Kristen Lewis is a dancer, yoga teacher, and performer with a lifetime's worth of movement training behind her---from competitive gymnastics as a child, to intensive dance training at the Halifax Ballet Theatre as a young teenager, through to a successful career as a distance runner in her late teens and early twenties. Kristen began putting on shows for her friends and family at a young age, and has never really stopped. Her first play, David and Davida, appeared in 2002 at the Atlantic Fringe Festival, to rave reviews. She has since created a number of plays,
performance pieces, and dance dramas as part of an ongoing engagement in the creative process of dance and theatre.

Kristen is pleased to be returning to the Salt Spring Arts Academy for a second year, sharing her love of movement and performance with the next generation. Kristen is a compassionate, attentive teacher whose goal is to instill in students a natural love of movement, while encouraging them to develop the confidence, self-discipline, and sound alignment habits that create the framework for a healthy, lifelong engagement in dance. She regularly enhances her skills by attending continuing education workshops and classes, both on and off island.

Kristen is teaching Creative Dance, Movement Explorers, Acro-Dance, as well as Pre-school and Ballet 1.

Starts January 14th
Acro-Dance

Ages 8 & up
SATURDAYS 2:30 - 3:30

A fun yet challenging class where your child will learn to move freely and safely upside down, right-side up, and everywhere in between. The class will help your child to develop the strength, flexibility, rhythm and grace needed to move with the fluidity of a dancer and the agility of an acrobat!This is a mixed-levels class----each child will be taught according to their level, with the goal of providing a class that is both nurturing and challenging for a range of ages and ability-levels. Some experience in either
dance, gymnastics, yoga or martial arts is recommended, but not always required.

We will work on routines to present at the Christmas and year-end recitals.
FEE $200.00

Acro-Dance
Ages 5 - 7
SATURDAYS 1:30 - 2:15

With an emphasis on fun and exploration, the class expands on the movement vocabulary learned in preschool explorers---developing balance, strength, rhythm,and body awareness through dance, tumbling, and creative movement exercises. An exciting and high-energy class for boys and girls who love to move.

NO YEAR-END PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT
FEE $150.00