About Rebecca
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REBECCA
WITJAS studied and performed most of her life in New York City. Her
primary instructors included Finis Jhung (San Francisco Ballet and Joffrey
Ballet), Alfredo Corvino (Juilliard), Zena
Rommett (Steps), Maggie Black, and Rosemary Valaire. She performed with New York Dance Quintet, the José Limon Company, and Facets Dance Company. Rebecca holds an M.A. in Dance from UCLA, has created two professional companies of her own, choreographed for stage, television and movies, and has 35 years of teaching experience. Besides her private classes, Rebecca also teaches at Pepperdine University and at Santa Monica College.
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LA Dances
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LA Dances is a Los Angeles-based modern dance company directed by Rebecca Witjas dedicated to sharing our American modern dance tradition with other nations of the world through the International Dance Council of UNESCO. Our repertory is primarily modern with ballet undertones and we strive to represent the greater Los Angeles area through our ethnic and religious diversity and through the representation of various age levels. We partner with university dance students in conjunction with our dance professionals to provide a professional experience for talented young dancers. If you have any questions, please e-mail the company's Administrative Director at info@ladances.org |
Classes
| Rebecca teaches Beginning / Intermediate
and Advanced level adult ballet
classes in Santa Monica and Malibu. |
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Summer '09 Ballet Schedule Beginning Basic Ballet l
Wednesday, July 8th from 8:30am - 10:00am at Westside Ballet Intermediate Ballet l Saturdays 9:30am - 11:00am at Westside
Ballet, from July 4th - August 29th Fall '09 Ballet Schedule (same as Spring '09) Beginning Basic Ballet l Mondays & Wednesdays 10:30am - 11:30am at
Westside Ballet Intermediate Ballet l Mondays & Wednesdays 11:30am - 1:00pm at
Westside Ballet, from August 31st
Westside Ballet is located at 1709 Stewart Street in Santa Monica. Santa Monica Dance Studio is located at 2621 Pico Boulevard #K in Santa Monica. |
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Ballet Feet
| Rebecca has developed a revolutionary new
way to improve the point of a ballerina's foot. By using the
Ballet Foot Stretch
foot stretchers with heavy rubberbands and combining it with her own style
of stretching the tarsal arch of the foot, she has improved the arches of
all her dancers in much shorter time than with just taking class. Even
students with "wooden" feet have seen remarkable progress with this
technique. After weeks of stretching, she then starts to retrain the
foot muscles to strengthen them into the correct winged position. In as
little as a few months, her students have seen dramatic differences in the
arch and strength of their pointe... and oftentimes this leads the student
to progress to taking pointe much earlier in her training. PaymentPayment for Rebecca's classes must be made directly to the studio where
the class is being taught before the start of the class in accordance with the studio's payment policy. Ballet BootcampGet information on Rebecca's Ballet Bootcamps by clicking here. |
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Useful LinksPlease click here to see a collection of ballet-related Internet links. Contact InformationIf you have questions for Rebecca regarding her ballet classes, please e-mail her at rebecca@balletbabes.com. To report a technical problem with this website, please e-mail admin@balletbabes.com. Privacy StatementWe take your privacy seriously, and will use the information you provide only to answer any questions you may have. We will not sell or share your contact information with any other companies, or send you any unsolicited e-mail or materials. If you have any further questions, please contact us at admin@balletbabes.com. |