Help Your Beginning Ballet Students with Retiré

By the age of 7, children have much better control and awareness of their bodies. We also work much more on turnout, especially turning out correctly and safely at this age. Because of this, we work more on a turned out retiré.

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Tips for Teaching Ballet to 7 to 12 Year Olds

Today, I bought my oldest son, Hudson, ballet shoes. I was trying so hard to contain my excitement. Being a boy mama, I knew my chances of buying any of my kids a pair of ballet shoes were slim.

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Giselle Story and History

This month, we’ve been so excited to release our Giselle lesson plan sets for ages 7 to 12 in our Story Ballet Curriculum!