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Ballet
Intro Level
Sundays 11:30AM-1:00PM
Beginner
Fridays 5:30-7:00PM
Bio
Julia K. Gleich has just returned from teaching abroad where
she held posts at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and
Dance in London and at London Studio Centre where she
was Head of Choreography. She is the Artistic Director of
Gleich Dances and is the co-Founder of arts group Norte
Maar. Gleich's published writing on a directed-energy theory
of generating and analyzing movement, "Vector Theory," is
at the heart of her teaching. Alongside kinesiological
principles and mental imagery she creates a a holistic
approach to the art form.
Julia was a 2014 recipient of the University of Utah Fine Arts Distinguished Alumni Award. She has been on faculties of dance at Broadway Dance Center, Manhattanville College, University of Utah, Molly College and Roehampton University. She has been invited by companies like Michael Clark and Tavaziva to give company class and has given master classes in the US, the UK and Japan. Her students have gone on to dance for Wayne McGregor, Michael Clark, Hofesh Schecter, Vienna Festival Ballet, Lion King, Thriller and more. Many have independent professional dance careers in Europe and the USA.
Since returning to NYC, Julia's full length ballet Martha (The
Searchers) premiered at Mark Morris Dance Center. The
ballet, exploring captivity narratives and iconic women from
John Ford's Westerns, "was bracing, forcing you to watch
with sharp eyes." -Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Her
choreography has received critical notice in the New York
Times, Village Voice, Brooklyn Rail, New Criterion,
DanceInforma, DanceviewTimes and Hyperallergic among
others.
Class Description
If you've ever been curious to take a beginning ballet class in NYC, this is the one for you! I have taught athletes, swimmers and runners, actors and artists, and no one should ever be afraid to step into a ballet class. I am there to share my expertise, to guide you in the form of ballet, to also inspire and motivate you through the tool of ballet technique. I focus on building movement confidence, while increasing physical awareness/proprioception; developing your vocabulary while giving you access to my approaches to ballet in the 21st Century. Students in my classes should see themselves as people first, individuals who have goals and desires, power and nuance. The class will of course cover the basics of ballet and give you a work-out. Ballet is hard work but it is also joy.
Ballet Basics Introductory Class Description
In these 90-minute sessions students will be introduced to the fundamentals of ballet. The class will focus heavily on basic concepts, fundamental vocabulary, and strategies for taking class. We will also consider anatomical issues both general and individual and there will be time to discuss the aesthetics and history of ballet. These are hands-on sessions with individual feedback. The 4-week series will progress from introduction of the basic ballet class model and etiquette, to basic positions and movements, to music and rhythms. Students who complete the series will gain personal strategies for stretching and mobility, insight into the basic principles of movement wrt ballet, and enjoy increased confidence to take classes.
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