Play-based learning environment that helps students grow, learn and develop physically, socially, emotionally, in language and literacy and in thinking (cognitive) skills. Designed to help students meet the State of Minnesota Early Learning Standards.
From high to low-impact, Pilates, dance and aquatics, there is a fitness class for you!
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This class is designed for people with knowledge of basic ballet barre steps, positions and ballet technique. If you like to get a good workout, have fun and learn a lot this class is for you. Our focus is on strengthening your foundational ballet skills while adding new ones to your repertoire. One session of beginning ballet is the pre-requisite for this class. The experienced instructor will provide personalized guidance to each student, enhancing their ballet skills and strength while ensuring safe practices to prevent pain and injury. This is a hybrid class so you can attend in person or join online via Zoom or a mixture of both.
Beginning/Intermediate Ballet is the next step up from the Fundamentals of Ballet class. Students are expected to know all barre steps and basic technique, but not necessarily many center-work steps. This class is also good for people who are coming back to dance and remember some basics but could use the review or just want to get back into ballet shape. Also great for more advanced dancers looking for an easier class to improve their technique. If you have any questions about what class to sign up for just email us and we can help. The most important thing is for all students to be doing ballet safely. communityed@edinaschools.org
Kaethe Birkner: Kaethe is a professional ballet dancer and certified Pilates instructor through Balanced Body, with ten years of experience teaching ballet, Pilates, and stretching classes, and eight years of personal training. Her passion for ballet began at age two, followed by a love for Pilates during her ballet training. Kaethe integrates her expertise in ballet, Pilates, and physical therapy into her teaching, focusing on proper technique, injury prevention, and alignment. She tailors each class to the individual and group needs of her students, emphasizing hands-on corrections to engage both major and minor muscles. Kaethe aims to provide fun, full-body workouts that prioritize technique and safety.
Please read our Adult Programming Overview page for all info regarding registration, cancellation, and building info.
Adult Programs - Edina Community Ed (edinaschools.org)
Registration for all class sessions closes 3 days before the start date.
Late Registration: If you miss the deadline but are still interested, you can contact the Community Ed office. Space may be limited, but we'll try our best to accommodate late registrations.Email: communityed@edinaschools.orgPhone: (952) 848-3952
Kaethe is a professional ballet dancer and is certified in Pilates through Balanced Body. She has been teaching ballet, Pilates and stretching group classes for ten years has been doing personal training for eight years. Kaethe’s love of ballet came first, when she was only two years old, and her love of Pilates followed when she was still a ballet student. Now, she uses both her ballet and Pilates knowledge in all her teaching. Having personally suffered a number of injuries and spent many hours in physical therapy over the years, Kaethe also incorporates her knowledge of physical therapy into her teaching style. Her specialties included a focus on proper technique, injury prevention, and alignment. Every class is built around the people in her class that day and their individual and group needs. She believes that individual corrections are key to making sure each student gets the most out of every workout and every exercise. In addition, when ok with the student, she uses hands-on corrections to help them learn how to engage not only the big muscles of their bodies but also the little, harder to activate muscles. Kaethe’s teaching goals are to provide her students with a fun class and full-body workouts that focus on proper technique, alignment, and injury prevention.
Kaethe Birkner
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