American National Ballet, Corps Member Anne Plowden - Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Trainee Jillian Price - Orlando Ballet II Lucy Samuel - PA Ballet, 2nd Company Jimmy Shughart, PA Ballet, 2nd Company Kameron Triche - American National Ballet, 2nd Company Jenna Turner - Huntsville Ballet Yueh Erica Wang - Hong Kong Ballet, Corps Member Abbey Yoder - Joffrey Ballet Chicago, Trainee
#FlashbackFriday with the dynamic #rockalumna, Jeanette Kakareka. Formerly with English National Ballet and was one of 2016 emerging dancers finalists. . . . Congratulations on her recent acceptance to join the Bavarian State Ballet. We wish her all the joy and success on her dance and life journey. We can't wait to see her light up the stage, like she did pictured as ❄️ Snow Queen ❄️ in our Nutcracker 1776, circa 2010. . . . check out Jeanette's blog ballerinaandhome.wordpress.com #Grandjete #Nutcracker #Snowqueen #rockschoollife #nutcracker1776
#Gratitude Thank you to all of our friends and neighbors who joined us on Saturday to celebrate our pre-school sample dance class. We took 27 toddlers on our dance adventure with a storytime and snack afterwards in the cafe. #familyfuntime #dancewithus #nevertooyoung for #rockschoollife There’s still time to register to perform in Nutcracker 1776! 🥁🎺🌷❄️🍭
✨🎹✨According to online blog column "Take Lessons," listening to classical music has 10 positive effects. http://takelessons.com/…/benefits-of-listening-to-classical… Here are the top five - 1.Decreases blood pressure. 2.Boosts memory. 3.Sparks creativity. 4.Reduces stress levels. 5.Supercharges brainpower. When you walk through the corridors of The Rock School you can hear the passion of live, gorgeous classical music pouring out of the ballet classes. Karina Adriano is one of the school's live piano accompanists who inspires our dancers with her virtuosic skills for the last five years.Trained as a concert pianist Karina was scouted by the Rock School's Director of Music, Asya Haykin. Asya taught Karina basic composition and then Karina used her perfect pitch to learn ballet class accompaniment on her own. Karina's most memorable moment in her musical career was when she first saw her name on a billboard for a concert. "It was at that point I knew I was an artist. My mother saved the advertisement, and I still have a copy at home," exclaims Karina. Her inspiration comes from her mother's encouragement as a child and the pure joy music brings to her soul, "I could never imagine doing anything else." Her mother is her biggest advocate and remains as Karina's truest inspiration. Behind the piano, Karina has big dreams of continuing to build her musical career, as she can't imagine doing anything else in her life with such joy an dpassion. She chides about a funny story about herself, "I remember one time I lost track of time and was late to MY OWN concert. The whole orchestra was waiting for me. I was so embarrassed at the time, but it is very funny now in hindsight." The joy bursting form Karina's fingertips as she plays for the ballet classes at the Rock School continues to inspire teachers and students. We are thankful for live music, and we are especially thankful for Karina's amazing talents to motivate us to plie a little deeper and battement a little higher. Dancing with live music is pure gold for a dancer's soul. ✨✨✨✨
Welcome Rock School's newest faculty member: ✨Telmo Moreira✨ President and Director Bo Spassoff exclaims, "Telmo is a dynamic and talented dancer and a generous and inspiring teacher and choreographer, and Stephanie and I are thrilled to have him join our wonderful faculty." He is the only dancer in the world to have won twice in the prestigious Prix de Lausanne (#WOW). Telmo was also awarded a place at the world-renowned Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia, and then was invited to join ABT II in NYC. From there his journey led him to become a member of the Orlando Ballet where he began creating beautiful ballets for the Company. Most recently, Telmo won an outstanding choreographer award at YAGP semi-finals in Orlando, Florida. A message from Telmo to all the Rock School students: "I am thrilled to be joining the Rock School Faculty for the 2017/2018 school year. Teaching, coaching and choreographing for the internationally renowned Rock School is both an honor and a wonderful opportunity. I can't wait to share my knowledge and love for the art with these upcoming artists." His advice for the 2017/2018 school year is "work as hard as you can to maximize yourself as a person and as a dancer; from there, expect nothing and receive everything." Check out this Weekend in Wings on Facebook for more on #telmo.
Congratulations to Rock School Alumna and Charlotte Ballet artist, Sarah LaPointe, who was mentioned in the Charlotte Agenda's "30 under 30 Class of 2017"! Sarah was highlighted for leading roles with the Charlotte Ballet as well as her mention in Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch" List. . . . Way to go, Sarah! It is so wonderful to see Rock Alum paving the way as young artists and leaders. You can check out the full article at the Charlotte Agenda in the link below! https://www.charlotteagenda.com/102672/meet-charlotte-agenda-30-30-class-2017/ #WCW #rockschoolfamily #rockalum Photo credit: Vikki Sloviter
"The pool of talent was remarkable, and the joy and dedication in each student was inspiring".- Bo and Stephanie Spassoff, President and Directors of the Rock School #SBI17 #thankfulthursday We can't wait for the 2017-18 School Year. September 5th! 📓📚✏️ . . . Thank you to the entire Rock School Family for an unforgettable summer intensive. #foreversummer #ballet #inspire
Join us for a complimentary sample class for ages 2 and up on September 9 from 9am-9:45am! 🤗 #backtoschool #backtoballet #mondaymotivation
"Authenticity is the most important thing. You have to know where it all comes from, study who pioneered it." -Savion Glover . . . Bo and Stephanie sharing a smile with legendary Savion Glover at the glorious Despertares gala in Mexico. . . . #savionsunday #rockschoollife #directors
 

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