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Modern Dance
Ages 8-11

Dance Institute's Children's Modern Dance class performing at the 2018 Annual dance recital, Ballard High School Auditorium.

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Children's Modern Dance Class Schedule

Summer 2019

Fall 2019

American Dance Institute also offers teen modern dance classes, and Adult Modern.

Children's Modern Dance Classes

Children's Modern Dance Classes: Each dance class starts with a thorough warm-up to build strength and stimulate core connections and body awareness.

The warm up is followed by phrase work focusing on directional shiftf, weight changes, rhythm, and Laban Fundamentals (i.e. time, space, effort, etc.). Class finishes with some fun choreography to keep their minds and body in tip-top shape.
Your child will become more self-confident in their ability to create and more comfortable expressing ideas, a key leadership skill.

They'll experience an overall sense of fluidity, strength, and confidence in their everyday movement.

Modern Dance Class Attire

Dance pants or leggings, a fitted t-shirt or tank top, and bare feet.

Teens & adults perform together during the May 2018 Greenwood-Phinney Art Walk

Meet Your Children's Modern Dance Classes Teachers

"Just as in the best schools, the quality of the dance instructor makes all the difference."

Elizabeth Chayer

Margaret Behm

Abby Zimmerman

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Dakota Crist

Emily Curtis

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Margaret Behm

Margaret's Bio

Originally from Fort Collins, CO, Margaret holds a BFA in Dance and a Minor in Women & Gender Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder. She has been a member of Louder than Words Dancetheatre in Denver, CO and most recently with Keshet Dance Company in Albuquerque, NM.

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Margaret has directed the pre-professional programs at Mountain Dance in Fort Collins, where she also grew up dancing. At Keshet Dance Company, her teaching experience was diverse and included teaching Adaptive dance, working with dancers with disabilities.

Margaret is a dance and teaching artist with an affinity for improvisation, and a desire to explore the infinite ways her body moves. As a teacher, she takes pride in guiding others’ discoveries of their dancing bodies, and wants everyone to feel empowered to take up space in the world.

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Margaret is new to Seattle and incredibly excited to get involved with the dance community and to be joining the staff at ADI.

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ADI instructor Margaret Behm with students Sara, Jessica, Carly, Sophia and Ann at our first Junior/Teen Intermediate Jazz class at our new Magnolia studio. Great work tonight girls. So happy to have you in our ADI family.

Abby Zimmerman

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Abigail ("Abby”) Zimmerman grew up in Gray’s River, WA, and received her early training at Maddox Dance Studio, Warrenton, OR where she was also a member of the Little Ballet Theatre.

She holds a B.F.A. from Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA and is a certified pilates mat instructor. Abigail has performed with 127th St. Dance, and has danced at the Astoria Music Festival on multiple occasions. She has performed works by local Seattle choreographers Donald Byrd, Dayna Hanson, Jamie Karlovich, Wade Madsen, Zoe Scofield, and Deborah Wolf.

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Abby, on the right, models a new ADI Hoodie seat shirt with fellow instructor Margret Behm.

Dakota Crist

Dakota Crist had her early training in Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary and Modern Dance at Diane’s Dance Works in Helena, Montana, then went on to study at Creative Arts Center in Helena, Ballet Montana Academy and Sacramento Ballet.

She holds a BFA in Dance from Cornish College of the Arts. Dakota is currently a company member of The Three Yells dance company and she has been teaching since 2009.

She joined American Dance Institute in January of 2018.

Emily Curtiss

Emily Curtiss teaches: Ballet Classes, Pre-Ballet Classes, Children's Creative Dance, Modern Dance and Mommy & Me Toddler Dance classes at American Dance Institute Shoreline, WA.

Emily Curtiss had her early training at Studio One and Allegro Dance Studio, both in Sandpoint, Idaho. She studied Ballet, Jazz and Modern and danced for 4 years on the Sandpoint High School Dance Team. She holds a BFA in Dance from the University of Montana. Emily has extensive choreographic and performance experience and has been teaching since 2012.

Emily joined American Dance Institute in January of 2018.

Modern Dance
Ages 8-11

Children's Modern Dance Class Schedule

Summer 2019

Summer Class Schedule
Modern Dance For Kids

Kids Modern Dance Classes in Greenwood

Modern Dance Classes For Kids in Magnolia

Kids Modern Dance Classes in Shoreline

Fall 2019

Children's Modern Classes
September 16, 2019 - February 9, 2020

Modern Classes in Greenwood

Modern Classes in Magnolia

Modern Classes in Shoreline

Children's Modern Dance Classes

Modern Dance Class Attire

Dance pants or leggings, a fitted t-shirt or tank top, and bare feet.

Meet Your Children's Modern Dance Classes Teachers

"Just as in the best schools, the quality of the dance instructor makes all the difference."

Abby Zimmerman

Dakota Crist

Emily Curtis

We Support Public Radio

Margaret Behm

Margaret's Bio

Abby Zimmerman

Dakota Crist

Emily Curtiss

Modern Dance Ages 8-11

Children's Modern Dance Class Schedule

Summer 2019

Summer Class Schedule ​Modern Dance For Kids

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Kids Modern Dance Classes in Greenwood

Modern Dance Classes For Kids in Magnolia

Kids Modern Dance Classes in Shoreline

Fall 2019

Children's Modern ClassesSeptember 16, 2019 - February 9, 2020

Modern Classes in Greenwood

Modern Classes in Magnolia

Modern Classes in Shoreline

Children's Modern Dance Classes

Modern Dance Class Attire

Dance pants or leggings, a fitted t-shirt or tank top, and bare feet.

Meet Your Children's Modern Dance Classes Teachers

"Just as in the best schools, the quality of the dance instructor makes all the difference."

Abby Zimmerman

Dakota Crist

Emily Curtis

We Support Public Radio

Margaret Behm

Margaret's Bio

Abby Zimmerman

Dakota Crist

Emily Curtiss

Modern Dance
Ages 8-11

Summer Class Schedule
Modern Dance For Kids

Children's Modern Classes
September 16, 2019 - February 9, 2020