FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
Generally tuition starts from $70 monthly for one one-hour weekly class. With more classes taken per week there is a discount applied so each additional class costs less.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
New customers can register for new classes on our website - selecting the right class according to their child's age; they can simply calling us and discussing what would be the best class for their child to try, or they may simply show up for a class appropriate for their child age and try it that way.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Marina Almayeva, the Artistic Director and owner of the school has had formal classical ballet education received in Russia, the same exactly curriculum that have all Russian classical ballet stars of the past and present. The formal classical ballet education means having completed 8 years of rigorous training (with about 6 hours of ballet practice daily) under the guidance of one or two top level ballet professors. That way the whole education process from the acceptance to the school of choreography to graduation from it is controlled and measured by the same professionals who have total responsibility for the final result. The method used in formal classical ballet education in Russia is famous Vaganova curriculum. After graduation Ms. Almayeva worked in several top Moscow ballet companies and toured around Europe with them before being invited to dance as a soloist in a classical ballet company in Arlington, TX (formerly Ballet Arlington and Metropolitan Ballet.)