Ballet Gothenburg

Are you dreaming of dancing on pointe one day or just curious about the anatomy and function of your pointe shoe? Join our Pointe Workshop. We welcome Emma Lidén, teacher and professional pointe shoe fitter at Swedish National Ballet School, Emma will share everything a dancer needs to dance on pointe safely and successfully. Emma began her training at the age of ten at the Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm. During her twenty-five-year career as a dancer, Emma has been engaged by the Royal Swedish Opera, the Norwegian National Opera, Malmö City Theatre, and the Royal Dramatic Theatre, in addition to performing in numerous independent projects and musicals. She holds certifications in both the ABT and Vaganova teacher training programs.

Level 2 (Advanced Beginner) Ballet takes what was learned in Level 1 Ballet and begins exploring turns more deeply as well as syncing small simple jumps (Petit Allegro) and larger jumps (Grand Allegro). This is a great place to start for those coming back after several years of previous training.

Pre Pointe is a class for students interested in dancing on pointe one day. Begin your pointe journey here through gentle stretches and strengthening exercises to prepare the feet and body for pointe work. All levels are welcome, even absolute beginners!! This class helps strengthen the feet, ankles, calves, turnout muscles as well as back and abdominal muscles. The whole body needs to be strong for pointe work so come ready to work.

Level 3 (Intermediate) builds and layers more on what we have already learned in Levels 1 & 2. We begin to link longer adagios, allegros, and pirouette combinations. This class is for those that have at least 3 years of ballet training.

In Intro to Ballet, learn the fundamentals of ballet from the ground up. In this class we learn positions of the arms and feet as well as principles of placement, turnout, and posture. This class is perfect for the absolute beginner with no ballet experience.

Beginner Pointe is a class for students learning the fundamentals of pointe work. In general students are required to take a minimum one and a half to two years of ballet class 2-3 times per week before joining this class, but this is determined on an individual basis. The first entire year is focused on barre work with two hands on the barre. This class is by invitation only.

In Adult Level 1 (Beginner Ballet), we begin exploring a classical ballet barre and basic center work and it’s variations with focus on musicality and principles of placement, turnout, and épaulement (shouldering), port de bras (carriage of the arms), adagio (slow movement), as well as breakdowns of basic turns, small, medium, and big jumps. This class is for absolute beginners.

Level 4 is our advanced ballet class. IT builds and layers more on what we have already learned in Level 3. Longer, more intricate combinations with more advanced footwork and use of port de bras are introduced.

Intermediate Pointe takes what we learned in Beginner Pointe Class and begins to explore exercises with one hand on the barre as well as simple exercises in the center. This class is by invitation only.

After one to two terms of Intro to Ballet, students graduate to Level 1. In Level 1 (Beginner Ballet), we begin exploring a classical ballet barre and basic center work and its variations with focus on musicality and principles of placement, turnout, and épaulement (shouldering), port de bras (carriage of the arms), adagio (slow movement), as well as breakdowns of basic turns, small, medium, and big jumps. This class is for absolute beginners.

This booking is for those wanting to join us online once a week.

This is for students wishing to partake in unlimited classes online for the term.

Bridge Ballet is an outdoor, donation based ballet class for all students as well as the general public. Bridge Ballet occurs each season along the walking bridge in Sannegården. It is an all levels ballet class. All donations go toward a student scholarship fund. Friends and family are welcome to join or watch. Please Swish your donation to 070 544 1742. We meet at Sannegårdensbron in Sannegården (walking bridge) at 10:45. Please note, this event will be canceled if the weather conditions are poor.

Bridge Ballet is an outdoor, donation based ballet class for all students as well as the general public. Bridge Ballet occurs each season along the walking bridge in Sannegården. It is an all levels ballet class. All donations go toward a student scholarship fund. Friends and family are welcome to join or watch. Please Swish your donation to 070 544 1742. We meet at Sannegårdensbron in Sannegården (walking bridge) at 10:45. Please note, this event will be canceled if the weather conditions are poor.