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Dance at CCPA

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If I am understanding LesMis777 correctly (in post #20, dated 10-17-07 in the Roosevelt vs Webster thread) it sounds as though CCPA dance students take classes with the general dance students at Lou Conte. On the same level as Broadway Dance or something like that. With this in mind I would think CCPA students could possibly take classes with everyone from high school students to, depending on their level, professionals staying brushed up on dance skills. I'm not meaning that as a bad thing, I'm just making an observation.
What I don't understand is how the CCPA students are graded. Is this a "pass/fail" class where as long as the CCPA student attends class a pass grade is given? Who keeps up with attendance? It sounds like LesMis777 d goes sometimes on Saturday and sometimes at night when her schedule allows. Are the Saturday class and weeknight class the same level? With no CCPA faculty at Lou Conte, how are they leveled, moved to different classes as they grow as dancers and graded?
I love the CCPA students being able to purchase an additional dance class card and being able to attend more classes as their class schedule/rehearsal schedule permits!
My cousin has a MFA Dance and loved the idea of being able to add dance classes by purchasing a dance card and fitting them into ever changing college schedules!

chicagobutterfly

Hey! I'm presently a freshman at roosevelt...and I think LesMis777 is my mom, but i'm not sure...
Anyway, you get 14 dance classes a semester at CCPA, and you are graded by the number of classes that you attend. I think 11 classes is a C. You can choose your level of dance based on what you're comfortable with! Also, you can get a dance schedule at the beginning of the semester and each dance class meets about twice a week, so you can pick which class you want to go to or you can go to both classes if you want.
Your Sophmore year, I'm pretty sure one of the teachers from Lou Conte comes every morning to teach a mandantory class for everyone, but I don't know much about it yet.
I hope that helped!!

DisneyDirector

This is my dad's account but I'm temporarily stealing it. I went to CCPA to audition this past Febuary and fell absolutely in LOVE with the school. One of the things I really loved was how the dance program worked. I've taken seven years of dance and am advanced in tap and one of the things I've been considering in my search is the level of dance classes I'd be taking. So I loved it when I heard that you take dance at a studio and can pick whatever level is comfortable for you. It's one of the major reasons I want to attend CCPA so much.

The waiting is KILLING me.