We  will be holding all of our Friday classes as usual in the studio this afternoon and evening. The smoky smell in the studio is gone, and we will continue to keep the doors closed and the blowers off, with portable fans running, you help keep the clean, indoor air circulating.

If any of our Friday students are nervous or uncomfortable coming to the studio for class today, they can take class at home via Zoom. Please contact Kristin Jones, Mimi Chen, or Megan Skinner if you need a Zoom invitation for any of today’s classes.

Thank you- please stay indoors and be safe!

UPDATED 7/24/2020:

Effective today, Friday, July 24th, wearing a mask indoors will be required in all public spaces, including businesses such as Corvallis Academy of Ballet. Prior to the order that was issued on Wednesday, July 22nd, by Governor Kate Brown, masks were only required to be worn by Corvallis Academy of Ballet students, teachers and teaching assistants, ages 12 & up; now all in-person students, ages 5 and up, will be required to wear a mask anytime they are in our building: before, during, and after classes and rehearsals.

Students who have a documented medical condition that makes them exempt from having to wear a mask indoors need to notify their teacher(s) before coming to the studio without a mask on.

We still have some youth and adult size cloth masks with ties available for purchase at the studio: $5.00/each, cash, check, or Venmo payable to Corvallis Academy of Ballet: @MeganLSkinnerLLC-27

All of our Fall 2020 classes may be taken via Zoom, for any students who are not able to, or do not want to, wear a mask during in-person classes.

Thank you for your support and cooperation in keeping our staff and students safely dancing during the 2020/2021 academic year.

Registration is still open for Session I of the 2020/2021 academic year. Sessions I will run for 7 weeks, August 31st- October 17th, 2020. In-person and online instruction via Zoom options are available for all of our Fall 2020 classes. Limited class sizes for in-person instruction, so early registration is recommended.

Please use the links below to view our Session I newsletter and Fall 2020 registration materials:

Session I 2020 newsletter

CAB 2020-2021 Session I(1)

The following changes have been made to our Fall class schedule, effective 9/3/2020:

*Saturday Preballet I and Saturday Preballet II classes have been combined into one Preballet I & II class, 10am-11am (two in-person spaces are still available)

*Saturday Ballet I (B) class has been canceled.

*Saturday Ballet I Intermediate class has been moved to an earlier class time, 11:30am-12:45pm

The following classes are FULL and cannot accept any more in-person students at this time:

Wednesday Preballet I

Ballet II (MW @ 4:30pm)

Beg/Int Character Dance (Tues @ 6:45pm)

Int/Adv Character Dance (Wed @ 6:45pm)

Ballet V (Mon, Wed, Sat)

Ballet VI (Mon, Tues, Sat)

Modern Dance Level II (Thurs @ 6:45pm)

To request Fall registration materials, please leave a comment on this post, or email Megan Skinner directly at megansknnr@gmail.com

Jennifer McCloskey has earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The School of Arts and Communications from Oregon State University.

Lillian Wu recently graduated as a Valedictorian from Crescent Valley High School; she will be attending the University of Arizona Honors College in the Fall.

Madeleine Guillaumot recently graduated with honors from Crescent Valley High School; she will be attending the University of Arizona Honors College in the Fall.

Here is the performance schedule for our social distancing, In-Studio Recitals, August 3rd-8th, 2020.

MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD:

Ballet II (Les Tuilleries), 5:00pm-5:30pm

Transition, 5:30pm-6:00pm

Ballet III (The Little Prince’s Rose), 6:00pm-6:30pm

Transition, 6:30pm-7:00pm

Ballet V (Degas Dancers), 7:00pm-7:30pm

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH:

Ballet I Intermediate (Les Petit Rats), 5:00pm-5:30pm

Transition, 5:30pm-6:00pm

Beg/Int Character (Danses Champetres), 6p-6:30pm

Transition, 6:30pm-7:00pm

Ballet VI & Senior Celebration, 7:00pm-8:00pm

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5TH:

Preballet IA (Profiteroles), 5:00pm-5:30pm

Transition, 5:30pm-6:00pm

Int/Adv Character (Flames of Paris), 6:00pm-6:30pm

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6TH:

Ballet IA (Fleur-de-Lis), 5:00pm-5:30pm

Transition, 5:30pm-6:00pm

Ballet IV (Madeline- Group 1), 6:00pm-6:30pm

Transition, 6:30pm-7:00pm

Ballet IV (Madeline- Group 2), 7:00pm-7:30pm

Transition, 7:30pm-8:00pm

Modern Dance II (Paris Fashion Week), 8pm-8:30pm

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7TH:

Modern Dance I (Fountains of Versailles), 5p-5:30pm

Transition, 5:30pm-6:00pm

Chinese Dance, 6:00pm-6:30pm

SATURDAYS, AUGUST 8TH:

Creative Movement, 9:00am-9:30am

Transition, 9:30am-10:00am

Preballet IB (Petit Fours), 10:00am-10:30am

Transition, 10:30am-11:00am

Preballet II (Snow on the Pyrenees), 11am-11:30am

ALL performing students and audience members who are ages 5 & up will be required to wear a mask during these In-Studio Recitals. Students must do their hair and makeup at home, and most of the students will need to put their costume on at home and arrive at the studio already dressed in their costume. Students in Ballet V, Ballet VI, Modern Dance Level II, and Int/Adv Character Dance will be allowed to change into and out of their costumes at studio, as the costumes that they will be wearing are too fragile and too valuable to be taken out of the studio by students.

Please be sure to return your Recital RSVP and Photo/Video Waiver Form to Megan Skinner by Saturday, July 25th. Drop your paper copy through the front door mail slot at the studio, or email a picture or scan of your completed form to megansknnr@gmail.com

Page 6 of the link below has the Recital RSVP and Photo/Video Waiver Form, if you need another copy of this form:

In-Studio Recitals Newsletter

Thank you- stay safe and healthy!

Congratulations to graduating senior Maddie Koegler: she will be attending Oregon State University beginning in Fall 2019, Majoring in Biohealth Sciences, with a pre med option, and a Minor in Marine Biology!
Maddie will also hopefully continue dancing with Corvallis Academy of Ballet and Willamette Apprentice Ballet, and possibly take some ballet classes at OSU via the PAC program.

Congratulations to graduating senior Rebecca Jones: she has been accepted into the Dance Department at Mercyhurst College in Pennsylvania!
Besides majoring in Dance, with a Ballet emphasis, Rebecca is considering a Minor in either Business or Graphic Design.

Congratulations to CAB Ballet VI student Bethany Ayers-Hale: she will be dancing AND working as an RA at the Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory’s Summer Summer Intensive!