Happy Halloween

Halloween classes were small here at the studio - but were still packed with fun times & awesome costumes!

Check out some pics of CMC dancers & faculty decked out for the holiday!

Halloween Classes

We will not have classes after 5:30 pm

on October 31st , 2011 - Halloween.

Dancers in classes before 5:30 pm are welcome to wear ANY Halloween or dance

costume to class!

Dancers -

be sure to stop by the front desk for a Halloween treat!

Have a safe and happy holiday !

Show Your Spirit!

CMC DANCERS SHOWED THEIR SPIRIT THIS OCTOBER

for SPIRIT WEEK!

(Dancers having fun for beach day!)

(Pre-Company dancers showing their style on Backwards Day!)

CMC logo wear day with three cuties!

Congratulations to our 2011 SPIRIT WEEK Most Spirited Award winner...Miss Rachel Leheney of CMC Junior Company!

New Logo Wear

NEW LOGO WEAR

Stop up to our front desk and check out our awesome new LOGO WEAR-
We have tee-shirts, tanks, basketball shorts, sweat pants, hoodies,
awesome long sleeve shirts & even onesies for our future CMC superstars!

Here is Company member Tyler & his awesome dad rocking his new logo wear zip up!

CMC Dancers & Teachers in N.Y.C.

C. M. C LOVES N. Y. C

This summer , CMC dancers & teachers travelled to New York City to take classes at Broadway Dance Center! The group also saw a professional Contemporary Dance production at the famous JOYCE THEATRE!

Here are some pictures from this amazing ANNUAL trip...

Check out what's up at CMC ...

SEASON 3 at CMC is the best!

We are now in week 3 of our season and we are so proud of all of the hard work
and dedication our dancers are showing thus far!

If you stop into CMC here are some exciting things you might just see this month-

Intro Dancers & Little Movers learning the routine and schedule of the class - learning to take turns and following directions can be so much fun when you are dancing with your friends!

Combo classes are working hard at their basic technique skills in ballet, tap & jazz!
We also love our new Combo warm up brought back from classes in N.Y.C.!

Our older dancers can be seen learning new skills and of course, working their technique and building endurance for the season!
We love work hard in class at CMC!
Our Pre Company dancers are starting to rehearse for their first performance of the season and our Company dancers will begin rehearsals soon for our performance at the Quicken Loans Arena!

In our lobby we have awesome new logo wear for sale & our office staff loves to chat with our parents & families!

Also, if you stop into our studio this month- you will see our amazing faculty sharing their passion and talent with their students!


CMC SEASON 3- the place to be!!!

Welcome to Season 3!

Season 3 kicks off at Creative Movement Center!

We are so excited about this new season !

This season we welcome new faculty: LISA LOCK , NATE SMITH,

LAUREN BERRY, ALYSSA LEE WILMOT, LINDSEY BALL &

welcome back Miss Claire Monda & Miss Kristina Wichert, & Miss Hayley

as our instructor & director of CMC!

We also start this new season with an expansion! We now have two state of the art

dance rooms with sprung dance floors, a large reception area , viewing windows for families

to watch their dancers take class; and a large line of logo wear for sale!

We cannot wait to see all of you in class & welcome our returning and new dancers and families to our CMC family!

CMC... the place to be in season 3!

"CMC is the place to be! We are all one big HAPPY FAMILY!"

- New CMC quote of the year by our own CMC students

We love this awesome art work by CMC Junior Company dancer, Katelyn!

Master Class Series

Check out our pictures with some of our Summer 2011 Master Class teachers!



Nate Smith's - Master Hip Hop class was awesome! Thank you, Nate!

Check out Nate's Theatre Company : http://www.spotlighttheatre.com/

Master Ballet Class with Julie Schullo!

Thank you, Julie- we loved your class!

Creative Movement Center presents...

SUMMER MASTER CLASS SERIES

For the intermediate to advanced high school - adult level dancer

Check it out!

EVERY MONDAY NIGHT this summer!

JUNE 13-AUGUST 15

(no class July 4)

6:30-8:00 pm at CMC

$12/ drop in fee per class- cash or check only please

2011 MASTER CLASS SCHEDULE

June 13- Ballet contemporary with Lisa Lock

June 20- Ballet technique with Julie Schullo

June 27- Hip Hop with Nate Smith

July 11- Leaps & Turns with Lindsey Ball

July 18- Traditional West African Dance with Alma Dance Experience & drums!

July 25- Lyrical with Lindsey Volpe

August 1- To Be Announced

August 8- Contemporary with Jennifer Sandoval Eccher of the Marquez Dance Project

August 15- Hip Hop with Nate Smith

Creative Movement Center 's 2nd annual

SHOWCASE DAY

was on May 21st!

Our Little Stars showcase was so adorable and we were so proud of all of our little dancers! Check out the picture above of our Boys Hip Hop class! Our 5:00 Grand Showcase was amazing! Our dancers at CMC love to dance and it shows!

Great job dancers and thank you to our families and friends who attended our shows!

CMC is the place to be!

Dress Rehearsal Schedule

DRESS REHEARSAL for our 2011 Showcase is MAY 20th

at Brecksville Broadview Heights Middle School ...

Who? All CMC dancers rehearse in costume -

Times?

LITTLE STARS SHOWCASE REHEARSAL

3:45-6:00 pm

All dancers should arrive and be checked into their designated row in the auditorium by 3:45. Dancers will sit with their class in the auditorium until it is their turn to rehearse.

Dancers are free to leave after they have rehearsed their dance(s).

GRAND SHOWCASE REHEARSAL - 6:00 - 9:00 pm

All dancers check into the auditorium by 6 pm

Dancers are free to leave after they have rehearsed their dance(s).

If your child is in both shows, please come to this Grand Showcase rehearsal only.

Boys Hip Hop- you will rehearse with the Little Stars.

TECH REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

Tech Rehearsal is MAY 16th 2011 at the Brecksville Middle School

WHO? This rehearsal is for our dancers in the GRAND SHOWCASE ONLY

TIME? Each class has a 30 minute time slot-NO COSTUMES - arrive 15 minutes before your time

3:30-4:00
Senior Solos
Pointe

4:00-4:30
Saturday 9:00 class
Modern 6

4:30-5:00
Monday 4:30 Combo.
Thursday 4:30 Combo.

5:00-5:30
Pre Company
Kids Acro.
Teen Tap

5:30-6:00
Tuesday Kids Tap
Tap PRODUCTION NUMBER- ALL TAPPERS!
Friday Kids Tap- "We Didn't Start the Fire"

6:00-6:30
Junior Company
Kids Hip Hop
Senior Company Tap

6:30-7:00
Kids Lyrical & Jazz 6
Senior Company
Teen Hip Hop & Tyler solo

7:00-7:30
Pre Pro Jazz 4/5
Lyrical 4-Tues 6:15
Modern 4/5

7:30-8:00
Ballet 4, 5, 6
Friday Open Jazz

8:00-8:30
Pre Pro Jazz 6
BALLET PRODUCTION NUMBER - ALL PRE PRO BALLET

8:30-9:00
Lyrical 6
Lyrical 5

9:00-9:30
Opening & Finale

Little Movers Class!

Little Movers at CMC!

This class is designed for the Little dancer ages 18 months - 36 months old!

This class meets Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and our program has grown to
30 + dancers!

Our dancers have learned so much over the season and we are so proud!

Dancers have learned to take turns, make new friends, sing songs, balance, jump, hop & much much more!

Here is a picture of our own Little Mover, Mallory and her grandma who brings her to class every week! We love seeing our Little Movers dancing along side their parents, grandmas , friends and family!

CHECK OUT our SUMMER 2011

Little Movers class on our website :

www.creativemovementcenter.com/summer-movers.html

Master Mime Theatre Class

DANCERS at Creative Movement Center

are given opportunities to take Master Classes !!!

Here are some of our dancers posing with a Mime Theatre professional after taking

a

"Mime & Theatre Performance Class!"

SHOWCASE 2011 TICKETS

SHOWCASE TICKETS are NOW ON SALE!!!

Our 2011 Showcase is right around the corner and we are so excited!

Here are the details:

Showtimes-

May 21st 1:30 pm Little Stars Showcase

May 21st 5:00 pm Grand Showcase

Where?

Brecksville Broadview Heights Middle School

Tickets-

Now on sale at Creative Movement Center

Tickets are priced as follows:

$10/each - Little Stars Showcase

$12/each- Grand Showcase

Buy 6 tickets to any show, and receive one free to use at the show of your choice!

We plan to SELL OUT both shows, so get your tickets soon!

Thank you!

Tile Wall at CMC

CMC Family Tile Wall

Our families , faculty & dancers help to create the wonderful atmosphere here at Creative Movement Center ! We love our TILE WALL in our front lobby & thank everyone who has created a tile ! We are planning to hang up the new tiles over Spring Break!


Check out these great pictures of some of our dancers having fun painting tiles together as a class!

Stop in to THE KILN before the end of March to paint a tile and

join our WALL this year!

No PM classes today

TODAY IS FRIDAY, FEB. 25th 2011

There are no PM classes today at Creative Movement Center.


Please check back here at our blog for information regarding make up classes.

Thank you!

Friday, February 25

TODAY is Friday, February 25th

There will be NO AM classes today at CMC due to the weather-

We also close with the Broadview Heights Brecksville School district.

Please check back for information regarding closings for our PM classes

Thank you ,

Your CMC Staff

Creative Movement Center welcomes "ALMA DANCE EXPERIENCE"!!!


We loved having them come to our studio and teach us a Master Class -
AFRICAN JAZZ STYLE! The live music & intense work out was a truly wonderful experience !!!


We love learning new styles of dance from professionals in their field! Thank you ALMA!

CMC SPIRIT

CMC dancers love to dance and it shows!!!

Check out our SENIOR COMPANY dancer, Lauren !

She painted her face "CMC" to show her spirit!

We LOVE our dancers!

Creative Movement Center dancer !!!

CREATIVE MOVEMENT CENTER 's own

Pre Pro Company dancer,

Mr. Colin Jacob has been excepted to the very prestigious

POINT PARK UNIVERSITY

for the 6 week summer intensive program!

He was also awarded a very generous scholarship for this program!

We could not be more proud of our hardworking & talented student-

Way to go Colin!!!

No classes today at CMC

Today is WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd 2011

and we are sad to say, we will be closed for all classes again.

We cannot wait for Spring!

We would like to schedule a Sunday make up day as soon as possible.

Here is the Make Up information for today's cancelled classes-

MAKE UP SUNDAY- FEBRUARY 27th 2011

11:00-11:30 Little Movers class

11:45-12:30 Combo level 1.2 (meets Wed. 2:15)

12:30-1:15 Boys Hip Hop (meets Wed. 3:00)

1:15-1:45 Kids Acro & Tumbling

1:45-2:30 Teen Tap

2:30-3:30 Lyrical 6

3:30-4:15 Senior Co. Tap

4:15-5:15 Senior Co. Jazz

5:15-6:15 Modern 4/5

Thank you ,
Your CMC Staff

PM classes at CMC

Today is Tuesday, February 1 2011

We will be having all PM (4:00-9:00pm) classes today at CMC.

We hope to see you tonight.

Thank you so much,

YOUR CMC staff

Feb. 1 2011

Today is Tuesday, February 1, 2011

There will be no AM classes today at Creative Movement Center due to the school closings

and weather conditions.

Please check back around noon today for information regarding our PM classes.

Thank you!

Your CMC staff

Stay warm & safe

Big Sis / Bro & Lil Sis/Bro Day at CMC!

On Sunday, January 23rd 2011 CMC hosted our 2nd annual

BIG SIS / BRO & LIL SIS/BRO day !!!

Dancers had so much fun meeting other dancers from other classes, having fun with their teachers & of course , LOVED getting to know their "Big or Lil ' Sis or Bro!"

Each dancer that participated created their own "All About Me!" collage using magazine pictures! This was a great way to get to know each other better !

It was such a special day at CMC and we thank everyone who participated!

Check out these great photos taken by one of our dancers to help capture the day...

It is a great time to be a CMC dancer!

NO DANCE CLASS TODAY!

Hello dancers & families ,


Due to the weather and road conditions - we also try to follow the school closings (BBHSD is closed for all pm activities)

THERE WILL BE NO CLASSES at CMC today, Wednesday January 12th.

Stay warm and safe!

Thank you!