Welcome to our beginner ballet series! Over the course of 8 weeks, you will embark on an exciting journey into the world of ballet. Whether you're taking your first steps or refining your basics, this class is designed to nurture your passion for dance and lay a strong foundation for your ballet practice.
Course Details:
Duration: 8 weeks
Level: Beginner
Course Content:
Alignment: Learn the proper body alignment and posture required for ballet.
Stretching: Engage in stretching exercises to improve flexibility and prepare the body for ballet movements.
Strengthening: Build strength in the muscles used in ballet through targeted exercises.
Balance: Develop balance and stability through specific ballet exercises.
Floor work & supporting exercises: Practice ballet movements and exercises on the floor to improve technique and body awareness.
Full barre: Learn the fundamental ballet exercises performed at the barre to develop technique and strength.
Center work: Progress to the center of the studio to practice ballet movements without the support of the barre.
Movement: Explore different ballet movements and combinations to develop coordination and musicality.
Basic terminology: Familiarize yourself with the essential ballet terminology used in class.
When: Sundays, May 24th - July 12th
Where: Main Studio at 366 Adelaide | Unit 120
Time: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Full Series: $160+HST
About Amelia
Amelia Ehrhardt is a dancer, astrologer, and multidisciplinary artist in and from Toronto. Their work manifests as solo improvisation, group choreography, drawing, painting, and writing. Amelia's work is often concerned with deep dives into the western concert dance canon. Their work has been supported across Canada and internationally, including OFFTA (Montréal), SEAD (Austria), Mile Zero Dance (Edmonton), and local residencies at Harbourfront Centre and Toronto Dance Theatre. A dancer with two decades of performance experience, Amelia has appeared in works by Susie Burpee, Willi Dorner, Syrus Marcus Ware, Deanna Peters, Julia Sasso, Menaka Thakkar, and Suzy Lake, among others. Amelia was the Curator of Dancemakers Centre for Creation from 2015-2019. They were a 2017 danceWEB recipient and a 2016 Toronto Arts Council Leadership Lab fellow. Amelia holds a Masters in Visual Studies from the University of Toronto where they were an SSHRC recipient. Currently Amelia is preoccupied with teaching ballet and can be found at @weird_ballet / @amelia.np.e