Ballet Beginner Teen/Adult | Fall 1
Dance | Registration closed 9/8/2025
Ballet Beginner is a 10-week course designed to introduce a student to ballet dance. This introductory class will give the student the opportunity to decide if they want to pursue further ballet training and help the instructor place them in a regular class that fits their skill level. If you wish to continue in a 171 graduated dance class, your instructor Carrie Hogue will give you a recommendation for a class.
Attire: Leotard, fitted t-shirt, tights, leggings, ballet slippers.
Patty Ozer
Patty Teaches: Ballet, Jazz, Pointe, and Partnering
Patty Ozer studied both ballet and ethnic dance at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. She went on to study ballet, jazz, and modern at SUNY Binghamton where she received her B.A. Ms. Ozer has performed with the Ithaca Ballet, American Dance Asylum, and ’36 Dance Troupe in Binghamton, NY. She was a principal dancer with both the Elmira/Corning Ballet Company and the Twin Tier Ballet Theatre. At the School of Dance Arts, she taught ballet, jazz, tap, rhythmic dance, and acrobatics. Patty enjoys working on the Story Ballet production each year and currently teaches jazz and ballet.