Simply Ballet

Kids driving you nuts in the school holidays?

Perhaps they need a fun way to burn off some energy?

Our FREE School Holiday Tap Party is the perfect opportunity for them to try something new before Term 3 starts.

https://simplyballet.com.au/school-holiday-tap-party/

✅ Ages 5-8
✅ No previous dance experience required
✅ No Tap shoes required
✅ Fun, active and engaging
✅ FREE!

When?
Friday 17 July, 5:00-5:30pm
Simply Ballet studios, Magill

Children who attend and enrol in Term 3 Tap by midnight on 17 July will also receive

⭐ 20% OFF their Tap uniform, including Tap shoes* ⭐

Places are limited.

Book now and come make some noise with us! 👞🎵

👉 https://simplyballet.com.au/school-holiday-tap-party/

If you're struggling with turns, you might need a more solid foundation. Try this exercise from Physiotherapist Kendall Alway to help stabilise your core so you can sustain turning on one leg.

- Starting position: Lie on your back and put your ankles on top of the foam roller, positioned horizontally. Legs should be straight and gently turned out, while your hands rest on your shoulders with your elbows near your waist.

- Bridge your hips up so that your pelvis is lifted off the ground and your body is in a straight line, taut like an arrow.

- Lift your right leg up 90 degrees towards the ceiling, maintaining the lift of the hips.

- Keeping the right leg pointing to the ceiling and your hips lifted, rotate the body in one piece to the left so that you are facing the side wall and your leg is now in an à la seconde position.

- With the hips and core lifted off the ground to maintain the straight line of the body and leg on the roller, your left shoulder will be taking weight while the left hand stays tucked into the body out of the way.

- The right palm can come across the body to the floor to help stabilize. (While changing facings, imagine that a string from the ceiling holds your raised foot in one place while you rotate it within your hip socket to face the wall.)

- From that position, complete the next series of slow, controlled movements: Enveloppé the right leg into a turned-out passé, then turn the passé in, turn it out again, and développé back out so the right leg is in à la seconde once more.

- Keeping your hips lifted, return in one piece to your back so that the leg is devant again and both arms are tucked into the starting position. Lower the right leg back to the foam roller, then lower the hips.

- Repeat on the left side. Do 2 sets on each side.

Full article from Hannah Foster (Pointe Magazine) here https://bit.ly/33mhCx4

3 Exercises for More Coordinated Pirouettes Whether you're aiming for effortless pirouettes onstage or trying not to bump into furniture while training at home, we all want sailing, suspended turns. While many components go into a controlled pirouette—a powerful preparation, a balanced relevé, a stable core and well-placed arms—your whol...

Looking for fun, fitness, and friendship?

Research from Queensland University of Technology found that participants in ballet classes "experienced higher energy levels, greater flexibility, improved posture, and an enhanced sense of achievement. They also felt happier and enjoyed a sense of community and friendship"

Join our flock of Silver Swans, ballet classes designed specifically for older learners. Find out more online https://link.simplyballet.com.au/Swans