Adult Ballet Classes

Interested in ballet?  We offer 2 Adult Ballet classes per week:

Mondays at 7pm
A little experience preferred but not required. This class moves at a faster pace than our Beginning Adult Ballet class on Wednesdays and focuses more on technique than learning steps. If you’re a beginner, we suggest you attend our Wednesday Adult Beginning Ballet several times before attending Mondays.

Wednesdays at 7:15pm
Adult Beginning Ballet, a class designed for learning the fundamentals of ballet in a small group class of typically 3-5 people.  One-hour long.

Fees

$28 for 75-minute Monday class
$25 for 60-minute Wednesday class

Mondays
7:00-8:15pm (75 minutes)
Adult Ballet

$28/class
Teacher: Erin Nelson

Wednesdays
7:15-8:15pm (60 minutes)
Adult Beginning Ballet

$25/class
Teacher: Erin Nelson

HOW TO REGISTER
Register for adult ballet classes by completing our Adult Ballet Registration form.

ATTIRE
You may wear anything that is comfortable and you can move in. Yoga clothes, leggings with a tee shirt, or ballet attire if you already have it.  We are very casual and welcoming and want everyone to be comfortable.  If you don’t have ballet slippers yet you can wear socks or bare feet.  If you plan to purchase ballet slippers, we recommend the following sources:
  • To be sure of sizing (particularly for shoes), we recommend visiting one of the following local businesses:
    • Liesl Dancewear (Woodbridge, VA), a store that exclusively sells dance- and gymnastics-wear.
    • The Cinnamon Tree (2 locations: Herndon and Manassas, VA), a store that exclusively sells dance-wear.
    • Footlights (Frederick, MD), a store that exclusively sells dance- and theater-wear.

      Staff at these stores are very knowledgeable about the different styles of dance shoes and correct sizing. Students can try on shoes and make sure that the fit is correct. They also carry dance apparel.

  • Online retailers Discount Dance and Dancewear Solutions are convenient however choosing the correct size remotely can be challenging and return shipping can be costly.  Two ballet slippers we recommend that typically work well:
    – Bloch Women’s Performa Dance Shoe on Amazon
    – Bloch Dance Girls’ Performa Stretch Canvas Split Sole Ballet Shoe/Slipper on Amazon
ARRIVAL
We are a small school with a tiny lobby so adults arrive just a few minutes before class since our children’s classes run right up until the adult classes, with a super quick turnover.

PARKING
There’s a Safeway a block away with a small auxiliary parking lot with about 6 spaces on the corner of Wilkes and S. Royal Streets. You can park there and see our ballet school from the lot. Walk up the short 1-block hill and you’re at the studio.  Enter through our front gates and take the stairs on your right to the LOWER LEVEL studio entrance.  It’s a large brick townhouse on the corner of Wilkes and S. Fairfax St.

RECITAL
Our adult students do not perform in our May recital though we can always use adult volunteers at the dress rehearsal and on recital day. Please let us know at [email protected] if you’d like to participate in this big event for our little swans.

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BALLET AND TAP CLASSES IN ALEXANDRIA, VA
430 S. Fairfax St.    Alexandria, VA 22314
703-338-1330 | [email protected]

Photos by Louise Krafft