Adela Ramirez

Classical Ballet

Classes

Minimum age: 10

Monday: Pointe

  • Level: Beginner
  • Time: 17:30 – 18:30
  • Fee: £12

Thursday: Classical Ballet

  • Level: Intermediate
  • Time: 14:30 – 16.00
  • Fee: £12

Thursday: Classical Ballet

  • Level: Beginner/Improver
  • Time: 17:30 – 19.00
  • Fee: £12

Classes bookable HERE from one week ahead.

“I love your classes Adela! I really enjoy the style you teach and I feel challenged and inspired after your classes! You are a wonderful teacher and I’m thankful to be able to take online class from you over here in the US. Thank you!” – Rachel T

Biography

Adela is a Ballet dancer with over 27 years of professional experience at the highest level. She has a history of teaching dance, yoga, and gyrotonics with proven experience. With her knowledge and experience, she helps dancers looking to progress in the industry become reliable and successful professionals and also inspires students with enjoyable and technically proficient lessons. By teaching, she shares her love of the art form and conveys how ballet and dance can truly be an expression of the soul.

Career History 

1998 – August 2020: First Soloist – English National Ballet 

Danced: 

  • Sugar Plum Fairy, Nutcracker • Cinderella, Cinderella 
  • Odette-Odile, Swan Lake 
  • Juliet, Romeo and Juliet (Nureyev) • Odalisques, Le Corsaire 
  • Gerda, Snow Queen 
  • Trois Gnossiennes, Sati (Jiri Kylian) • Lead Celebrity, Fire Bird 
  • Terpsichore and Calliope, Apollo  (Balanchine) 
  • Flower Festival in Genzano 
  • Le Spectre de la Rose (Nijinsky) • Majisimo, Main Girl with Carlos Acosta • Carmen, Lead Bandit (Roland Petit) • Manon, Mistress (Macmillan) • Square Dance (Balanchine) 
  • Who Cares, Principals Girls 
  • Etudes (Harald Lander) 
  • Suite en Blanc Serenade, Flute • Alice in Wonderland, Alice 
  • Voluntaries, (Tetley) 
  • Raymonda 
  • Les Sylphides 
  • Scheherezade 
  • Grand pas de quatre (Perrot) 
  • Coppelia, Dawn 
  • Rite of the Spring (Macmillan) 
  • Giselle, Peasant pas 
  • Sleeping Beauty: Blue Bird, Diamond Girl, Silver Girl, Cats, Enchanted Fairy, Singing  Fairy, Golden Vine Fairy 
  • Petit Mort (Jiri Kylian) 
  • Dust (Akram Khan) 
  • Frida (Annabelle Lopez Ochoa) 

Classical Ballet Class Description

Classical Ballet

In this class, there will be a flow of manageable but challenging exercises with a fun approach, designed to improve coordination, strength, flexibility, style, and musicality 

Pointe

In this class you can expect to do slow and simple barre exercises while wearing pointe shoes. The class is designed to help you get used to wearing the shoes and moving in them comfortably. It will include precision exercises and combinations to help build your endurance and alignment and will also help your strength for any centre work you do.