Redding Ballet Theatre

Only three more shows! Get your tickets now! www.TheReddingArtsProject.com 🎄

Shasta College Shasta offers a variety of degrees and certificates at campuses across Shasta-Tehama-Trinity district in Northern California. Sign up for classes now.

Join us November 7th between 5 and 8 PM for a Sugar Plum tutu at the Redding Arts Project. Only $15 per child, or $45 for a family. All supplies provided! Proceeds support our non-profit ballet company, Redding Ballet Theatre, and The Nutcracker performance with Shasta Symphony Orchestra at Shasta College Theater December 18-20th.

THERE’S NO SECRET TO BALLET TECHNIQUE!

I often see constructive online posts offering a magical solution to “fixing” pirouettes or jumps. I even share helpful tips myself. And sometimes students ask me, “How do I fix this or that?” Wanting a special, unknown resolution to whatever they’re struggling with. Well my friends, there is no such thing.

Yes, there are tips we can share that will help you grasp certain movements. Things like conditioning exercises and visualization exercises come to mind as useful tools for improving targeted positions and steps.

But these thing will not teach you to execute ballet technique. Nor will they offer you mastery of ballet technique.

If you want to master your ballet technique, attend ballet classes consistently. Study ballet in class, listen to your teacher’s advice and corrections. Steadfast commitment to your daily study in class will support you in your goals!

So, in the end, maybe there is a “secret.”

The secret is BALLET CLASS!

Thank you NSP! We ❤️ you!

Celebrate the Holidays with Family and Friends at The Nutcracker this November 15 & 16 ! Make your reservations and get your tickets today at https://www.simpletix.com/e/redding-ballet-theatres-the-nutcracker-tickets-185516

IT DOESN’T WORK LIKE THAT!
(A little chicken humor to make a serious point.)

The words “go to class” and “rehearse” can replace “practice” when we speak for dancers!

You cannot have it both ways.

You have every right to choose not to put in the work; you are also choosing not to reach the “awesome” part. The choice is yours!

Apply What You Know!

Your progress hinges on integrating new information and skills from each dance moment, and carrying them through every future step and part of your dancing.

For example if your Teacher takes extra time in class to break down more turnout skills and gives you a specific conditioning exercise to benefit your turnout, it’s then your job to use what you learned in every exercise from here on out. There is no benefit to doing a conditioning exercise excellently or making a noticeable correction to your movement and then leaving it all behind, never to be considered again.

Take it all with you and put it to use! That’s how you improve!

Dancer: Abigail Fletcher