{"id":755,"date":"2014-04-28T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/?p=755"},"modified":"2014-04-28T12:24:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T12:24:00","slug":"classical-greek-dance-workshops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedanceacademy.org\/index.php\/classical-greek-dance-workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Classical Greek dance Workshops!"},"content":{"rendered":"

CLASSICAL GREEK DANCE<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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For the summer term Miss Miffy will be offering some Classical Greek workshops to any of the girls who are currently in Grade 2,3 or 4, Ballet and\/or Modern.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ruby Ginner, founder of Classical Greek dance, was fascinated by the Ancient Greek arts <\/span><\/span>and based her aims and ideals upon it. Although considered a classical discipline Greek was developed around the same time as contemporary modern dance and is in many ways quite similar; encouraging relaxation through movement, creativity and freedom of expression.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>It is considerably more focused on the natural movement of the body, than ballet, but it equally develops control, strength, balance and clarity of line. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The teaching of Greek is also supported by an historical understanding of the ancient civilisation, particularly it’s literature, and even from the lowest grade this encourages the exploration of drama through dance. Greek is a beautiful dance form in it’s own right but also develops important skills that will support and hugely benefit other disciplines too, and help develop your child’s understanding of dance as a whole.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If you would like your child to attend please let Miss King or Miss Miffy know as soon as possible, as space will be limited. Workshops are an hour and a half, from 14:00-15:30 on the following Saturdays:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n