Mr.
Zackery is certified in
teaching the American Ballet
Teaching Curriculum.
He received his B.F.A. from
Southern Methodist University
and a
Masters in Ballet Pedagogy
and Higher Education from
N.Y.U./American Ballet Theatre.
Mr. Zackery has danced professionally
for over 15 years and teaching
professionally for 12 years.
Royce has taught master
classes and workshops in
classical/contemporary ballet,
lyrical movement, tap and
classical/contemporary partnering
in Dallas, Florida, Oklahoma
City, Atlanta, Germany,
and New York City. He has
been on staff at Broadway
Dance Center, The Alvin
Ailey Extension Program,
and The School at Steps
on Broadway.
Ballet Class Description
The barre is to prepare
the student for center work.
At an even more primary
state, the muscular activity
at the barre is designed
to lengthen, strengthen,
tone, and elongate the muscles
of the body. Consequently
this results in a heighten
level of endurance, balance,
coordination, inner and
outer strength of the extremities,
and most importantly the
bodies core.
Contempoary Class
Description
The class is a fusion of
modern, jazz, contemporary
movement, elements of ballet
with nuances of hip-hop.
The class thrives on musicality,
shifting of weight, vocabulary,
and conscious movement through
space. The warm-up entail
ballet based modern influenced
exercises that focus on
proper body alignment, strength,
stamina, and muscular endurance.
Mr. Zackery?s classes are
challenging but fun. His
class thrives on musicality,
shifting of weight, vocabulary,
and conscious movement through
space. Royce is very passionate
about students passing the
point of what they perceive
their own limitations to
be only to discover new
boundaries to explore in
personal growth and development
with in the art form.
Mens Class: The
Young Mans Development Program
Discipline, Drive, Reasoning,
Respect, Dedication, Responsibility,
Accountability, and Consistency.
No matter the road or path
one chooses, these foundational
treasures are essential
to being successful in any
thing we want to do in life.
Through the disciplined
structure of dance, these
foundational treasures will
be instilled in the young
men. This class will be
just as fun, rhythmic, vocabulary
induced, and cultured as
regular technique class,
with the addition of constructive
challenges geared towards
the mentoring of young men
through the use of an athletic
training approach coincided
with dance vocabulary and
movement through space. |
