(Int/Adv) Ballet

About this event

Elevate your ballet skills with our Beginner-Intermediate Ballet Class! Designed for dancers with some ballet experience, as well as those returning to dance after a hiatus, this class challenges you to build strength, develop technique, and explore movement with curiosity and compassion. Our skilled instructors will guide you through mobility and strengthening exercises, barre work, center phrases, and expansive traveling movements, while fostering a joyful and supportive environment. In this class, you will: - Build strength, mobility, and body awareness through conditioning exercises - Develop your ballet technique through moderately paced barre work - Explore center phrases including adagio and grand battement - Develop your movement through waltzes, petit allegro, and grand allegro - Examine efficient and safe ways of dancing - Explore freedom and self-expression through balletic movement Perfect for dancers looking to develop their ballet technique while approaching movement with curiosity and a beginner’s mindset, this class provides a joyful and supportive space to meet your body where it’s at. Whether you’re a seasoned dancer or have just returned to dance after a hiatus, you’ll be encouraged to move with compassion, explore new possibilities, and engage with the community in a meaningful way. If you’ve not yet taken ballet, we suggest you take the Beginner/Intermediate class before joining us on Thursdays. Join us and discover the joy of moving, exploring, and expressing yourself through ballet!

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