Fitzgerald Performing Arts

About

Artistic Director, Julie Fitzgerald began dancing at the age of 5. At the age of 13, she found her love for classical ballet and started her pre-professional training with Boston Ballet School. At age 15, she continued her training and schooling at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, where she then graduated. Julie also spent every summer on Cape Cod dancing with teachers Skip Warren, former professional of Boston Ballet and former owner of North Atlantic Ballet Company, and Thomas Vacanti, Artistic Director of Pioneer Valley Ballet.
After graduating high school, Julie joined Festival Ballet Company in Rhode Island as a professional ballet dancer. Over the years, Julie has danced many leading roles, such as Swanhilda in Coppelia, Titania in A Mid-Summer Night's Dream, Cinderella, pas de deux in Graduation Ball, and Dew Drop and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker. Julie is a firm believer in having children perform as much as possible to grow their artistry and confidence.

Along with creating a love of the arts for all ages, Fitzgerald Performing Arts strives to inculcate the love of ballet, dance, and musical theatre in an artistic yet non-competitive atmosphere.

Our Offerings

The Nutcracker

Nutcracker Audition! Saturday June 8th & Saturday September 7th! This all student cast gives the opportunity for children and teens and adults to learn and perform main parts in our Nutcracker. Click to register today!
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Theatre Program

Jungle Book the Musical! Purchase tickets today! April 27th & 28th 2pm!

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Aspiring Dancer Program

For our ballet students who aspire to take ballet to the next level and are looking for a career as either a professional or a ballet teacher. The students will also have additional performance opportunities.
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Adult Program

The love of dance is not only for the young! Our adults can enjoy classes in Ballet, Barre Fitness, Heels, Belly Dancing, plus more fun events to come! Get your exercise in a fun and artistic way! No previous dance experience necessary! Classes are all drop in for $20 per class or at discounted rate if you purchase of a class card.
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Schedules/Tuiton

24/25 Season Schedule

Monday
4:30-5:30p Primary Ballet/Tap
4:30-5:30p Kids Hip Hop
5:30-6:30p ADP 5/Ballet 5
5:30-6:30p Hip Hop 2
6:30-8p ADP Advanced

Tuesdays
4:30-5:30p ADP 4&5 Strength
5:30-6:30p Kids Tap
6:30-7:30p Contemporary
7:30-8:30p Teen/Adult Tap

Wednesdays
4:30-5:30p Pre-Primary Ballet/Tap
4:30-5:30p Dance Movement
5:30-6:30p Ballet 1/2
5:30-6:30p ADP 4
6:30-7:30p ADP Advanced

Thursdays
2:30-3:30p Homeschool Theatre Arts
4:14-5:15p ADP 4
4:15-5:15p Theatre Arts
5:15-6:15p Ballet 3
5:30-6:30p Youth Theatre Company
6:30-7:30p Intro to Broadway
6:30-7:30p Adult Ballet

Fridays
4:15-5:30p ADP 5
5:30-6:30p Improv
6:00-7:30p ADP Advanced

Saturdays
8:30-10:00a ADP Advanced (Nutcracker)

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Tuition for Student Program

1 class per week is $800 for season/$80 per month.
2 classes per week is $1,500 per season/$150 per month.
3 classes per week is $2,150 per season/$215 per month.
Aspiring Dancer Program $1,500 per season/$150 per month for Levels 4 & 5. $2,000 per season/$200 per month for Advanced.
Registration fees apply.
The season starts September 5th and ends June 15th. Tuition will be collected on a monthly basis from September to June. All tuition will be due on the 25th of the PRIOR month. For example, the September tuition will be due on August 25th. Tuition payments can be made using either autopay on the Dance studio portal subject to a 2.75% credit card processing fee, or cash, check, or Venmo. In the event of a snowstorm or sickness, the student will be allowed to make the class up at any other class of their choice with prior teacher approval.

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Adult Schedule

Belly Dancing
Mondays 6:30-7:30pm
Heels
Tuesdays 7:45-8:45p
Barre Fitness
Mondays 9:00-10:00a
Tuesdays 6:00-7:00p
Adult Ballet
Thursdays 7:30-8:30pm
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Class Descritions

Dance Movement
Taught by Miss Bella, our Dance Movement class was designed for ages 2.5-4. The children will learn the basics of dance, while enjoying fun music and play!
Pre-Primary/Primary Ballet & Tap
Taught by Miss Julie/Miss Bella, this class is for ages 5-7. The children will be learning the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) ballet technique that is the world’s most influential dance education and training program, along with an introduction to tap.
Ballet levels 1-5
Taught by Miss Julie, the students will be learning RAD ballet technique, which will form a solid base not only to their ballet technique, but also in all other forms of dance.
Aspiring Dancer Program
Taught by Miss Julie/Miss Maria, Our Aspiring Dancer Program is intended for dancers who have an interest in advancing further in ballet with possibilities of either dancing professionally in the future or teaching someday. These students will be exposed to technique classes, pre-pointe/pointe, variations, along with elective classes of their choice. These students will also have extra performance opportunities along with the chance to dance in our annual Nutcracker.
Contemporary
Taught by Miss Tiffany, the contemporary class is a combination of modern, jazz, and lyrical. It is a style of expressive dance that allows the dancers to move in a fluid no restrictive manor.
Hip Hop/Jazz
Taught by Miss Tiffany, this class will be offered to ages 5-18. Hip Hop is typically danced to hip hop music and is a high energy style of dance using moves seen in many popular music videos and on the famous TikTok app. Jazz combines techniques of classical ballet and modern dance, using body isolations with an emphasis on rhythmical accuracy, and style.
Theatre Arts/Improv/Intro to Broadway
Taught by our Theatre Program Director Mrs. Lamprey, the mission of our Theatre Arts Class is to build the necessary skills for students to confidently participate in our children’s theatre productions. The class will focus on character development, vocal expression, movement and musicality. Students will have opportunities to create characters and scenes in a comfortable environment.
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