July 14-18, 2025| 6:30-8:30pm

At Ballet Hawaii’s Honolulu Studios

TUITION: $150 for the full week
No drop-in’s. Enrollment required by June 30th.

We are excited to create Ballet Hawaii’s first Adult Ballet Intensive!

This Intensive is intended for dancers taking at least a Beginning/Intermediate level through Intermediate/Advanced level ballet classes. Dancers should have at least a year of ballet training prior to enrollment. A minimum of 8 dancers is required, maximum of 20 dancers.

Jennifer Gage recently moved to Oahu from Virginia, but it’s Chicago she called home where she taught for over 20 years at many schools, including her own studio, NorthSide Dance Theater. As a young dancer, her classical training was with Ballet Tennessee directors Anna and Barry Van-Cura. She also attended intensives on scholarship with Joffrey Ballet, Burklyn Ballet Theatre, and Governor’s School in TN. At 18 she moved to Chicago on full scholarship with the Joel Hall Dancers, later becoming a company member, teacher, rehearsal assistant, and ballet mistress. With a 30 year professional career, she danced with over 15 companies with styles ranging from classical ballet to jazz and hip-hop.

In 2002 Jennifer created her own not-for-profit company, Alliance Dance Company. Over the 13 years they were active, the company grew from a single show to a full season with 3 shows, school performances, touring, invitation to perform at special events, festivals, and even creating their own curated dance festival, Kaleidoscope. Ms. Gage has created over 100 choreographed pieces, 26 productions, and 17 full-length story works, including Alice in Wonderland, Little Red Riding Hood, Nutcracker, Snow Spectacular, A Journey, Fighting for a Dream, and the still requested Cats After 9 Lives. She has set acts from Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake as well as choreography for Miss Saigon and Cinderella.

As an instructor, Jennifer is a firm believer in Age Appropriate/Level Appropriate and enjoys creating a positive and constructive environment with all levels of dance and life.

Aya Duong was born in Kyoto, Japan and received her ballet training through Miyashita Ballet School with professional training under Sadako Hirakawa. She also studied with Daini Kubo in Tokyo, Yoshimi Yo (Sapporo training), and Jan Nuyts before joining Miyashita Ballet Company as a soloist.

Ms. Aya joined the Miyashita Ballet School faculty where she taught in the Children’s Division and Open Program classes and assisted in choreographing the school’s annual showcase.

In 2012, Ms. Aya joined the Honolulu Classical Ballet teaching staff as the Associate Artistic Director where she taught children from the age of three through the professional division. She has been an instructor with various local schools including Punahou school, Drill Team Hawaii, Queen Emma Ballet, and Alive Ballet. Ms. Aya has her certificate in the ABT National Training Curriculum Pre-primary through Level 3.

Ms. Aya looks forward to sharing her talents with future generations of students at Ballet Hawaii.

Jonathan Mangosing became interested in dance with music videos as a child growing up in the 90s in San Diego, California. From that moment, his parents enrolled him in tap, ballet and jazz classes so that he could learn to move like the artists that he admired such as Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson. His teachers recognized that his body lines and coordination was more aligned with the genre of ballet despite his yearning to do more jazz and hip-hop (as seen on MTV). Moving to Hawaii at the age of twelve, he trained at Hawaii State Ballet under John Landowski for three years until his family moved back to the Bay Area. The opportunity to train full-time at San Francisco Ballet School arose and he seized it. Out of his graduating class, he was one of the four students who were offered contracts as apprentices into the company. Not to mention, he was the only male in this very competitive and talented group of individuals that year. He went on to dance for San Francisco Ballet for six years and then moved to Hong Kong with his boyfriend (now husband) and danced with Hong Kong Ballet for three and a half years. When they decided to move back to California, Jonathan spent his last two and a half years dancing with Smuin Ballet and also attained his Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts through the St. Mary’s College of California Leap Program. Upon retiring from the profession, he transitioned into event management for non-profit organizations such as the Arthritis Foundation and Dance For a Reason. Another move brought him and his husband to New York in 2018, where another career transition occurred. After applying for multiple positions with event management firms on the other side of the country, an unexpected referral landed him an interview at Cartier Central Park and into the world of luxury retail. Since then, he worked with Cartier in Hudson Yards and Miami Design District.

Now that both of his parents are retired in Mililani, he has moved back to Hawaii to spend more time with them, and currently works at Van Cleef & Arpels in Ala Moana as a boutique administrator. In his free time, he enjoys spending time at the beach with his husband and dachshund-mix dog, Dillinger who was a foster-turned-adoption in New York during covid lockdown. He hopes to get Dillinger surfing in the near future.

As a choreographer, Jonathan has even more of an affinity for pop culture as he pays homage to the artists that inspired him to dance in the past and present. He also plays to the strengths of his dancers which informs him of the steps that would accentuate their talent. Moreover, he wants to help them explore characters beyond classical ballet narratives. With his first creation at Ballet Hawaii, he chose a theme based on villains, and as much as we root for heroines in fairytales, there tends to be more that we relate with in villains such as guilty pleasures, loneliness, toxic friendships, self-deprecating humor, ferocity, and risky behavior.

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Thursdays 6:30-8:30pm (Starting July 2025!)
At Ballet Hawaii’s Honolulu Studios

TUITION: $225 for the month (1-31st). Includes unlimited adult classes at your appropriate level!

Looking to elevate your dance training? This class includes conditioning, stretches, elements of ballet technique, and incorporates strengthening elements not typically presented in a regular open ballet class!

The class will also serve as rehearsal time for upcoming performances through Act Deux, Ballet Hawaii’s adult performing group. The typical schedule will be 60 minutes of stretch/conditioning/warm-up and 60 minutes of rehearsal, although this will vary depending on needs of rehearsal time.

PREREQUISITE: Dancers enrolling in this class must take a regular ballet technique class at their appropriate level of training and have at least 6 months of Ballet technique experience prior to enrollment. Must be at least 16 years old.

Enrollment for this class is required. This is not a drop-in class, it is a progressive class. Please enroll by the 21st of each month preceding. Your card will be charged on the 1st. Dancers can still join after the 1st, but fees are not prorated. New dancers can join at the beginning of each month.

SUNDAYS 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

At Ballet Hawaiiʻs Honolulu Studios

$75 per Workshop date

Calling all adult dancers! Ballet Hawaii is now offering one-day workshops that give dancers the chance to explore a variety of different dance styles. No prior experience in any style is required, all levels are welcome!

Each workshop date listed below will be comprised of a combination of styles/training from 3 different categories: Jazz (Lyrical, Contemporary, Urban Jazz, etc.), Ballroom (Cha-cha, Swing, Salsa, Tango, Foxtrot, Waltz, etc), and Specialty classes (Yoga, Pilates, Stretching, Acting for Dancers, etc.)

February 16

We will explore Lyrical Jazz, Cha-cha, and Yoga for dancers this month!

*Enrollment is open until February 9, 2025

March 16

*Enrollment is open until March 9, 2025

April 27

*Enrollment is open until April 20, 2025

*Minimum of 6 dancers required per workshop.

No make-up classes, transfers, or refunds. ALL Students must set up a JR account and pay for classes prior to coming to the studio.

Clean dedicated dance shoes are recommended. No rubber-sole shoes, flip flops, or dress heels are allowed.

Students must be at least 16 years old to enroll.

ACT DEUX:

ADULT PERFORMING GROUP

Donʻt miss this performance opportunity for our adult class students! A ballet piece will be choreographed by the Instructor of the class preceding to be presented as a family-friendly, in-studio performance.

Who: Any adult taking Ballet Hawaii’s open classes (Beg/Int or Int/Adv levels) or Beginning Ballet Monday 4-week sessions.

Performance Dates: Early April (first or second weekend) at Ballet Hawaii’s Honolulu Studios

Ticket Price: $20 through Tutu Tix

All participating adults will receive ONE complimentary ticket to the performance.