Office hours, M-W, 4:30-9 pm; Encore School of the Arts will be closed December 26 through January 8 for Winter Break. Classes resume Monday, January 9th.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ENCORE!

Fall Music Classes

• M1. Guitar—Mondays. Instructor, John Wallace
  
• M2. Piano—Tuesdays* or Thursdays. Instructor, Melissa Whitaker
  
• M3. Voice—Tuesdays* or Thursdays. Instructor, Melissa Whitaker
  
• M4. Percussion (drums)—Wednesdays. Instructor, Bryan McNeary

All the above are individual 30-minute lessons at $80 per month with one class per week. Call for available times. *Tuesdays are taught at the instructor's Niles studio.

Encore Extreme Pom Team

Encore School of the Arts announces Southwest Michigan's first area pom team! Encore Extreme, under the direction of Kimberly Martz, a high energy, precision performance team for ages 14 through 20. The team will enjoy an exciting touring schedule including at least six different area high school basketball games, parades, and special guest performances at University of Notre Dame Women’s Basketball games! Tuition is an affordable $34/month (member rate), ($17/month for alternates). Scholarships are available; There is a $10 Pom rental fee; uniform and shoes purchase are extra.

 

Spring Pom Team Clinics

The Encore Extreme Pom Team will be offering pom clinics at Encore in the spring. Girls in grades 1st through 12th are welcome to the clinic. During the clinics, girls will learn a high energy routine of jazz and hip hop moves with sharp, crisp arm motions. Skills will be taught in roll offs, ripples, level changes, and formations. Jazz steps and turns, high kicks, leaps, splits, and jumps will also be introduced. Pom style dancing emphasizes precision and unity as a team to create visual pictures for the audience. Watch this page for more information. Click here for Registration Form

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Encore Arts Tour

Encore Dance Company will to go on tour this fall to area schools to promote arts education and student empowerment through the discipline and creativity of dance. This tour has been made possible by generous matching grant from St. Deny's Foundation.

Not only do students develop discipline through dance, they also develop a standard of excellence, a belief in themselves that carries over into all aspects of their lives. Students who are educated in the arts tend to have higher scores on their SATs. Research shows that the arts improve students' verbal and numeric skills...a bonus to those who already value the arts for more aesthetic reasons.

Artistic Director Amy Rose, will work with area schools to develop both during- and after-school residencies. In each school district, the residency will culminate in a student performance that will expose students to arts education, while the youth members of the Encore Dance Company will have a chance to perform—sharing their talents and giving back to the very communities that support them.

Encore Dance Company is a performance group directed by Amy Rose for dancers from the 4th through the 12th grade, with membership through audition only. Company members will perform in two productions per season, September through August—the Spring Show and the Christmas Show—as well as area performances.

Senior Company members will be cast in a minimum of six dances per season (four for Junior Company). Additional optional opportunities will be made available to those who wish to participate on an à la carte basis, including master classes given by professional dancers, regional and national competitions, a Senior Company summer trip, tickets to special shows and concerts, as well as performance opportunities.

Company members pledge to pay or fundraise $75 per month ($50 for Junior Company) to support the Company and must be enrolled in at least one weekly ballet class. There is an annual costume rental fee of $90 ($60 for Junior Company) and a refundable deposit of $50. Rehearsals are usually on Saturdays from 9:00-Noon (9:00-11:00 am for Junior Company) at Encore School of the Arts.