Summer Intensives

Ballet for You offers holiday programmes consisting of workshops, ballet classes and the opportunity to learn existing, new or reworked classical and neo-classical repertoire.
 

Next Summer Programmes: 15th - 27th July 2024

 

Summer Programme 2023: Hoe Down and Lord of the Dance: 31st July - 4th August 2023 (Music: Hoe Down by Aaron Copland and Lord of the Dance by Ronald Hardiman; Choreography by S. Cundari) Ballet for You students from Beginners 3 to Advanced 2 levels.

Summer Programme 2023: Cinderella’s Midnight Waltz: 12th August 2023 (Music: Sergei Prokofiev; Choreography by S. Cundari) Ballet student levels ranging from Beginners 2 to Pre-Improvers. This was covered in one hour and followed a Floor-barre class and Ballet class, each of 60 mins

Summer Programme 2022: Symphony No 1: 22nd July 2022 (Music by Sergei Prokofiev; Choreography By S.Cundari) Ballet for You dancers from Pre-Improvers to Advanced levels.

Summer Programme 2022: Palladio: 31st July 2022 (Music by Karl Jenkins; Choreography by S.Cundari) Ballet for You dancers from Improvers to Advanced levels.

Advanced Summer Programme 2021: Gaité Parisienne Mazurka (Music by Jacques Offenbach; Choreography S. Cundari) Dancers from Advanced 1 and 2

Elementary Summer Programme 2021: Act 3 Opening of Swan Lake (Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; choreography S. Cundari). Dancers from Beginners 3, Pre-Improvers & Improvers 1

 

Summer Intensives 2020: Instead of having a studio summer programme this year, a special 5 week online programme was delivered which included working on 4 pieces of Repertoire.

Lockdown Swan Lake, 2020: Finale from Act 2 Swan Lake (music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, adapted choreography after Marius Petipa). Dancers from Pre-Improvers, Improvers 1, Improvers 2, Advanced 1 and Advanced 2 levels. Edited by Emily Richards

 

Men’s Programme: Le Corsaire variation from 2019 Summer Programme - Week 2

Choreography to Cinderella’s Midnight Waltz from 2019 Summer Programme - Week 2 (Music, Sergei Prokofiev; Choreography, S. Cundari)

Coppelia, The Czardas from 2019 Summer Programme - Week 1 (Music: Leo Delibes; choreography adapted from Peggy van Pragh)


Swan Lake, Act 1 Waltz from 2018 Summer Programme - Week 2 (Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Choreography, S. Cundari)

Sleeping Beauty Garland Waltz from 2018 Summer Programme - Week 1 (Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Choreography S. Cundari)


L'Arlesienne from 2018 Easter Intensive (Music: George Bizet; choreography S. Cundari)


Bolero from 2017 Summer Programme (Music: George Bizet; choreography S. Cundari)


Romeo and Juliet from the first (of 3) 2016 Summer Programmes (Music: Sergei Prokofiev; Choreography S. Cundari)


Paquita from the 2nd (of 3) 2016 Summer Programmes (Music: Ludwig Minkus; Choreography S. Cundari)


Romeo & Juliet - Dance of the Knights - from the 3rd (of 3) 2016 Summer Programmes (Music: Sergei Prokofiev; choreography S. Cundari)


Waltz of the Flowers from the 2015 Summer Programme. (Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Choreography, S. Cundari)

 

The Waltz from Act 1 Swan Lake from the 2014 Summer Programme (Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Choreography, S. Cundari)

 

Snowflakes from Act 1 The Nutcracker, the choreography from Snowflakes from the 2014 Summer Programme (Music: Pyotr Ilych Tchaokovsky; Choreography, S. Cundari) which was then adapted for use in the 2015 Performance.