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Time hop can be a great reference , from intermediate Foundation to Advanced 1 level with non vocational coaching, excellence in the North West, love my job 💜
Confirming places for Next Monday. It is always a pleasure when we invite Jackie Gray to coach, this half term we have our intermediate foundation students 4-5.30 and Intermediate/Advanced students 6-8.00 pm. Students who normally attend on Mondays please note the slight time difference. There will also be Pbt preparation session half an hour before classes for warm up. Students thinking of taking Intermediate Foundation Classes in September 20 may be able to attend, please ask if you are interested current grade 3/4 Dancers. External students and vocational students on half term are welcome with your teachers permission. There are 15 places max per each group £10 including pbt warm up .
Upcoming Sessions for my Scholars and “Young Dancers” vocational half -term students welcome 😊 Scholars Ballet and “Young Dancer” Classes all at Normal Times SUNDAY 16th FEBRUARY ✅pink leotards etc as normal. MONDAY 17th February we have Jackie Gray coaching , ✅ Intermediate Foundation Students and invited students 4-5.30pm Intermediate and Advanced Ballet 6-8pm... There is a preparation PBT class for all attending at 2.30 pm Please wear suitable dancewear of your own choice and present yourselves as for exam. Enquires about the above associate opportunities Welcome 💜
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A new year, a new decade, #blessed if you are getting ahead with your diary for 2020, can I remind you of our Sunday Scholars and Young Dancer Program for this Term February 16th -March 15th - April 19th ✅ There is additional Coaching with Miss Gray on 21st February and I have availability for private coaching, exam coaching and this year can travel 🌏👣🚗🚂✈️ re workshops and cover . Please inbox for details, wishing everyone a wonderful year ahead 💜
Fabulous news for 2 beautiful dancers today #proud
Back to Dance sessions on January 2nd/3rd Break yourself into your new term avoiding injury. One to one analysis of technique and advice sessions and private coaching (exam and audition) available from 9th December to 20th December. North West based, can travel ! 🎅please ask or inbox ♥️
DECEMBER ACTIVITY and HOLIDAY 🎁🎅COACHING ⤵️DECEMBER ACTIVITY and HOLIDAY 🎁🎅COACHING ⤵️
Posting for my Seniors after tonight’s class, Trust me when I say you have done well 💜 You improve every week. After a loooong dance weekend and clearly sniffly and tired, you were still at class 👏 I could feel your frustration, and you care a lot about the work you deliver, but be kinder to yourselves ! It’s easy to say Well Done on the good days, but here is a well done on a tougher one 😍 Lovely grande jete Poppy to end class 👏
Monday nights at XAPA are Vocational ISTD Intermediate Foundation 5.30-7.00 and Intermediate 7.00 -8.30 Ballet classes. I am often asked about this syllabi and it’s value. It is offered alongside ISTD grades 4-6 as supplementary training at XAPA. Examination is available and I have entered students between ages 12 to 18 plus dependent on experience. On average we study each level between 12 to 18 months. Personally I find inter foundation reinforces and revisits a lot of tec...hnique at a time when young students are enduring a lot of physical changes and secures the grade work previously learnt. Intermediate /advanced 1 Ballet is the grounding for further vocational study at 16 or 18 for most genres of Dance including Musical Theatre . It is quite an intensive route in addition to their other dance classes but if you have an interest or are simply curious to see the work on MONDAY 9th DECEMBER you are welcome, indeed invited to watch class between 6 and 8.30 or part of! Note our younger students may enjoy this opportunity 🤷🏻♀️ external students can be accepted with teachers permission and students are automatically eligible for my Sunday Scholar Coaching 💜
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A point (lol) we have been discussing in class 💜
And group 2 💜
Senior scholars worked today on linking steps in our pointe shoes, these take as much care and detail as the pirouettes and more demanding vocabulary, difficult to soften and elevate through the feet into plié, good try girls 👏
Love the science of Dance, students can learn and progress safely as they learn how their body can become an instrument to express the Dancer that is unique to them 💜