Hi ,

Due to a scheduling conflict, there’s no beginner ballet this Saturday. The last class of this “class pack” will instead run on May 23, and we’ll roll right into the next class pack.

In May and June, we'll continue working on:

• refining port de bras — finding that graceful flow + no more clicky shoulders!

• feeling strong at the bottom of a deep plié

• using épaulement to help core activation, balance, and balletic sense of style.

If you’d like to keep practising in the meantime, here are two of my favourite strength building exercises we’ve been working on:

Parallel rises — dance it with music

Adagio in Parallel (up for a challenge? repeat in first position!) dance it with music.

See you again soon,

Natasha