Ballet4Life Talks Dance

With warming tales to melt the frost that December has brought, we give you the Ballet4Lifer- of- the -month of December!  Alicia Alicia Liu , is a more recent Ballet4Lifer member and has impressed us with her lovely personality, her clean technique and impeccable work in class, and her joy of movement and risk taking, all whilst balancing being a working Mum and a Wife! Alicia in our Saturday 10.30am Ballet Class with Beatrice  It is our delight to had this over to Alicia ! When did you start dancing? I’ve always loved moving for as long as I can remember! When I was 3 or 4 years old, I started doing Chinese folk dance in Beijing. At that time, ballet wasn’t something accessible and popular for kids to do in China. My mum was doing a research fellowship with the Ford Foundation and one of her colleagues introduced me to a ballet class when I was 6 years old. This developed into a lifelong hobby. Alicia doing Chinese folk dance in Beijing What makes dancing so special to you?...

 Now is the time for the Ballet4Lifer-of-the Month of November reveal! The nights are drawing in, the leaves are falling down as we shift into this new darker and chillier month. We welcome Ballerina back-in -action , Katharine Vile to the stage. We are greatly moved by her touching and candid words. All of this is going on to further support and to propagate the power of dance and dancing together. It has been a joy having her in our classes and seeing and supporting her dance re-discoveries and strengths. Here's to many more classes and performances! Thank you, Katharine.  Weather Vane Dance at Primary School  When did you start dancing?   When I was 2.   I have a vivid memory of sitting on the floor in a hall, next to my mother, doing “good toes, naughty toes”!   (I think this must have been my very first class if my mother was sitting next to me).   Village May Fair What makes dancing so special to you?   Oh my goodness, where...

Ballet4Lifer-of-the-month for October is finally ready to relevé!!! We welcome rising Dancer Rani Singh. Rani shares her very interesting tales of adventure, life experiences, and her joy of life and movement with us. Rani performing with the Katy Anne Robinson School of Dance a while back When did you start dancing? My parents had a Punjabi dance teacher visit our house in Acton and teach a group of us young children each Saturday. Sometimes we rehearsed in the garden. A lot of traditional Punjabi dances are about farmers and farming, so when performing in public, we would wear traditional Punjabi farmer-style light turbans, shiny black decorative waistcoats and baggy cotton trousers. We would paint black moustaches on with make- up. In one dance I mimed holding the reins, driving a bullock cart with two of my friends mimicking bullocks, their hands sticking out either side of their heads.   Rani with he r pa rents at an event at EMI. She shared with us  " My father Harbans...

West Londoner walking Thames Path Challenge in aid of local charity : This local charity was founded in 2014 by long term resident, avid and active community member Donna Schoenherr.

  Ballet4Lifer of the month - September We welcome  In és  to take the Ballet4Lifer spotlight this month, the month we ease into a new season. What impresses us so much about   her is her   artistry  and musicality. Now that we learn more about  her background, it certainly makes sense!    A bit about Hi! I’m Inés, and I’m honoured to be the Ballet4Lifer of this month. Before I get stuck into each question, just a little about me: I’m half English and half Spanish and have been in London for about two years now! I moved in September 2020 looking for a change in my career and life and here we are, it’s been a couple of years full of learning and I couldn’t be happier to have made that change. Living in London had been a big item on my to-do list but before that, when I was little, I’d come to England in the summer to visit my mum’s family - they were the best 3 weeks ever! My mum is from Yorkshire and the family owns a farm so a big chunk ...