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All dance courses provide students with a foundation in the fundamentals of jazz, ballet, and creative dance. As students advance, they learn modern dance and other styles such as contemporary, lyrical, Broadway, hip hop, Bollywood, and cultural. Challenged both physically and mentally, students gain: flexibility, strength and coordination through increasingly difficult steps, performance skills, confidence and professionalism. All students perform for their class and the school. More advanced classes also perform for the community by participating in performances such as the Choir/Dance fundraiser, Elective Preview Night, and Six Flags Vallejo, and/or in local competitions and Disneyland. Enjoy the gallery and see our calendar of events to find out where we'll be next. We look forward to seeing you at the shows!
Michelle Crivello - Dance Director/Choreographer
Michelle Crivello is currently in her twenty-first year as dance director at Castillero Middle School. Mrs. Crivello who was trained in the styles of tap, jazz, ballet, modern dance and musical theater received her Bachelor of Theater Arts degree with an major emphasis in Dance and minor emphasis in Musical Theater from San Jose State University. She received her teaching credential from the University of California Extension, Santa Cruz. She also received her CLAD Certificate from the University of San Diego and her Certificate of No Child Left Behind from San Jose Unified School District. While at San Jose State University she was honored as a Dean's Scholar, a Golden Key Honors Society member, Alumni Scholarship Recipient and a resident member of the University Dance Theater. During her time at San Jose State she received many honors including the awards for the Best Jazz Dancer and Best All Around Dancer given by the University. She was also awarded the prestigious "Best Undergraduate Dancer in the State of California Award" by the National Dance Association.
Awards and Honors Received:
- The American Music Theatre's Ginny Award for Best Female Dancer for the 1991/1992 season where she appeared in George M!, Mame
- Selected as the Assistant Choreographer for the musical "Little Shop of Horrors"
- Twice been named to the Who's Who Among American Teachers
- "Teacher of the Year" at Castillero Middle School
Key Performances:
- 6th Annual Silicon Valley Charity Ball
- San Jose Repertory Theater productions
- Opera San Jose
- New Dance San Jose
- A Season of Summer Stock Theater at:
- Barn Theater in Augusta, Michigan
Award Winning Dance Ensembles
Castillero Dancers have performed at numerous events and charitable functions:
- Great America
- Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
- Superior and 1st Place Awards at local and regional competitions:
- Various Bay Area dance competitions
- United Dance competitions at the Music in the Parks Competitions
- Festivals of Music Competitions associated with Disneyland
Presenting Castillero's Dance Courses...
Beginning Dance I – 005312 BG PE DNC6-8
Grades 6-8: Semester class for students with little or no dance experience.
Intermediate Dance – 005314/5 INT DNC 6-8 LK
Grades 6-8: Designed for students to continue to build upon a strong dance foundation.
Advanced Intermediate Dance – 005316/7 INT ADV DNC 6-8 LK
Grades 6-8: Students continue to improve upon their strong dance foundation while focusing more on performing.
Advanced Dance – 005318/9 ADV DNC 6-8 LK
Grades 6-8: Students perfect their strong dance foundation, learning more dance styles and continuing a focus on performing.
Performance Dance (Dance Infinia) – 005488/9 PRF DNC 7/8 LK
Grades 6-8: Students perfect their strong dance foundation, learning more dance styles and continuing a focus on performing and competing
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