Ballet for Adults: Beginners

This course is suitable for those with very little or no ballet experience. If you have always wanted to try ballet this is the space to do so in a welcoming and friendly environment! 

A ballet class that looks towards the future by updating to a better, a bolder, a kinder more blended classical ballet training. This forward-thinking ballet class provides all the benefits of classical ballet technique with injury prevention, recovery and rehabilitation addressed. The class reflects the complexities of longevity in the dancer’s career. The changing dancer’s body is foremost embraced and wholeheartedly expressed.

The class commences with a continuous barre with attention on careful placement and intention. This will encourage the body’s natural desire towards alignment and coordinated movement to create an uninterrupted flow throughout the entire body. Of course, as the class progresses there will be reference to swans included too…

This course will be tutored by three dancers from The Clare Novaes School of Ballet.

About the tutors

Clara Novaes is a dance artist based in Belfast. She graduated from LIPA with a first-class honours degree in Dance.

Since graduating, Clara has directed and choreographed multiple dance pieces, including ‘Line of Life’ commissioned by Maiden Voyage Dance, ‘An Féileacán Agus An Rí’, performed as part of the Belfast Children’s Festival 2020, and ‘Caillte’ performed as part of the Liverpool Irish Festival.

Clara has also performed with major companies across the UK and Ireland including Incandescence theatre in Qatar and Palestine, with Northern Ireland Opera in ‘La Traviata’ and as part of a sold-out West end and UK and Ireland tour of ‘Fairytale of New York’.

Robin Holland & Rebecca Runchman