The class currently meets on Mondays at 4:30 p.m., and Hays always kicks things off with a unique warmup. The kids face a mirrored wall and work one body part a time, rolling their shoulders, then their hips, then stepping and clapping to the beat of the music. “With the younger classes, for most of them it’s their first time taking hip hop,” Hays said, “so we learn how to hear rhythm in music and loosen up our bodies.”. After the warmup and some stretching, the students usually practice a special move they were introduced to during the previous class. Most recently, they tried to master the acrobatic trick Hays calls “Superman.”.

Key among new expenditures to be maintained include $100,000 to start a dual-immersion English-Spanish language program to the Stewart K-8 School in Pinole, Dual-immersion programs are now offered at Washington Elementary in Richmond and Korematsu Middle and El Cerrito High schools in El Cerrito, The intention is to make dual immersion available in the northern portion of the district, according to Rashidchi, West Contra Costa also intends tory burch caterina ballet flat to go ahead with plans to open a “Fab Lab” at Kennedy High School in Richmond in the fall at a cost to the district of $300,000, The program will be co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Chevron..

The Main Gallery: “Happenstance,” photographs by Nathalie Strand, through Feb. 11, 5-8 p.m. The Main Gallery,1018 Main St., Redwood City.  www.themaingallery.org or 650-701-1018. Pace Gallery: “Trans-figure,” sculptures and paintings by Kohei Nawa, through Feb. 25. Pace Gallery, 229 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. http://www.pacegallery.com/. Palo Alto Art Center:  “Through That Which Is Seen,” various artists, through April 8. Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto. https://www.paacf.org/.

A North Carolina School of Fine Arts graduate, Steivel continued his studies on full scholarship with the American School of Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and the Harkness House for Ballet Arts, He has trained and worked under some of dance’s most famous teachers and choreographers including George Balanchine, Alexandra Danilova, Anton Dolin, Andre Eglevsky, David tory burch caterina ballet flat Howard, Jiri Kylian, Roland Petit, Heinz Spoerli, and Ben Stevenson, As a dancer, Steivel has danced every major role in the classical repertoire, including Romeo in “Romeo and Juliet,” Albrecht in “Giselle,” Franz in “Coppelia,” and the Prince in “Nutcracker.”..

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