Garden Home Recreation Center
| 7475 SW Oleson Rd Portland, OR 97223 phone 503/629-6341 fax 503/629-6346 |
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Dance Program
Dance for Adults
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Garden Home Recreation Center currently offers adult classes in Beginning Ballet & Ballroom Dance. Make sure to check out out our class offerings online or in our current Activities Guide.
Dancing is a great way for people of all ages to get and stay in shape. Besides being fun, dancing has many positive health benefits such as increased flexibility, strength and endurance.
“Great dancers are not great because of their technique,
they are great because of their passion.”
- Martha Graham
Dance for Youth
Garden Home Recreation Center offers a variety of choices to introduce dance to children starting as young as 2 and continuing through age 17.
Offerings include hip-hop, ballet, tap, jazz, Irish dance and much more! Check out our current class offering online or in the current Activities Guide.
SUMMER 2012 DANCE CAMPS!!
Join us for a week of fun and learning! students will explore many different forms of dance, from hip hop, ballet, jazz and more. Performance at the conclusion of camp on Friday. Bring a sack lunch and drink each day.
6/18-6/22 M-F 9-11am 3.5-7yrs $77 GH11126
8/20-8/24 M-F 9-11am 3.5-7yrs $77 GH11127
6/18-6/22 M-F 9am-3pm 7-14yrs $142 GH11208
8/20-8/24 M-F 9am-3pm 7-14yrs $142 GH11209
NEW!! Summer Preschool Dance Camps
Prince & Princesses
Have fun dressing up and dancing like princesses and princes, enjoy a tea party and do fun crafts, dance lessons and more!
6/25-6/29 M-F 9am-12noon 3.5-6yrs $115 GH11122
Mermaid, Pirates & More!
Explore the ocean as we learn fun dances, search for buried treasure, crafts and more!
7/16-7/20 M-F 9am-12noon 3.5-6yrs $115 GH11123
Join the Circus
We will dance to circus music, practice tightrope skills on the balabnce beam, use props and hoola hoops, do circus makeup, crafts and more.
7/30-8/3 M-F 9am-12noon 3.5-6yrs $115 GH11124
Beach Party
Have fun in the sun! Learn different types of dance to great beach music. Enjoy crafts and even a little beach cookout!
8/13-8/17 M-F 9am-12noon 3.5-6yrs $115 GH11125
Instructors
Megan
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Megan graduated with a Master of Arts in teaching. Has performed and studied dance through high school and was on the Oregon State Elite Dance team. Her favorite thing about teaching dance is the choreography - seeing a routine come together.
Andrea
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Andrea has her Associtates Arts Degree and is finishing her B.A. in Early Childhood Education at Western Oregon University. She has studied dance in high school and college, and has performed with Chehalem Valley Dance Acadamy Performing Company. Her goal is to provide a fun and safe environment for children to pursue their passion for dance.
Tessa
Tessa attends Portland State University. She has been the coach for the Molalla Middle School Dance Team since 2005, is Assistant Dance Coach at Colton High School, instructed and choregraphed dance and cheer camps for the Molalla Community School Program and is a math and English tutor. Tessa loves dancing and working with children and is excited to pass along her enthusiasum for dance and learning.
Not pictured: Tammy and Alex
