RuthE
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Yes, I did Bennet's class last Wednesday - though I won't be doing it today because I have to dial into a work meeting. I need to rearrange my space somehow so I've got room for developpes and grands battements in close proximity to something fixed that's barre height...
There are loads of dancers doing online classes at the moment, but both of these are experienced at teaching adult beginners, therefore should be a reliable and safe place to start.
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If you're looking to get started while stuck in quarantine, please note that David Kierce has moved his regular classes online. They cost £7 and are at the same times as his usual Absolute Beginner and Beginner/Improver classes at Central School of Ballet.
https://www.beginneradultballet.com/online-classes-1
I asked about the format of the class (bearing in mind I often attend his classes in person, but live in a small flat and obviously don't have sprung flooring or anything) and he said it's a barre and some stretching, and he's teaching from the corner of a tiny studio flat!
Bennet Gartside has also been streaming live free classes on the Everybody Ballet instagram page. Again, it's barre and stretching and assumes you don't have space for anything else.
These things can easily be done in socks on a hard surface; bare feet and/or carpets would make it trickier.
I realize there's already a thread about online classes, but thought I'd post this here as it's basically an absolute-beginner-specific question.
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Oooh. Bravissimo have just released this. I wonder whether it’s stretchy enough to be usable as a dance leo...
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3 minutes ago, bangorballetboy said:
Due to illness, Jonas Kaufmann is replaced by David Butt Philip as Florestan in tonight's performance (9 March).
I might just stay off social media for the rest of the day...
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2 hours ago, Peanut68 said:
Wish I were! Where is it being held?
This one is at Sadler's Wells.
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2 hours ago, LinMM said:
My mind is boggling at paying the cheques in by phone RuthE!
Admittedly am not exactly the most tech savvy person and only had iPhone for five months but are you saying you take a picture of the cheque and then send the picture to the bank 😳🤔
Do you still have to keep the paper versions or just tear them up once you know for sure the money has gone through.
Basically, yes. In my Lloyd's app, you take an image of the front and an image of the rear of the cheque, and you enter the amount and reference note. Then, you're instructed to write "deposited" on the back of the original until it is confirmed as having cleared, at which point you can throw it away.
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On 07/03/2020 at 17:12, AnneMarriott said:
In fact I suppose I should be nominating AXA health care insurance for continuing to use such an antiquated method of settling claims as a cheque through the post, necessitating an inconvenient trip to one of the few bank branches still available in the area.
If you have a smartphone, you may well find that your online banking app supports cheque deposits by scanned image. Some of my choir jobs still pay by cheque - I can now pay them in on my phone, and haven't needed to visit a bank for months.
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I must admit I was surprised to find all(?) performances of The Rake's Progress in the highest price bracket (so, tickets for a revival of a fairly "niche" opera were more expensive than those for new productions of Alcina, Dialogues de Carmelites and Fidelio). Clearly the company is confident in its ability to sell out this cult production.
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Just wondering if anyone from this forum is doing The Ballet Retreat this weekend? It'll be my first time...
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(It also “only” (ha ha) goes up to a H cup.)
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Perhaps - though it still wouldn't enable me to wear all the pretty backless leotards without anything in the way. I don't think that's ever going to happen, frankly. The option to have the straps drawn in at the back would at least give the option of some of the high-necked leos with narrow shoulders and a keyhole back - but high necks aren't a great look if you're busty anyway.
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Still doesn't help those of us who are (just a little) over a C cup...
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27 minutes ago, Peanut68 said:
There is no allowance in currentvdance wear ranges for baby tum, a DD+ (where DID they come from???) bust, or the sneaky side boob or backfat! Yep, tell it like it (oh so sadly) is!!
And trouble is if you don’t feel comfortable or feel you look remotely ok then it’s too easy to ‘just miss class today’ or ‘sod it, I look crap anyway, might as well have cake!’ ....& so situation gets worse!
I keep trying to promise myself a shoooing trip to Just Ballet as reckon Shiela may well be able to help from her massive range of stock & great knowledge....
@Sheila Beelam gave me some great advice about a year ago on just this issue. I am a size 12-14 "in the body" but with a 32HH bust, and I ended up buying by mail-order a selection of the items she recommended I try. I ended up keeping three So Danca leotards in a size L (leotard size 6) which fit nicely. I think @LinMM, who is tall, broad-shouldered and a size XL, will have something to contribute on this subject as well.
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Just had the email from ENB announcing that next term's adult recreational classes have gone on sale. There are some changes from the current term's timetable, though, among which I note that what was the Improvers class at 20:20 on Monday with Mark Kelly is now Intermediate level, and the additional Absolute Beginners class they introduced this term on Thursdays at 19:00 with Juan Rodriguez is no more, but there's now an Absolute Beginners on Wednesday instead with Kate Hartley-Stevens.
Term starts in the week commencing 13th April (but not till Tuesday 14th as the Monday is a bank holiday), and one-off taster classes are available in the week of 7th April.
Just been and booked myself some Tuesday Improvers
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13 minutes ago, Tango Dancer said:
That looks interesting. I wish it wasn't Friday because that's when I have my usual class.
By the way has anyone done the classes that Bennet Gartside is teaching at Everybody Ballet? I see Leanne Cope is also involved. I had my first ever ballet class with her before she went off on the last tour but see she's teaching here now. Does anyone know the studio and have any views? I'm tempted by the Thursday beginner class.
I haven't tried them, though I know some people who do. They seem REALLY expensive, especially as I seem to recall they are only 60mins.
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Just spotted this announcement made a few days ago on Olivia Cowley's blog - she and husband Henry St. Clair are starting Friday evening drop-in adult ballet classes in West London (Beginner and Intermediate). I might give the Beginner one a go, though at only 55 minutes I wonder what the format is. I've tweeted her to ask, and have also asked if she foresees the Beginner class being suitable for absolute beginners.
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The problem is not that such threads (including the one I started about 18 months ago about London absolute beginner classes) can't be found in searches, but rather, that That Thread may be appearing more prominently in search results than is useful. I therefore still think it might be worth renaming it to something which better reflects its content. Though I appreciate this might be a delicate diplomatic operation. Sorry for derailing your thread, Alexander!
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5 minutes ago, alison said:
Oh, not THAT interminable thread? Beyond the call of duty, then, Jan
I have wondered on several occasions whether the aforementioned interminable thread ought to have its name changed. Given that there must be quite a lot of people who come on here looking for beginner adult classes, it's one of the most likely first things they'll find in a search. A metaphor about dolphins getting inadvertently stuck in giant fishing-nets and losing the will to live comes to mind.
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17 minutes ago, Kate_N said:
Apparently, her Friday class at Central is a real "Absolute Beginner" class - these are hard to find as drop in classes.
It is less basic than David Kierce's Absolute Beginner class, but easier than his Beginner Improver class. I hear Hannah's Danceworks class has a bit of turning (I haven't taken it) whereas her Central class has little or none.
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I really mustn't. I've got far too much else to do, I'm afraid!
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1 hour ago, Alexander said:
Thanks, yes - I've considered this but already travelling into London at least twice a week for Baroque dance and historical fencing so hoping to avoid.. and for a 45 - 60 min session...
The majority of classes are 75-90min.
You may find that the wide variety of class times available in London enable you to combine a ballet class with a trip into town for one of your existing commitments. For example, my teacher at City Lit takes two beginner classes back to back on a Tuesday - one 18:10-19:40, then another from 19:50-21:20 (I've migrated to his Improver class on a Thursday). And at ENB they have absolute beginner classes at 19:00-20:15 on Mondays and Thursdays and 20:20-21:35 on Tuesdays.
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I'm sooooo tempted...
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I heard somewhere - definitely not from any classified source - that the announcement is expected on 31st March. No idea of the accuracy of this.
Online classes live streamed for dancers - Please Post
in Doing Dance
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Having posted this in a different thread, I now see it hasn't been mentioned here, so:
David Kierce has moved his regular classes online. They cost £7 and are at the same times as his usual Absolute Beginner and Beginner/Improver classes at Central School of Ballet.
https://www.beginneradultballet.com/online-classes-1
I asked about the format of the class (bearing in mind I often attend his classes in person, but live in a small flat and obviously don't have sprung flooring or anything) and he said it's a barre and some stretching, and he's teaching from the corner of a tiny studio flat!
I will definitely also look at Friday morning's ENB class with Sarah Golightly, as I was meant to be taking her Tuesday evening class starting from next week!