When we hear the word ballet, most of us think of girls in pink tutus and women dancing on their toes. Let's put a stop to that misconception now, and highlight one of the most important parts of classical ballet as an art - the male dancer. What would a pas de deux (partner dance, or 'step of two') be ...
Methods of Ballet
By Maya Haridas, Siddhie Pillai & Aradhana Kiran - En Avant Magazine Mar-Apr 2022 With a history that spans centuries and across multiple countries, ballet has had years and years of experimentation and artistic inspiration to arrive at the methods that dancers are taught today. Each method has its own specific nuances that add different layers to its technical and artistic features. The Lewis Foundation of Classical Ballet is ...
Get your child ready for ballet class in less than 10 minutes after school
Getting your child ready for ballet class can be daunting ! Here are a few tips to help parents prepare their children for ballet class and ensure that they have the best experience possible in preparing to attend classes in the studio. Remember preparation is key ! Yay, its ballet class today : Inform your child in the morning itself ...
Yana Lewis on Being a Student of Dance
By Maya Haridas and Siddhie Pillai We all know Yana Lewis as a teacher, as an Artistic Director, as a person and maybe even as a good friend. But do we know Miss Yana as a student? In this exclusive interview, get to know Yana Lewis AISTD DIP and Artistic Director of TLFCB in a different avatar. How old were ...
Encanto – Summer Camp 2022
Our Summer Program 2022, Encanto, was a blast for two weeks in mid-May. Students from Primary to Grade 4 ballet joined us at HQ in Ulsoor for 3 hours every day, Monday to Friday, to create a song and dance-filled show for their parents and friends. The May 20th performance was our first show with a live audience since the ...
The Beginnings of TLFCB
From En Avant Issue 3, March - April 2022 It is 1999, in a small village on the Kashmir - Pakistan border. A group of children are playing together when suddenly a strange, foreign woman with shiny golden hair steps out of a house and joins them. Bending and stretching, jumping and skipping, she teaches them movements that they have ...
Ballet on the Big Screen – Beatrix Potter
By Aradhana Kiran, Maya Haridas and Siddhie Pillai In this blog in the Ballet on the Big Screen series, we’ll be featuring a fun classical ballet for a younger audience: Tales of Beatrix Potter. The musical score was compiled by composer John Lanchbery from tunes by Minkus, Balfe, Offenbach, Sullivan and others, and was choreographed by the famous British choreographer, ...
Ballet on the Big Screen – Delibes
In this blog in the Ballet on the Big Screen series, we’ll be featuring two slightly less known classical ballets: Coppélia and Sylvia. The musical scores for both of them are composed by the 19th century composer Léo Delibes. These ballets will be screened for senior students in the months to come. Coppélia - Synopsis Francesca Hayward (Swanilda), with Gary ...
Back to the Studio – in Photos
Many of our students are returning to the studio as restrictions have gradually been lifted across Bangalore. We want to share the inspiration and energy it brings us to see them back in offline classes. Enjoy! You can also take a look at the photos on our Instagram page. Do you have images with our students excited to return to studio ...
Ballet on the Big Screen – The Secret Garden
by Aradhana Kiran, Maya Haridas and Siddhie Pillai Today we are looking at a ballet for our younger dancers - The Secret Garden by London Children's Ballet (LCB). A fun, joyous and beautiful adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic book of the same name. This ballet will be screened in the coming months for all students from Pre-Primary and above. ...