First newsletter of 2021! Welcome to the New Year!

 

Blossom is a fun barre mate but I will be happy to return to the studio! January 2021 schedule HAPPY NEW YEAR, BEAUTIFUL DANCERS! All classes in session as scheduled (view here). Please sign up online here. ALSO! Outdoor class at Inspire is now on the regular schedule! Saturdays 12-1PM. Sign-up in advance; limited to 6.   Coming soon: A second Easy Basic Partnering Workshop & Spring Break Online Intensive! Did you miss the first partnering workshop? No worries! We're doing another one in January (either Saturday 1/23 or Sunday 1/24 - email me which date you prefer!). Here's a little tease of what we did last time: Blossom & Mo & Me! ALSO! I'm planning a Spring Break Online Intensive in mid-February! Stay tuned and contact me if you're interested...   Access to YouTube video archives A new Beginner/Intermediate with Pre-pointe playlist is now available! The link will be valid from 1/1/21 through 6/30/21. ALSO! A new Friday playlist is available! It includes November & December 2020 videos and will be valid through 6/30/21. VISIT my website for more information!   Extra fun! On January 2nd at 2:30PM PST/5:30PM EST, I will be hosting an online book launch party for Terez Mertes Rose, a former dancer whose newest novel, BALLET ORPHANS, is now available. Because the story is set in 1989, we'll be doing an 80s theme with costumes, a trivia game, readings from the book and a mini-class with 80s music taught by me! It's FREE and open to ALL! ALSO! Terez will be giving away lots of AMAZING prizes! (Did I mention it's free?) Sign-up in advance here and read more about the book on Terez's blog. Or check out my review of the book for Dance Advantage. A TEASE of a video to come! "A Taste of Nutcracker" is a mini-showcase of my students performing Dance of the Snowflakes PLUS a collaboration with two studios in Vancouver, BC and Peru! Students from Chicago,Nashville and Northern California joined too! Click the photo for a tiny tease of what's to come.   LPBC News One more fun link featuring the dancers of Leigh Purtill Ballet Company! Company Member Spotlight! The newest video in our ongoing series on our YouTube channel, Company Spotlights created by Alexes Ciardi, is an interview with company member Jen Marchain, below.  Be sure to subscribe to our channel to see more in the series! Spotlight on Jen Marchain P.S. Have YOU ever considered joining the company? We'll be posting information on our 2021 season very soon! Follow us on Instagram to learn more!

Fun links! Fun fun fun!

Hi all!

Rather than put out a whole bunch of emails that clog up your inbox or blog posts that you lose track of, I figured I'd just put all my cool info here and you can peruse at your leisure.

Leigh & Company In the News!

First up, we were at ScareLA being all zombie-ish and ballerina-y and generally having an awesome time like we always do. And lots of people captured it on video! A couple are below because they featured us really nicely.

Here are Vic Mendoza's highlight reels (a short one and a longer one, both very cool, thank you!):

Teaser reel by Vicscover Art

Full reel by Vicscover Art

Here is IdeateTV's interview with me, which I am so very grateful for:

 IdeateTV interview with Katrina Lee

Next, I was profiled at the Dance Network blog by Bridget Conrad and although there was a lot of focus on me, the talk turned to my company and its vision, which Bridget absolutely got spot-on. I could not have presented our company's mission any better. Thank you SO much for this:

Dance Network blog profile

Third, this is something I wrote for Dance Advantage's website, a review of Terez Mertes Rose's forthcoming novel, A DANCER'S GUIDE TO AFRICA, as well as an interview with Terez herself. I'm a big fan of her and her books so it was great to get to read a new one ahead of its release. Be sure to pre-order it!

Review & interview with Terez

And finally...our production! Discounted tickets for "Sweet Sorrow, A Zombie Ballet" available until the end of September. Get your tickets to either show and the Sunday Afterlife party!

Tickets on sale!

Happy reading and happy watching and, of course, happy dancing~