Beginner Ballet Series II with Amelia Ehrhardt
Beginner Ballet Series II is a direct continuation of Series I and is designed for dancers who have already established foundational ballet technique and are ready to move forward with greater confidence and clarity. This series builds on the principles introduced in Series I while increasing pace, coordination, and technical demand, with the goal of preparing dancers for a transition toward more intermediate-level training. Classes move more efficiently through familiar structures, allowing dancers to deepen their understanding of alignment, strength, and musicality while working with longer combinations and more complex center work. Series II emphasizes continuity, precision, and stamina, supporting dancers as they refine their technique and expand their movement range in a supportive, focused environment.
Course Details:
Duration: 8 weeks
Level: Beginner / Beginner-Intermediate — Completion of Beginner Ballet Series I or equivalent experience is recommended.
Course Content:
Alignment: Refine and maintain proper alignment through increasingly complex movement sequences
Stretching & Strengthening: Develop deeper muscular strength and endurance required for sustained ballet work and flexibility to support a greater range of motion and technical clarity
Balance: Develop stability and control through introductory balance exercises
Full barre: Expand barre work with increased tempo, longer combinations, and greater attention to detail
Across the floor & supporting exercises: Enhance body awareness and technique through floor-based movement
Center work: Progress center practice with added complexity, directional changes, and stamina demands while dancers explore combinations that develop precision and musicality
Basic terminology: Learn and reinforce essential ballet vocabulary used in class
Please note that teachers of all series classes are encouraged to run their classes as progressive courses, regardless of the number of students dropping in.
All Series courses will be open for drop-ins during the first half of the course only. Please contact info@thefifthdance.com to commit to the rest of the Series.
When: Sundays, November 15th - December 20th
Where: Main Studio at 366 Adelaide | Unit 120
Time: 12:15PM - 1:30PM
Full Series: $130+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