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Improve your fitness, strength, and flexibility with adult ballet in a fun, supportive, and community-focused setting—no tutu required! Whether you're brand new, returning after a break, or looking for a local alternative to city studios with city parking, we have a class for you! With multiple levels and schedules, our professionally trained instructors help you build technique, prevent injury, and enjoy the many physical and mental benefits of ballet. You will also get the opportunity to build community and friendships in a healthy and welcoming environment.
Ballet 1 Specifics:
Ready to build on your ballet basics? Ballet 1 is perfect for those who’ve completed Intro to Ballet or who have a solid grasp of foundational barre steps (plies, tendus, developpés, etc.). Continue developing technique, alignment, and artistry with individual corrections in an encouraging and welcoming setting. You will learn new barre and center steps, and begin incorporating more complex movements and arm positions (port de bras). This beginner-intermediate level class is also ideal for returning or advanced dancers looking to improve form in a slower-paced setting. Attend in person, online via Zoom, or a mix of both. Questions? Contact the instructor at kabirkner2020@gmail.com.
Why take ballet? Here are some of our favorite benefits:
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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
