Ballet II
Children & Teens | This class is completed
Ballet reimagined! Warming up with the BrainDance prepares students for barre and center work. Ballet technique continues to develop as do more complex movement explorations, alone and with partners. Composition skills are nurtured by introducing more choreographic tools and devices to dancers. We teach more than steps and technique. Innovative brain-compatible ballet supports expression, agency, and artistry.
- Clothing: Dance clothes such as leotards, tights, leggings, dance skirts/shorts worn over leotard and tights, sweatpants, shorts. Hair should be pulled back from the face. Ballet shoes required.
Anna Mansbridge
Anna Mansbridge (she/her) has been on faculty at CDC since 1999 and directed Kaleidoscope Dance Company from 2014-2023. She holds a First Class Honors Degree in Dance and Education from Bedford College, UK, and an MFA in Choreography and Performance from Mills College, CA. Anna co-directed the one-week Summer Dance Institute for Teachers with Terry Goetz, and she gives workshops in Brain-Compatible Dance Education both locally and internationally. She is Founder and Artistic Director of Seattle Early Dance and has directed/choreographed a number of early operas and concerts. Anna serves as Secretary for the Executive Committee of dance and the Child international (daCi).