Category: Ballet in English
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Retreat Reflections
Warm, welcoming, energetic, and enriching — these words capture the spirit of our 2025 retreat. Over six unforgettable days, we journeyed from being strangers to becoming a community. Representing more than twenty countries, our group — nurses, doctors, professors, engineers, scientists, artists, and students — came together through a shared love of dance. With open minds…
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A Sit Down with Elizabeth Walker
As we prepare for our upcoming adult ballet retreat, we wanted to take a moment to sit down with Elizabeth Walker, one of our incredible teachers joining us this August. Her journey as a dancer and as part of the Balanchine lineage is truly one for the books. Elizabeth spent her entire career learning and…
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A Sit Down with Marie Walton-Mahon Part One
“PBT is about the feeling before the form.” In the last decade the adult ballet world has grown exponentially. Adult dancers are wanting more than a class where they are sandwiched between two perfectly molded teenage dancers in their community’s weekly class. It is a global phenomenon where we have created our own place in…
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Ballet Terminology
Allongé – Extended, outstretched. Arabesque – One of the basic poses in ballet, arabesque takes its name from a form of Moorish ornament. In ballet it is a position of the body, in profile, supported on one leg, which can be straight or demi-plié, with the other leg extended behind and at right angles to…
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What to Expect in Your First Ballet Class
Ballet class is where the dancer, whether absolute beginner or professional, moves through a series of carefully choreographed movements to warm up the body, find one’s center of balance, and build strength and flexibility. There is an order in to movement, one leads to the next. All terminology is in French. Barre Work & Stretching We…
