Easter Course - A Balanchine Focus

April 8th, 9th 10th 2025 Ages 10 - 19

Three days of inspiring and insightful ballet training for 10-19 year olds, delivered by a highly experienced faculty of industry professionals.

All Ballet Boost courses are designed to nurture the next generation of professional dancers, providing them with the artistry, musicality and technical skill to help them shine in this crowded industry. Our Easter Course aims to enrich each student’s thinking and experience beyond that provided by their usual training syllabus. We will cover Ballet, Virtuosity, Pointe work, strength training, Allegro coaching, Contemporary, Repertoire and body conditioning / pilates / floor barre. Students will also learn about anatomy, the importance of taking care of their own physicality, and the affects different psychological barriers can have on performance.

My daughter attended the Easter Course at Pineapple and loved every minute. Wonderful lessons, amazing teachers... can't wait till next Easter. Thank you Emma Northmore.

Sarah Douglas

April 8th, 9th 10th 2025 Ages 10 - 19
11 am - 4 pm
Pineapple Dance Studios
£300 for the three days
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Further Details

Announcing our very special guest teacher Antonia Franceschi

Ballet Boost is delighted to be flying in Antonia all the way from New York for this once in a lifetime ooprotunity to work with one of the last generation selected personally by George Balanchine!

Mr B slected her to join the New york City Ballet and Antonia is also a timeout award winner for her oustanding achievement to dance.

Antonia was also in the orginal Fame and Grease fims and has an absolute wealth of knowledge to bring to you all.

We will be doing ballet classes in the Balanchine style as well as learning some repertoire and solos and I am quite sure there will be very many wonderful nuggets of information shared.

As we all know its crucial for dancers to be versatile today and so to study his method directly from Francechi is simply to good to miss!

Once its full its full so get booking now.

One senior group and one mid level group available based on ability and experience rather that age.

 

PLEASE NOTE: We are now asking for submission of photos upon application to ensure high standards are maintained. These are: Arabesque, Tendu in 2nd, and -if over 11 years old and on pointe for girls- 4th position en pointe. If you currently attend a full time vocational school you do NOT need to submit these. Those on other vocational training programmes may still be asked for photos.

Previous Faculty

Olivia Cowley

Soloist Royal Ballet Company

Leanne Cope

Ex Royal Ballet and star of An American in Paris

Kristen McGarrity

Assistant Choreographer for Liam Scarletts’ new Swan lake. Worked on the new Nutcracker film, ex BRB and cover Lise in An American in Paris

Emma Northmore

Founder of Ballet Boost and The Academy of Balletic Arts. Ex English National Ballet and Company teacher for Mathew Bourne, Ballet Black Rehearsal Director, Ballet Boyz class teacher, Guest Teacher for Australian Ballet Company, Cover teacher at RBS Associates, Central, Tring and Rambert. Open classes for professionals at Pineapple Dance Studios.

BalletBoyz

Contemporary Class

Mathew Bourne New Adventures

Glenn Graham and Nicola

Will Tuckett award winning Choreographer

Anita Young MBE

Tania Fairbairn

And very many more.......!