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JULIA BALL - STUDIO INFORMATION
Styles: Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop Youngest Age: 3	Also Offers: Group Classes

About JULIA BALL

At AAD, we use the Vaganova Method coupled with exercises to strengthen and increase flexibility. The Vaganova method was developed in Russia in the early 1920s by Agrippina Vaganova and became the teaching standard for the classic Russian dance corps. The emphasis of the Vaganova method is to teach dancing as an entire body movement, not just legs and core, and to teach dancers to recognize and analyze their movement. It is a method for all ballet stages, from 4-year-olds to adults. It also is designed not to have the dancer overstretch to the point of injury and pain.

We combine Vaganova with off-the-floor exercises to strengthen and increase flexibility. We have trained Pilates instructors and a Pilates room with four reformers. Students are encouraged to take Pilates classes and to use techniques from EBAS (Elemental Body Alignment System) and Feldenkrais to increase flexibility. build strength, and reduce injuries.

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