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Skip to content AF Footnotes A STUDIO FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Main Menu Home Courses Register Team News Contact Don't Miss A Beat! Anne Fattal's Footnotes! JOIN US FOR OUR 32ND SEASON Take Classes at Our Studio We offer a caring and non-competitive atmosphere for students of all ages and all skill levels. Our personalized attention, professional experience in a variety of courses, and knowledgeable staff give students the opportunity to fulfill their own potential. Find Courses Fun For Everyone Our diverse talents in tap, jazz, ballet, and children techniques allows for a dynamic and enthusiastic approach to instruction. We take pride in our commitment to excellence, paying a great deal of individual attention to each student. Discover your Potential in Dance Voted best dance studio, we value our role in creatively approaching the varying needs of our students. Our goal is to create a fine education in dance and the related arts in a disciplined, yet warm environment. View More OUR STUDIO FACILITY Our studio features two dance rooms with over one thousand eight hundred square feet of custom built sprung, floating maple dance floor, state of the art sound systems, full wall of mirrors in each of the dance rooms, adjustable Barres, and a waiting area. Course . Offerings We take a dynamic and enthusiastic approach to instruction. Our goal is to create a fine dance education in a disciplined, yet warm environment. Discover the best courses for your child based on their current skill level. Ages 3-4 Creative Movement As a child’s first exposure to dance, this class combines simple ballet technique along with fun songs, games and creative imagery. Students will build coordination, balance and flexibility in a nurturing environment, inspiring young dancers. Ages 4-5 Pre - Ballet This class builds on the Creative Movement class by adding in more basic ballet technique combined with creative exercises using props and imagery. Students will gain strength, coordination, balance and flexibility and the foundation for the further study of dance. Ages 5-6 Ballet/Tap Combo Children get exposure to ballet technique as well as the introduction of tap skills. In addition to building strength, coordination, balance, flexibility, and rhythm, students will learn basic terminology. Ages 6-7 Ballet/Tap/Jazz Combo Equal time is spent on building ballet and tap skills while the children get exposure to jazz technique through isolation exercises and across-the-floor combinations. Ages 7 Through Teens - All Levels Ballet Dancers learn traditional and classical ballet technique through barre work, turns, leaps, jumps and Adagio routines. Each level of ballet builds on the one prior. Upon Approval Pointe A continuation of Ballet technique, dancing on the toes with special shoes. Prior dance experience and teacher recommendation are required for students to enroll in this class. Ages 7 Through Adults Tap Each level of tap builds on the one prior. Students will learn basic tap skills leading into more advanced rhythms and patterns such as time-steps, turns, across-the-floor technique and combinations. Ages 7 Through Adults Jazz-Traditional Each level offered in Jazz is designed to focus on proper technique such as isolations of the body, strength, coordination, and flexibility. Traditional Jazz styles will be explored through across-the-floor progressions and level appropriate dance routines. Ages 7 Through Teens Jazz/Hip Hop Fusion A unique blend of jazz technique with the more mainstream moves seen in music videos, television programs and movies. This high-energy class will incorporate a jazz warm up along with age appropriate choreography and skills. Ages Ages 9 Through Teens Modern Dance Students get a blend of the techniques created by modern dance pioneers such as Graham, Taylor, Limon and Horton. These techniques are incorporated into the warm-ups, across-the-floor progressions and dance routines. Ages 8 Through Teens Musical Theater Students get to sing, dance and act together in this amazing class that focuses on familiar Broadway musicals. Improvisation techniques and classic theater exercises are utilized in combination with vocal training, acting exercises and dance/movement combinations. Ages 7 and Older Boys Hip Hop This fun, high energy class is designed for boys to express their dance styles including free-style, breakdancing, jazz and hip hop moves. MEET OUR ARTISTIC TEAM Director Anne Fattal From student to performer, then on to choreographer and teacher, Anne Fattal brings to her students a dynamic and enthusiastic approach. Her commitment to excellence, combined with her creativity, provide for a disciplined yet warm atmosphere for the study of dance and the related arts. A graduate of Montclair State College receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Dance/Speech & Theatre, she also holds a New Jersey Teacher’s Certificate. She has taught at the School of Performing Arts, Montclair High School; The Academy of Dance Arts, Red Bank; and The Madison YMCA Community School of the Arts; utilizing her diverse talents in tap, jazz, ballet, and children’s techniques. The 2020-2021 season marks 32 years of dedication to the art of dance. Under her direction, Anne Fattal’s Footnotes takes much time and effort to present each student with a great deal of individual attention, creating a fine dance education. Instructor Melissa Chiarolanzio Earning a Bachelor of Science in Dance Education from New York University, Melissa Chiarolanzio has been dancing for over 30 years. Melissa has been with Anne Fattal’s Footnotes since its beginning; first as a student, then, as both an Instructor and Office Manager for the past nineteen years. As an instructor, she has taught ballet, tap, modern and jazz to children of all ages, both in public school and private school settings. Melissa has performed with the Montclair State University Repertoire Company as well as NYU’s Kaleidoscope Dancers for Children. As a member of New Music and Dance Ensemble, Melissa studied and performed abroad in Pisa, Italy. Instructor Lori Travers Lori has extensive experience both on and off stage, and is an alumnus of Footnotes. Lori’s musical theater experience includes training and performances with the University of Scranton, The Shakespeare Theater of NJ, the Wharton Music Center and the Pixie Dust Players. Performance credits include Elf: The Musical (Jovie), Legally Blonde (Brooke), RENT (Maureen), The Wedding Singer (Linda), Godspell (Lindsay), Urinetown (Little Sally). Offstage, Lori has also directed, choreographed, and stage managed many shows in the NJ area with local community theater groups. Lori is very excited to be coming back to Footnotes on staff, and is even more excited to share one of her many passions with her musical theater students and families. Instructor Jade Rosenberg Jade Rosenberg has worked both on stage and behind the scenes as an actress, singer, dancer, choreographer, director, and writer. She is an alumni of Anne Fattal’s Footnotes, starting dance at the age of 3. She studied Ballet, Tap, and Jazz and was part of the assistant program. She also studied Ballet and Pointe at The New Jersey School of Ballet. She later got a BFA in Musical Theater from AMDA in Los Angeles. She’s performed leading and ensemble roles in the Greater Los Angeles area, has worked professionally with such names as Susan Egan and Marissa Jaret Winokur, and worked as performer for Disney Cruise Line. Jade has taught and choreographed Ballet, Tap, and Musical Theater for students and professionals at Ciara Dance in Los Angeles, Santa Clarita Valley International Charter School, and independently. STAY UP-TO-DATE WITH OUR LATEST NEWS Uncategorized 2020 Fall Registration Continues! October 4, 2020 No Comments It has been wonderful seeing our students back in the studio! Providing a safe environment continues to be our priority and we have put … Uncategorized 2020 FALL REGISTRATION HAS BEGUN October 4, 2020 ...