Ballet Legacy Online Ballet School & Community​​

"I first started dancing with Ms. Sarah-Grace while dancing with my competition team. While we had weekly required ballet lesson there before she arrived, I lacked a lot of fundamental knowledge about ballet, not knowing why ballet technique worked nor how to execute it. Ms. Sarah, however, is the best teacher I have had at teaching the theory and fundamentals of Vaganova Technique. Her class, Vaganova Basics, helped me relearn basic yet crucial steps in ballet, from things like weight shifts to engaging my muscles in turnout. She explains the fundamentals thoroughly and guides you through what you should focus on.

Rather than feeling pressured to 'look' a certain way immediately, Ms. Sarah would always encourage proper technique that would build up over time into a solid foundation of both flexibility and strength. Even throughout a foot injury that prevented me from dancing for several weeks, she was able to help me keep up my technique using her Floor Barre class combined with our private lessons. (I now keep that knowledge with me wherever I go.) And because I practiced with floor barre, I was able to return to dancing with minimal issues post-recovery. Ultimately, I'm incredibly thankful that Ms. Sarah was my mentor; with her help, I reached a level of strength I thought was unattainable for me."

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~Annelise, completed to Level 3 Barre and Center

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"Learning with Ms. Sarah-Grace had given me the opportunity to explore my dance capabilities, advancing my flexibility, movement knowledge, anatomy and the joy in musicality.

I began dancing with her just a short time before we moved into lock down due to the pandemic. She assured me that we would still be able to continue lessons online and eventually I began not only being in her online classes, but we also pursued online private lessons. When I first started, I wasn't the strongest in my ballet technique and didn't know what methods would help me to progress.

We started slow, but with continuity, patience and education of the way our bodies are naturally supposed to move, the style of Vaganova Ballet pushed my technique capabilities faster and better than I'd have been able to before. Within the next three years I had advanced my ballet technique. Although these skills didn't just help me with ballet, learning these basics helped advance my foundation to move better in other genres whether that was in my competition studio or dancing with my high school.

I am grateful to have been Ms. Sarah's student, and even more grateful that she pushed me to become the best dancer I could have been.

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~Karissa, completed to Level 3 Barre & Musicality