Hope Academy’s 2021-2022 Fall Term

Hope Academy’s fall term of dance, theater and music classes and private lessons begins on Saturday, September 18. Enrollment will be kept purposefully low so that we can safely accommodate students when we are in-person. Covid mitigations for the start of the fall term include in-person group classes for students 12 and up who are vaccinated, in-person private lessons in well-ventilated rooms, and virtual classes for students 12 and under, who are not vaccinated. All of this will change as younger students are able to be vaccinated. All teaching artists and staff are fully vaccinated. Everyone in the building will be required to wear a mask, at all times.

Registration is now open for Fall 2021!

Important Links

REGISTER FOR DANCE AND THEATER CLASSES

NEW families – create an account in the Family Portal for new families, and then register and pay for classes. This is also our communications portal, so bookmark the page and save your username and password.

RETURNING families – log into your account in the Family Portal to register and pay for classes. Private lessons will be added to your account when a day and time has confirmed with the teaching artist.

SCHOLARSHIP families – your account will be adjusted to reflect your scholarship after the term begins. Do not make a payment until you receive notification that your account has been adjusted.

Private Lessons

  • Private lessons for violin, viola, cello and guitar will be in-person in large rooms with open windows. We will be at half capacity for the fall in order to provide enough space for social distancing.
  • Voice lessons will be only be offered to theater students.
  • Everyone must agree to wear masks in the building and especially in private lesson rooms.
  • No drop-offs/pick-ups for private lessons and no waiting areas. Parents/guardians must agree to bring their children to lessons and stay in the lesson room with them.

Dance & Theater Classes

  • In-person classes will be offered for students12 and up who are fully vaccinated.
  • Everyone must agree to wear masks in the building and during classes.
  • Students must be dropped-off and picked-up (at designated times). There will be no waiting areas for parents/guardians/siblings.
  • Virtual classes, over Zoom, for students under 12 who are unvaccinated (classes will move to in-person as vaccines become available for children under 12).

NEW for 2021–2022

      • Combo Dance Classes | Ballet, Jazz and Tap (in various levels)
        Students will be dropped off and picked up at designated times and stay for multiple classes on the same day.
      • Collaboration with Buzzword Pittsburgh
        Our Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Creative Movement class will expand to welcome Buzzword families. Everyone will receive boxes, throughout the year, with books and activities connecting the literacy themes to stories, dance, movement and art-making activities. We are hoping to have some outdoor, in-person events as well. Here is a link for more information for Buzzword Families.
      • Partnership with Hip Hop Orchestra & Guardians of Sound
        Hip Hop Orchestra (HHO) is a creative ensemble/band of young people (12–18 years old) that comes together weekly to create, collaborate, produce, and perform the music of their own time and place. Instrumentalists, vocalists, and MCs—along with young adult mentors and professional teaching artists—combine acoustic instrumentation and vocals with digital music technology to produce the unique Hip Hop Orchestra sound. Hip Hop Orchestra meets on Friday evenings from 6–8 pm. If you are interested in being part of Hip Hop Orchestra, apply here.
        Hip Hop Orchestra for teens at Hope Academy. Grid with 7 photos. African American young people playing the violin, guitar, cajon, ukulele. 2 African American teens singing on stage. Silhouette of the back of a boy with headphones one at a computer. Hip Hop Orchestra logo.