Glen Snowden

This course is for dancers who have completed the Beginners course to a satisfactory standard, or studied Ballet to an intermediate level previously. The course will help you work on your strength, stamina and flexibility during the barre work. Concentrating on the beauty of line, focus balance and control in the ports de bras, and adagio. In the petit allegro you will be working on the physical memory and technique, and dance on the diagonal with pirouettes and grand allegro and have short choreography for the different sections. This course is suitable for anyone over 18 who would like to progress in classical ballet. You will be taught in a safe, non-competitive and supportive environment. The course runs for an hour and a half on Monday and Thursday evenings enabling you to build up your fitness and stamina over a ten-week period.

Course Timetable:

1^st session: Thursday 19 April

2^nd session: Monday 23 April

3^rd session: Thursday 26 April

4^th session: Monday 30April

5^th session: Thursday 3 May

BANK HOLIDAY 7 MAY

6^th session: Thursday 10 May

7^th session: Monday 14 May

8^th session: Thursday 17 May

9^th session: Monday 21 May

10^th session: Thursday 24 May

11^th session: Monday 28 May

12^th session: Thursday 31 May

BANK HOLIDAY 4 JUNE

13^th session: Thursday 7 June

14^th session: Monday 11 June

15^th session: Thursday 14 June

16^th session: Monday 18 June

17^th session: Thursday21 June

18^th session: Monday 25 June

19^th session: Thursday 28 June

20^th session: Monday 2 July

Trained at the Royal Ballet School, Glen Snowden has toured extensively with ballet companies in Europe, North America and South East Asia. Recent choreographic engagements include The Bacchae for Thiasos Theatre Company performed in the amphitheatres of Pafos and Limassol (Cyprus); La Cenerentola for English Pocket Opera; The Saint of Bleecker Street for Trinity College of Music; teaching historical dance in Tokyo and a recent ballet, Von Ewiger Liebe to music by Johannes Brahms. Future choreographic engagements include a ballet to Bach cantatas.