Atelier de Ballet Classique (ABC)

Ballet Mobile's Education Division

For the Advanced Dancer
at the Arts Center and at House Calls throughout Maryland


Howard County Center for the Arts, Studio 18
8510 High Ridge Road, Ellicott City, Maryland, 21043
410-382-1377  or  email at info@balletmobile.org

 
2018-2019 Classes: Sept 8, 2018-June 15, 2019
Mondays - 6:00-7:30
Tuesdays - 6:00-7:15
Thursdays - 6:00-7:30
Saturdays - 12:00 noon - 1:15*
*Please call 410-382-1377 to confirm a Saturday drop-in class at the Center.
We might be on the road!

Recital Saturday evening, June 15, 2019, 6:00pm.

Please call for more information.

Summer Classes begin June 27.
2019 Summer Come-When-You-Can Classes
June 27-July 25 and August 1-29 (No Class July 4)
Mondays and Thursdays - 6:00-7:15
Technique, Pointe, Variations
Followed by Company Rehearsals
2019-2020 Classes: Sept 10, 2019-June 20, 2020
Monday Advanced Pointe - 6:00-7:30
Tuesday Advanced Technique - 6:00-7:15, followed by Company Rehearsal
Thursday Advanced Ballet and Jazz ++ - 6:00-7:30
Saturday Advanced Ballet* - 12:00 noon - 1:15, followed by Rehearsal
*Please call 410-382-1377 to confirm Saturday class. We might be on the road!


Recital Saturday evening, June 20, 2020, 6:00pm.
Guiding Artists to Find and Share their Gifts
Sharing the Artistic Experience with Our Audiences
Every Class - in the Studio or on the Road - an Artistic Journey
Training the Way We Perform
In the Light, With Our Precious Audiences
Inspiring and Glorious
ABC TEACHERS

 

Renée Meyer teaches most Ballet Mobile classes, integrating healing strategies into her lessons. A professional dancer, she learned from Ballet Russes Roman Jasinski and Moscelyne Larkin, Robert Joffrey and his faculty, and "Papa" Ted Shawn and his legendary peers at Jacob's Pillow. With advanced degrees from Williams College and the George Washington University, Renée specializes in accelerated adult learning techniques.

Susan Moore mentors all Ballet Mobile dancers and specializes in teaching pointe and dancer-oriented strength training. A gifted artist, her original drawing inspired the award-winning Ballet Mobile Kinetic Sculpture in the 2015 American Visionary Art Museum Baltimore race.

Sarah Whiteford is a graduate of Rider University's Musical Theater program. She teaches jazz and show dancing. Performing and choreographing in and around Maryland, she is Ballet Mistress at many house calls.

Angela Walker regularly commutes from Kansas City, Missouri to choreograph and teach. Angela was a Kansas City Ballet dancer, studying and performing at Harkness in New York City and around the world throughout her military career. 

OUR ATELIER ENVIRONMENT AND WHAT IT MEANS

 

Atelier is a French word meaning an artist's workshop or studio, a place in which the art itself, the artistic work, and the artist are perpetually molded, shaped and nurtured. It best describes Ballet Mobile's environment and ethos.


Ballet Mobile transforms any room into an artistic venue. So too does ABC offer the multidimensional discovery of the artistry itself - whether in Studio 18 at the Howard County Center of the Arts or at one of our venues.
Our "atelier" moves with us, as our audiences watch our classes and rehearsals in their spaces as their "shows before the shows". Everyone is together in the light. Comments include the following:

"Whenever I watch them dance, I try not to cry because what they do is so beautiful." "I cannot believe what these people are able to do and how much they love it." "Every time I watch, I am revitalized." "All of you deserve standing ovations." "I think I learn as much as they do every time I watch." "What a golden opportunity for these dancers - and for all of us."