Class today is Ballet w/ Shardae Matthews
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In this class you will centre yourself and find strength and stability—working on lengthening and extending your lines. Class will move through warm-up at the Barre focusing on technique, strength and stretching—and then on to centre which includes travelling exercises and pirouettes. The class will end by finding your way to petite and grand allegro.
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This class will use ballet terminology and will allow for adjustments to suit varying abilities and goals. Suitable for all dancers wishing to further their classical ballet technique or just wanting to find an enjoyable ballet class to dance through.
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About Shardae Matthews
Shardae trained at The Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School before taking her training overseas. She attended The Royal Swedish Ballet School and Northern Ballet, where she danced in their ‘Ballets for Children’. Shardae worked with the State Opera Ruse Ballet, where she performed as a Soloist, travelling Bulgaria and Romania with their performances.
In 2020 Shardae accepted a contract to perform ‘Swan Lake’ with The English National Ballet which was unfortunately cancelled due to COVID. She then danced in Barcelona, working on contemporary improvisation and choreography, where she rediscovered her passion for contemporary movement.
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