Movie Star
£30.00
Take part in filming our first-ever Composite Course: Pointe Preparation! (by invitation only)
– Gain experience of working for a couple of hours in a photo and video shoot with me and with Jimmy Parratt from ‘a dancers lens’
– Receive up to three professional photos of you in balletic poses.
– Receive 1-1 exercise instruction prior to filming
– Optional social media promotion about your involvement in the project
– Participation in the ‘Guinea Pig’ cohort of the course: You will complete the course as it is designed and be asked to provide feedback to influence the finished product.
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You will also be asked to:
– Take some before and after photos of your progress
– Provide a testimonial of your experience in the course (to be signed off by your first name and age)
– Provide brief comments each week after the main weekly class for future dancers on the course (encouragement, reflections on the class etc)
– Provide short private survey feedback on each class and each week’s set of daily practice sessions – constructive feedback to help make the course what you want it to be!
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(If you need permission from your school for filming, you can let them know that you will be filmed demonstrating conditioning exercises rather than doing ballet.)
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In exchange for allowing your image to be used in the course and in advertising/promotional images on the website, social media and in print, your discounted fee will be only £265 £30, along with receiving your professionally edited photos.
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Filming weekend is 7-8 September, and we’re looking for 10 dancers to each spend a couple of hours on one of these days. Book now to secure your spot!
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Pointe Preparation
Ideal for dancers preparing to go on pointe for the first time, for dancers recently on pointe, or for experienced dancers who wish to progress stronger pointework, Pointe Preparation has you covered. We go through a series of pointe-readiness tests and strengthen each aspect of safe and strong pointework. More than just feet, we strengthen whole body alignment, balance, and coordination to prepare dancers’ bodies for the challenges of dancing en pointe. Some schools offer pointe training for boys as well as girls, and this course will cater to everyone.
Composite Courses include a course of pre-recorded targeted exercise classes, coupled with one to one check ins with Luke.
Pre-Recorded Classes
This is one for the parents as well as the dancers. Dancers can follow along at their own pace (Every day? Great! You only have time for every other day? No problem!), at home, and without the need for parents to accompany them either driving or via train to sit around for an hour only to then take them back home..
Your pace, your place, and your convenient times.
Even better, the exercises have been devised based on scientific research and shaped by my years of experience preparing young dancers to successfully audition into top schools like the Royal Ballet School, Elmhurst, Tring, LVBS etc, and by my experience of rehabilitating injured dancers back to top form. The basic structure is a weekly 30-45 minute instructional class which goes through each exercise in depth, supported by a daily 10-12 minute follow-along practice class. That’s a total of nine hours of instruction across the course. Dancers can go through at a slower pace if needed, to accommodate busy schedules.
One-to-one Check-Ins
Many online courses just leave you to it. But how do you know if you've done the exercises correctly, or even safely? Our pre-records have been developed over years of seeing what cues are most effective over zoom, which applies to our recordings too, but we don't just hope for the best. Coupled with some periodic check in points totalling an hour of direct contact time, either online or via video review to suit your needs, we make sure the exercises are being performed safely and effectively. You don't want to hope for the best, you want to make sure!
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This course was developed drawing from the best of science and Luke’s experience in strengthening young dancers for pointe-work. If you want to make sure you start en pointe safely, or want to strengthen the pointework you’re already doing - this course is for you! Sign up below, today!
