Holistic Ballet for all
Our holistic ballet classes combine traditional ballet technique with a safe, creative and therapeutic teaching approach that purposefully nurtures our dancers’ mental, emotional, and social well-being. There are no age or ability restrictions and we are really proud that our dancers range from young adults to people in their eighties and more.
The best thing I have done for myself in years and years and years… I feel as if I have taken a bottle of antidepressants!
Winsham Participant
Here’s why our dancers love the MyBallet approach:
- We facilitate your inherent love of dance and safely support your exploration to become the dancer you hope to be. To us, you already are a dancer – even if you think that you can’t dance at all.
- We help bring your inner dancer outwards by focusing closely on how you feel inside yourself. This focus has great positive impact on how you move and express yourself – both in class and in life itself.
- Some people simply wish to be fitter and much more flexible, with better posture and balance – our classes help you reach this goal.
- Music has a profound effect on our state of mind and we carefully choose the music we use. Our dancers really appreciate our fabulous, crafted playlists.
- In a non-competitive environment, we deliberately encourage connections which help our dancers form well-functioning, integrated communities. We see class-wide and personal friendships emerge.
- Our teaching is adaptive, responding to the mood and capability of our dancers. Where people have mental or physical challenges, we keep them moving and engage without judgement, but always with care for their situation.
- We create ‘time for you’ – a time when you can be yourself, practice a range of movements and engage fully in the moment.
- Our ballet classes are greatly influenced by both eastern practices and dance therapy techniques. Our pioneering holistic ballet approach (since 2010 – now called Susara Method) gives extra consideration and techniques to improve and encourage good mental and physical health practices. Are classes are not therapy – but their impact is therapeutic.
- Last but definitely not least, people come to us because classes are fun!
MyBallet Benefits
Age is no limit
We love dancing with people who want to learn, re-visit or expand their dance ability, without feeling pressured to do things that go against their bodies.
Our classes are purposefully accessible, and we attract a wonderful range of people. Some young. Some older. Some are able to move with ease, and some are facing physical challenges such as joint issues or stamina.
One of our most mature dancers is over 90 years old. As a child she took lessons with Miss Flora Fairbain who was also Moira Shearer’s first Ballet teacher. We are all very proud of her. Several of our dancers are in their late seventies and eighties and are joined in the same classes by much younger dancers in their twenties and upwards.
Whatever their age or capability, all our dancers are united in a desire to move and express themselves through ballet.