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Silver Lake
WORKSHOPS
ALIGN 1
Align Ballet Method course #1. The original adult beginner course that has trained thousands of students since 2011. Many students have gone on to dance en pointe and make ballet training part of their lifestyle. For total adult beginners or those who desire a gentle return to ballet. Align 1 covers all aspects of classical training. Exercises. Terminology. Body Placement. Positions. Musicality. Similar to the training at great ballet company schools but streamlined for adult beginners. Our process is intuitve and easy to follow. At the end of the 6 classes students will have gained the skill to complete a basic ballet barre and simple work in center. Appropriate for all ages and body types. Alignment. 6 classes. 1 hour per week. Same location, instructor, day, time, and fellow students. A simple process. Open to ALL! 1 make up class per series. Swapping from a reserved workshop to a different date and time will incure a $20 service fee. Read about ALIGN featured in The Los Angeles Times.
ALIGN 2
Align 2 is the second and final course in our total adult beginners series. We resume where we left off in ALIGN 1. The ALIGN 2 course immediately follows ALIGN 1 and is scheduled with the same instructor, time, and location. Continue developing your barre technique and begin basic center traveling steps. After completing ALIGN 2 our students are prepared to join our open schedule basic classes. 1 hour per week. Same location, instructor, day, time, and fellow students. A simple process. Open to all. 1 make up class per series. Swapping from a reserved workshop to a different date and time will incure a $20 service fee.Â
TBA
BASIC SEMESTER
Basic semesters are for students with prior training or those who have completed our workshop series. These closed classes are purchased in blocks and attended over a 2 – 4 month period. We are utilizing semesters to build small dedicated adult ballet communities throughout Southern California.Â
POINTE
THE STUDIO
INSTRUCTORS
Zoe Keijser
Following her early dance training in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Zoe studied extensively in the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet’s pre-professional program while simultaneously completing her high school education.
Zoe continued training and began her professional career in Vancouver BC where she danced for the Vancouver Opera and went on tour with the Goh Ballet. Zoe proceeded to dance as a member of the Connecticut Ballet Company. Having then moved to New York City, she completed multiple Fellowships with the Merce Cunningham Trust performing reconstructions of the Cunningham Company’s original works at City Center in New York. Upon relocation to California, Zoe danced with Pasadena Dance Theatre and ArtistsPlus Productions. In addition to her classes with Align Ballet, Zoe is currently an adjunct professor teaching ballet courses at Hussian College.Â
Bryne Graham McRee
Bryne Graham McRee is proud to be an inaugural member of Hollywood Ballet under the leadership of Petra Conti and Eris Nezha after performing with New Ballet in the Bay Area since 2019. In her career thus far she has performed soloist roles in ballets such as Paquita, Serenade, La Boutique Fantasque, Swan Lake, and a variety of new works. In addition to serving as Outreach Coordinator and ABT Affiliate Faculty at New Ballet, Bryn has been teaching adult ballet since the early days of the pandemic when she taught her first Zoom class. She has loved working with adults ever since as she finds their passion, work ethic, and love of the process to be inspiring. Bryn received her early training in her home town of Lawrence, Kansas from former Joffrey dancers Jerel and Krystyna Hilding before attending Kansas City Ballet School, Canada’s National Ballet School, and The Portland Ballet. She was a regular Align Ballet open class student while in college and in 2017 she earned her BA in Theatre from the USC School of Dramatic Arts.