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Community Connections
Drop-In Students

Ballet Co.Laboratory staff, artists and board are committed to keeping our community connected with dance through this unpredictable time. Please use the resources on this page to inspire you to keep dancing and connecting with your BCL friends, Teaching Artist and Staff! We will upload new classes every week to keep you on your toes!

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Livestream Classes over Zoom

Artistic Director Zoé Henrot and Teaching Artist Anna Goodrich will be hosting Livestream classes over Zoom. You may use Zoom through your internet browser or download the Zoom App for free! Clear out some space in your kitchen, living room or basement and join us in real time! See the next Livestream class time below!

 

Beginning June 1 , all students will need to submit payment and sign up for Zoom classes ahead of time through their  MindBody profile. Class sign ups are now live! Teen/Adult Drop-in Classes will continue at their usual days/times, however the Zoom link to virtual studio will now be sent to students who have signed up on Mindbody ahead of time. Teen/Adult Drop-In Classes will be $10/class with the option to purchase a 10-class card for $90.


Pre-Recorded Virtual Ballet Classes

 

All Levels BAllet
with Zoé

Get on your leg and move with our Artistic Director!

All Levels BAllet
with Zoé

Enjoy an Intermediate ballet barre.

 

DID YOU KNOW? All Livestream Ballet classes through Community Connections from the previous week will now be recorded so you can take them at any time that fits your schedule and you can take them more than once! These recordings are made special for BCL students who will receive the page password through the weekly Community Connections email.


Pre-Recorded Virtual Yoga Classes for Dancers

 

Yoga for Dancers
with Rosa

Week 9/10

Yoga for Dancers
with Rosa

Week 3/4

Yoga for Dancers
with Rosa

Weeks 7/8

Yoga for Dancers
with Rosa

Week 1/2

Yoga for Dancers
with Rosa

Weeks 5/6


Pre-Recorded Conditioning Classes

 

Beginning PILATES
With Meredith

Beginning Pilates with Dr. Meredith Butulis. Turn on your core before your next ballet class!

Progressing Ballet technique
With Wesleigh

Week 11

Intermediate
PILATES
With Meredith

Use a wall to find your alignment
with Dr. Meredith Butulis

Progressing Ballet technique
With Wesleigh

Week 10

Foot Strengthening
with Anna

Whether you are on pointe or not, this 15 minute class will help keep your feet strong and healthy!

Progressing Ballet technique
With Wesleigh

Week 9


Dance Book Recommendations

Mercury: An Intimate Biography of
Freddie Mercury

The show WILL go on! Get to know more about the music and fashion icon of Queen before the 2020/21 season premiere of Freddie - Break Free.

 

Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina

The extraordinary memoir of an orphan who danced her way from war-torn Sierra Leone to ballet stardom, most recently appearing in Beyonce’s Lemonade and as a principal in a major American dance company.

More than a Scarecrow


Ray Bolger: More Than a Scarecrow
 is the biography of this classic American entertainer, covering the luminous & forgotten career of the eccentric dancer outside of his burlap mask.

 

Life in Motion: An Unlikely BallerinA


In this instant New York Times bestseller, Misty Copeland makes history, telling the story of her journey to become the first African-American principal ballerina at the prestigious American Ballet Theatre. 

Keep It Moving: Lessons for the
Rest of Your Life


At seventy-seven, Twyla Tharp is revered not only for the dances she makes—but for her astounding regime of exercise and non-stop engagement. 

 

Raising the Barre

Like generations of little girls, Lauren Kessler fell in love with ballet the first time she saw The Nutcracker, and from that day, at age five, she dreamed of becoming a ballerina.