beginner and intermediate ballet

Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul Provincial House, Parañaque City
Cycle 7  (06.11.18 - 06.20.18) 

Because so many new students wanted to join this cycle, we split the children up into two groups: beginner and intermediate ballet, with the intermediate students being the ones who have attended all or most of the previous cycles. Around twenty students showed up for the first session, so our friend Shin Yee Tan (who previously taught during cycle 1) returned to help teach!

​It was great to see how much the intermediate students remembered and learned, as well as the impressive improvements the beginner students made throughout this cycle. We can't wait to see these students again :)

beginners classical ballet & hip hop

Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul Provincial House, Parañaque City
Cycle 6  (01.03.18 - 01.05.18) 

As always, the children did not fail to amaze us! For this cycle, we branched out of our usual classical ballet lessons and invited our friend Dias Konysbayev to teach them hip hop! This was a welcome surprise for the kids as it allowed them to try out another style of dance. Although both styles are completely different, the children were still able to transfer some of the skills they learned from ballet to learning hip hop. In the end, the final performance that we taught them was a simple modern/contemporary style dance that combined elements of both ballet and hip hop.

beginners classical ballet

DZMM on Wheels: Jose Fabella Memorial School
Cycle 5 (09.09.17)

It was an honour to be invited to the ABSCBN TLC project DZMM on Wheels! Many organizations were invited to teach and interact with the students at Jose Fabella Memorial School. Because ballet is not taught in public schools across the Philippines, the children were so excited to try it out! Their enthusiasm for ballet was contagious, and although this was only a one-day cycle, they were able to learn a lot.

BEginners classical ballet

Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul Provincial House, Parañaque City
Cycle 4  (07.06.17 - 07.22.17) 

In this three week cycle, the kids levelled-up! New members were able to join this cycle and those who have been attending the previous workshops were able to get introduced to new and more complicated steps.  The children learned how to stretch at home everyday in order to improve their flexibility, and everybody seemed determined to learn how to split! Overall, their technique has improved and they were able to keep up with more complicated choreography as they were able to remember different changes in formations.

​Parents, teachers, family, guardians and friends of the performers were there in full force! 

You could see a big difference in their attitude—improved self-esteem and confidence! A big feat considering the hardships and trauma several of them have endured.

BEGINNERS CLASSICAL BALLET

Marillac Hills Alabang
Cycle 3 (04.10.17 - 04.12.17)

This third cycle was held in a different location, which was in a center for young girls who were previously sexually abused.

We started off with the basic foundations of ballet, and throughout the workshops, a change in the children’s expression was evident as they all became happier and more enthusiastic. Some of the older girls saw the ongoing workshops and wanted to join as well so during some spare time, they were able to a mini lesson on the different ballet positions!

We ended this cycle yet again with a performance to a group of older members in the center, and everyone was very excited to see what we were able to come up with :)
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​BEGINNERS CLASSICAL BALLET

Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul Provincial House, Parañaque City
Cycle 2  (04.26.16 - 04.30.16)

This cycle we were able to have special guests Cara, Christiana, and Gina Poblete from Ballet Excel Ohio come and help us with conducting the workshops.  They were able to help donate some shoes, skirts, and leotards for the kids of the Classikids dance program!

During our second Classikids cycle, we were able to give more focus on the children’s technique and we reviewed the exercises that they learned during the first cycle.  This time, we were also able to have a little fun by adding more jumps and leaps!

We ended this module with a little party which started off with the children performed another piece that was choreographed from them, and then ended with performances from everybody including the teachers :D

Beginners Classical Ballet

Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul Provincial House, Parañaque City
Cycle 1  (07.13.16 - 07.22.16)

This was the first Classikids cycle!

The workshops were given with the assistance of Shin Yee Tan, and the children aged 8-12 were able to learn some of the basic foundations of ballet like the positions, port de bras, plies, tendus, jetes and more.  They were also able to learn how to do some corner exercises such as skips, gallops, and pa de chas.  Everyone was very hardworking, engaged, and energetic in the lessons it was a pleasure to teach them as they were all eager to learn.
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This cycle ended with a masterclass with Teacher Perry Sevidal in her studio where she taught them some more barre exercises and reviewed them on what they had learned so far.  To end the masterclass, the kids got to give a performance to Teacher Perry on what they worked on during the previous lessons.