NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA)’s Center for Dance (CFD), in partnership with the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORD) and St. Bernard Parish Public Schools, will hold online registrations beginning Jan. 19 for the spring 2021 semester of tuition-free, after-school dance classes for ages 3-18. The NOBA Center for Dance’s nationally award-winning, tuition-free Early Childhood Program (ages 3-5) and Preparatory Program (ages 6-18) provide sequentially based technique classes in ballet, modern, jazz, hip hop, movement and conditioning. Classes will be held in-person at six NORD Rec Centers — Cut Off, Gernon Brown, Joe W. Brown, Rosenwald, Stallings St. Claude, and Tremé — and virtually through NOBA’s robust Zoom platform. (See details below.) Registration for any child with a demonstrated interest will be filled on a first come, first served basis and can be accessed at nobadance.com/youth-classes. Classes begin on Feb. 8 or March 1, depending on the program, and will culminate in May with a costumed performance