Tumble Jumble, Modern I/II and Tumbling I

Brooklyn Arts Exchange is a nonprofit year-round, performance, rehearsal and educational venue in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The Education Department offers a broad range of youth programs (ages 5-18 years) in 
tumbling, dance, and theater, as well as early childhood classes (ages 1-5 years). For the 2014-2015 school year, BAX’s Education Department is looking for energetic and experienced educators to facilitate a Tumble Jumble, Tumbling I, and Modern I/II class. Please review class details and schedules enclosed. 

Competitive hourly pay, determined based on experience. 

Preferred candidates will have professional experience teaching the class discipline(s) and age(s), be personable, and comfortable communicating with both parents/caregivers and youth. Preference will be 
given to candidates who can teach all three classes back-to-back (tumbling and dance). 

To Apply: 
Candidates should please submit a brief cover letter and resume to BAX’s Education Director, Lucia 
Scheckner, at lucia@bax.org. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. 
We will only be in touch with candidates we wish to interview. No phone calls please. 

Class Details and Schedules: 
Candidates must be available for 2014-2015 school year, beginning September 8th through June 13th.

Tumble Jumble
Ages 4-5
Saturdays, 9:30am-10:15am

Drawing from yoga and gymnastics exercises, this early childhood class explores basic locomotive and 
body coordination skills. Students learn forward rolls, log rolls, bear and crab walks, skip, chase and 
gallop, and engage in basic stretching and strength work. This playful class allows the student to work 
independently and in a lively group dynamic. This is the first class offered in BAX’s popular Tumbling 
track. The Tumble Jumble class culminates the fall and spring terms with an original student 
performance, as part of BAX’s extensive student concert weekend. 

Tumbling I 
Ages 5-6
Saturdays, 10:30am-11:30am

Tumbling at BAX encapsulates a number of physical skills and movement techniques from yoga, modern 
dance, gymnastics, and acrobatics. This class supports fundamental motor skills and challenges students in their beginning stages of development. Making transitions, taking turns and working as a group are regular social skills addressed in this lively joyful class. Students learn backward and forward rolls, logrolls, somersaults, headstands, and the basics of balancing, all while honing body strength. Tumbling I culminates the fall and spring terms with an original student performance, as part of BAX’s extensive 
student concert weekend. 

Modern I/II
Ages 6-8
Saturdays, 11:30am-12:30pm

Modern Dance at BAX uses concepts, imagery, form, and rhythm to progress students technically and creatively. Modern I/II is a hybrid class open to students of a broad range of ages and prior experience. The class introduces young dancers to the foundations of modern dance including center work and across the floor exercises while exploring rhythm, spatial relationships, basic leg and foot work and locomotive movement, including chases, leaps and turns. Opportunity for creative choice is abundant through imagery and music, and students will begin the exciting entry into creating and observing 
choreography (making dance pieces) through memory and repetition. Students continue to explore their artistic voice through choreography which includes relationships to props, partner work, and working as a cohesive group. Modern I/II classes culminate the fall and spring term with a student performance as part of BAX’s student concert weekend.