Beatrice Ghezzi (BOTH Ballet)

Beatrice is a London-based Italian teacher and dance artist. She completed her MA in Contemporary Dance at the LCDS in 2016. 

For the past 15 years, she has taught ballet and contemporary dance in a variety of vocational and community settings. She has worked extensively with Ballet4Life® and the charity Move Into Wellbeing®, delivering ballet and contemporary dance classes for adults of all levels, as well as movement classes for people living with Parkinson’s.In 2018, she co-founded with her colleague Orley Quick BOTH Dance Classes, a South East London-based company offering professional training and adult dance classes. Alongside her teaching practice, Beatrice is happy to perform in projects by independent choreographers and is keen on collaborative artistic productions and writing/thinking.  

Class Description: 

This ballet class starts with simple warm up barre exercises to establish clear placement, core stability and movement clarity. The material then progresses and builds up in pace and complexity to prepare the body and the mind for centre work. This consists of longer combinations with a particular emphasis on coordination, timing, use of space and dynamics – still maintaining the clarity of the form. The main aim of the class is fluidity, musicality and flavour, with research and care for movement transitions as opposed to aesthetic goals.