Category: Beginner ballet
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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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Ballet Etiquette
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, etiquette is defined as “the set of rules or customs that control accepted behavior in particular social groups or social situations.” In the world of ballet, etiquette is an integral part of the art — passed down through generations and traditionally taught from a young age. Just as mastering a…
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A Sit Down with Marie Walton-Mahon Part Two
“Pure line doesn’t have a measurement. Fonteyn never had high legs, but when she left the stage she radiated something that was still left in your heart.” Since posting Part One of my conversation with Marie Walton-Mahon, I have had the pleasure of incorporating a regular Progressing Ballet Technique into my weekly routine, as well…
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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…
