Hannah Guidry was one of my fellow classmates during the teacher’s course in San Diego last summer, and she has kindly agreed to share her testimonial (thanks, Hannah!)… “I feel as though I’m a little kid on Christmas and I’ve opened my gift and inside was the one thing I always wanted and had been hoping, praying and begging for. I’m absolutely giddy!!!” Mary: How did the course change you as a...
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Updates, 4/21/12: The original text for this post has been slightly revised and clarified. These changes are designated by a purple color. Apologies for one incorrect statement (see below where I strike out age 8 1/2 and replace with age 9 1/2), which happened because I read my notes from the teacher’s course incorrectly. Thank you for taking note of these revisions, and if you have any questions please feel free to contact me! I...
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The first teacher’s course hosted by Ballet University begins tomorrow! Yay!! This is my first time taking this intensive course in the “Russian” method (founded by Vaganova), taught by Peggy Willis-Aarnio. I am so excited to learn and share with all of you! To follow me during the course, “like” BU on Facebook and you’ll be able to see all my status updates: http://www.facebook.com/balletuni Talk to you...
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We still have spaces left for the teacher’s course in San Diego this January 4-9th! If you sign up now, you can pay your tuition in two payments: the first due at the time of the course, and the second payment will be extended until February. Don’t miss this special opportunity to learn how to teach the entire first year and a half of the Russian method and have all of your questions answered! For more information, visit...
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The first teacher’s course hosted by Ballet University, taught by Professor Emeritus Peggy Willis-Aarnio (certified “teacher of teachers” by Valentina Roumiantseva, head of the Methodology Dept. at the Vaganova Academy in Russia), will commence on January 4th 2012 in my sunny hometown of San Diego, California. I am so excited to meet you there! To help you prepare for your visit, I’ve written up some important details...
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Transcript Hi Guys! Thanks for tuning in to my video. The last presentation I did was in podcast form, you can find that on my website at balletuni.com, but I asked for your feedback and I got some requests to do my next episode in a video format so thank you so much for your input and if you all enjoy this please let me know and I will continue to do more of these! The title for today’s video is, “True or False? Placement Is...
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