December class news, updates and fun links!

 

Outdoor class at Inspire! December 2020 schedule All classes in session as scheduled (view here) except Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. On Thursday 12/24 &Thursday 12/31, Open Level class will be held at 10AM rather than the evening. Fun music and community to celebrate the holidays! Please sign up for all Zoom classes in advance here.   Mark your calendar: Easy Basic Partnering workshop! Saturday, Dec 5th 5-6PM! A fun and easy workshop for you and your friend or family member. You need only know how to do first arabesque and attitude derriere. We will learn a short combo to wow your friends on Zoom. Sign up here!   Access to YouTube video archives The current Intermediate and Beginner playlists will expire 12/31/20. A new Beginner/Intermediate with Pre-pointe playlist will be offered instead (available from 1/1/21 through 6/30/21). The current Friday playlist will also expire 12/31/20; a new Friday video playlist will be offered that will include November & December 2020 through 6/30/21. Links will be on my website on 12/30/20.   Extra fun! Did someone say Outdoor Class? Julie Paige, the owner of Inspire Dance Studio, has set up two outdoor "studios" in her back parking lot. Weather permitting, I am offering Saturday open level class 12-1PM, limit 6 students. Masks must be worn and distance maintained. No walk-ins; you must sign up online. Because of Julie's Nutcracker performance, the next available time for class is Saturday,December 26. Fingers crossed our beautiful weather holds!   Psst...Are you on Instagram? Every Wednesday around 11:30AM, I do a 5-10 minute "Ballet Break". Join me for some gentle stretches, plies and tendus to get us up and away from our desks. And on Thursdays, I always do a bit of choreography!   LPBC News More fun links featuring the dancers of Leigh Purtill Ballet Company! Company Member Spotlights! Last month I shared a new feature from the company YouTube channel: Company Spotlights created by Alexes Ciardi. The newest one is an interview with company member Rae Aaselund, below.  Be sure to subscribe to our channel to see more in the series! Spotlight on Rae Aaselund And....the big project is a short film! Because we couldn't perform our annual "Sweet Sorrow, A Zombie Ballet," we produced a short version of it! Rehearsed over Zoom, we filmed outdoors in Griffith Park with a cast of 14 dancers in masks and socially-distanced. Filmed and edited by Rawl Paredes, we are so pleased to present this to you. Please click the image below and enjoy!

My first monthly newsletter!

Hello all and welcome to December!

I hate getting a ton of emails, especially when the good ones get swamped by the spam. So rather than send you all a bunch of my super awesome and informative emails about class changes and workshops, etc. I decided I would start a monthly newsletter!

In it, I will let you know about any changes to my classes, my schedule, my locations, etc. as well as links to cool things like pirouette tips or fun shows, my recent blog posts or even my book reviews for Dance Advantage. I'll also include brief company updates in case you are in the company or want to know more about it.

You can subscribe or unsubscribe at any time! I know that not everyone likes newsletters but I find it much easier to keep things all in one place rather than a whole bunch of emails that I send to the trash and then have to go searching for.

Here's the link on the web.

View this email in your browser December 2019 schedule All classes will be in session through the end of 2019, except NO CLASS on Christmas Day. **On Christmas Eve, 12/24, and New Year's Eve, 12/31, there will be MORNING classes only: 10:30AM-12PM at Inspire Dance Studio in La Canada. These will be Open Level classes and everyone can attend! View my full schedule here (scroll to bottom of page). December special treats! Beginner class will be learning my Tarantella dance from Nutcracker. Pointe class will be learning my Sugar Plum Fairy variation.   Special notes Beginning January 1, 2020, the price of a single class will be $18; 5-class cards will be $85; 10-class cards will be $155. As always, they have NO expiration date and may be used for any of my classes.   Featured technique tip! We could all use some tips on turns! Here is one that speaks to the UNDERARMS, an oft-neglected area of the body.  Underarm pirouettes!   LPBC News The company will have a final meeting on December 7 at Inspire from 1-2PM. Mark your calendars: Our Intention for the 2020 season will be on Sunday, January 12, 12PM. Everyone is welcome to participate if they would like to be part of the company's 4th season. More information to come! Many thanks to all of you who attended our show in October! We had over 600 guests and we performed in a beautiful new theater, the Manoukian Performing Arts Center. For those of you who missed it, the photos featured here (courtesy of Raul Paredes) are the newest characters in "Sweet Sorrow, A Zombie Ballet": Werewolves (Celia Green and Omaira Galarza), Their Innocent Victim (Kavita Master), and Benvolio (Bill Reiss)! Copyright © 2019 Leigh Purtill Ballet, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Thanksgiving Morning! Open level ballet with me!

Local dancers!

Come take ballet with me on Thanksgiving morning! It will be an Open Level class at Inspire Dance Studio in La Canada - easy access from the freeways, plenty of free parking, and right next to a Trader Joe's if you have last-minute shopping needs. 

 

 

What: Open Level Adult Ballet

When: Thursday, 11/28, 10:30AM-12PM

Where: Inspire Dance Studio, 457 Foothill Blvd, La Canada, CA

Hope you can make it! If not, I hope you enjoy the day with family and friends. And many thanks for another wonderful year of dance! My favorite place to be is in the studio with all of you.

P.S. All classes will be held as usual through the holiday weekend!

Holiday weekend classes & Fun teaser video!

Beautiful dancers in the LA area!

YES, there are classes AS USUAL over this Memorial Day weekend! Come take ballet with me!

Inspire Dance Studio

457 Foothill Blvd

La Canada CA 91011

Saturday, May 25: 

Beginner - 9AM

Intermediate - 10:10AM

Pointe - 11:35AM

Monday, May 27:

Intermediate - 6:30PM

Beginner - 8PM

Just for fun, here is a teaser video for my new ballet, Hotel at the End of the Universe, which will premiere on Saturday, June 29 at the Colony Theatre Company in Burbank, CA. If you're in the area (or plan to be!) I hope you'll see the show. Right now we have a discount on tickets! Until June 1, you can get 2 for $42 - a great savings over the regular price of $30/ticket. Visit Eventbrite to order yours!

Special thanks to Raul Paredes (@rawlofthedead) who shot and edited this awesome teaser!

Holiday ballet! Special "Eve" classes to get you in a celebratory mood!

Are you ready for the holidays? No? Then come to class with me this week and on Christmas Eve morning and New Year's Eve morning to boost your spirit!

All of my classes will happen as usual this week and next weekend. I will be out of town 12/25-12/30. Check out my calendar below for information on each specific class and as always, contact me if you have any questions.


Now for the fun stuff: holiday classes with super fun music and loads of great energy!

pc: State Library of Queensland "Seven Swans"

Monday, Christmas Eve, 12/24 Morning! 

Makes a great gift to yourself!

10-11:30AM

Open level

Inspire Dance Studio, 457 Foothill Blvd, La Canada CA 91011

 

pc: State Library of Queensland "Clowns"

Monday, New Year's Eve, 12/31 Morning! 

A perfect way to end 2018 and start 2019!

10-11:30AM

Open level

Inspire Dance Studio, 457 Foothill Blvd, La Canada CA 91011

 

 

AND DON'T FORGET!

Sunday, January 6, Pirouette Workshop, 1-3PM, Inspire Dance Studio

"Turn" your year around with this workshop to improve your pirouettes (see what I did there?)

Sign up at the link at the top of this blog on the left hand side. Limited to 15.

Saturday, January 12, Company Intent to Join, 9AM and 10AM, Inspire Dance Studio

Make your intentions known if you want to be in the Leigh Purtill Ballet Company this year.

We have lots of wonderful things planned but be sure to know what we do before you commit. Check out the website!

This is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween!

Hello beautiful dancers!

Time to celebrate my favorite holiday - twice! 

By special request, this year I'll be doing special Halloween-themed classes on Tuesday 10/30 and Wednesday 10/31, with fun music and homemade treats. All other classes will be held as usual.

What: Halloween!

When/Where: 

Tuesday, 10/30 at 7PM, Dance Arts Academy

Wednesday 10/31 at 6:30PM and 8PM, Inspire Dance Studio

Feel free to dress up. Spook you in class!

In case you didn't get to my company's show last weekend, here are some fun photos from Rawl of the Dead and a video teaser from Vic Mendoza: