Le Jeune Dance Academy

a Dance School in Blue Ash, Ohio

Located in the city of Blue Ash, Le Jeune Dance Academy is easily accessible to surrounding areas of Cincinnati such as Hyde Park, Kenwood, Mason, West Chester, and Loveland among others. Le Jeune Dance Academy, Official School of Le Jeune Dance Company, is committed to providing students ages toddler-adult, all levels and backgrounds who have a desire to train with a quality dance education. With the talents nurtured at Le Jeune Dance Academy, students can pursue careers as professional dancers, at companies throughout the world, college level education opportunities in dance, and gain skills such as creativity, discipline and confidence for success in other fields. Emphasis on each student’s training is placed on the individual’s overall goal. It is through the nature of the mental and physical challenge of dance’s discipline that students develop habits, which can help the student excel in all areas of their lives. The dancer will work to develop critical components of dancing such as flexibility, strength, endurance, muscle memory, discipline, and attention to detail. Le Jeune Dance Academy holds a strong foundation in classical ballet technique and uses the Vaganova syllabus as its base to guide the student through the proper use of placement and progressive technique. Pre-Professional students are developed towards strong pointe work, suppleness, use of torso, and port de bras. Other ballet mythologies and modern dance technique are combined to prepare student for the demands and trends of the 21st century’s ballet and contemporary dance companies. Various other styles, master classes and dance opportunities are offered to create well rounded dancers.

Age Range

Toddler to Adult

Classes Offered

Classical Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Contemporary Ballet, Adult Dance Classes

Performing Opportunities

Students of Le Jeune Dance Academy get the opportunity to audition to be part of the annual Production of The Nutcracker as well as a spring production at the end of the semester featuring excerpts of ballets and fresh new choreography by the teachers of each class.

Business Hours

Monday - 4:30-9:00pm Tuesday - 4:30-9:00pm Wednesday - 4:30-8:30pm Thursday - 9:45-11:30 Friday - 4:30-8:00pm Saturday 9:00am-6:00pm

Faculty

Steve Beirens, Hannah Dorfmueller, Judith Mikita, Megan Finch

Summer Program

A variety of classes and summer programs are offered during the months of June, July and August including regular weekly classes, Kids Dance Camp, Beginning Summer Intensive, Intermediate Summer Intensive, Advance Summer Intensive and Drop In Classes. For more information and dates please visit our website www.lejeunedance.com