Fall Class Guide E
veryone wants to learn. Whether you’re a kid excited to get the gears moving after a summer off, or a jealous parent dropping a young adult off for freshman year of college, the hunger for knowledge continues to pang. Luckily for you, this fall has a smorgasbord of classes ready to bite into: ballet for beginners, meditation and yoga to relax and many language courses to prepare you for that trip you’ve been planning for years. Dig in. The Class Guide is published quarterly by the Palo Alto Weekly, The Almanac and the Mountain View Voice.
Business, work and technology Career Generations 2225 E. Bayshore Road, Suite 239, Palo Alto 650-320-1639 info@careergenerations.com www.careergenerations.com Career Generations offers group workshops and programs to meet specific career needs. Career coaches help assess skills in the context of today’s marketplace, generate career options, improve resumes and social-media profiles and design a successful job-search plan. Additionally, coaches help improve networking, interviewing and negotiating skills. CareerGenerations offers a free, initial 15-minute phone consultation.
For the dancer Beaudoin’s School of Dance 464 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto 650-326-2184
Beaudoin’s School of Dance holds tap, ballet, ballroom and jazz dance classes, as well as preparation for wedding dances. Courses are available for adults as well as children ages 3 and up.
Dance Connection Cubberley Community Center, L-5, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 650-322-7032, 650-852-0418 info@danceconnectionpaloalto. com www.danceconnectionpaloalto. com Dance Connection offers graded classes for preschoolers to adults, with a variety of programs to meet dancers’ needs. Ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, boys program, lyrical, Pilates and combination classes are available for students of various levels of ability.
Stanford Campus Recreation Association (SCRA)
Zohar School of Dance and Company Cubberley Community Center, L-4, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 650-494-8221 zohardance@gmail.com www.zohardancecompany.org Founded in 1979, Zohar School of Dance holds a range of dance classes in jazz, modern, ballet, musical theater and tap for adults, as well as some classes where children can accompany their parents.
Cubberley Community Center, L-3, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 650-858-2005 info@dancevisions.org www.dancevisions.org
Uforia Studios 819 Ramona St., Palo Alto 650-329-8794 www.uforiastudios.com Uforia Studios offers classes in dance, spin, Zumba, condition-
875 Bowdoin St., Stanford 650-736-7272 www.stanford.edu/dept/scra
Health & fitness Be Yoga 440 Kipling St., Palo Alto 650-906-9016 info@be.yoga.com www.be-yoga.com This community yoga studio holds a range of yoga classes in vinyasa, iyengar, ashtanga, prenatal and aerial styles, as well as classes to relax and relieve tension.
DanceVisions
DanceVisions, a nonprofit community dance center, offers classes for young children (beginning at age 3) up to adults. Dance lessons range from modern to hiphop/jazz, lyrical, belly dancing, ballet and contact improvisation. Adults with no prior experience are welcome.
are also available for those with special needs.
ing and its own version of yoga. All fitness levels and abilities are welcome.
Equinox 440 Portage Ave., Palo Alto 650-319-1700 www.equinox.com/clubs/paloalto
The great outdoors Advantage Aviation 1903 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto 650-494-7248 info@advantage-aviation.com www.advantage-aviation.com With many instructors, Advantage Aviation has a wide offering of classes to train new pilots as well as help more experienced pilots to receive needed licenses.
Equinox’s Palo Alto location has a variety of fitness and wellness activities including cycling, Pilates, yoga, conditioning and more. It also features Metcom3, Stacked and RX Series workout programs.
Kim Grant Tennis Academy 3005 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 650-752-8061 www.kimgranttennis.com The Kim Grant Tennis Academy organizes tennis classes for adults and children, starting at age 3, ranging in ability from beginner to advanced. Classes
Club membership is not required for participation in the swimming, tennis and fitness programs offered at SCRA. Swim instruction includes group and private lessons for children, including classes for parents and their babies (younger than 2 years). Tennis classes and lessons are offered for adults and children ages 4 and older.
Studio Kicks 796A San Antonio Road, Palo Alto 650-855-9868 info@studiokickspaloalto.com www.studiokickspaloalto.com Studio Kicks is a family fitness center offering cardio kickboxing classes and martial arts training for kids and adults. Owner and instructor Richard Branden is a six-time world champion in Chinese martial arts.
Taijiquan Tutelage of Palo Alto Cubberley Community Center, M-4, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 650-327-9350 mjchan@ttopa.com www.ttopa.com At Taijiquan Tutelage of Palo Alto, established in 1973, students learn the classical Yang Chengfu style of Taijiquan (T’ai chi ch’uan, or tai chi). Beginning classes start monthly.
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