Kristen - Ballet tutor - Lafayette
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Kristen - Ballet tutor - Lafayette

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Kristen

  • Rate $60
  • Response 6h
  • Students

    Number of students Kristen has taught since their arrival at Superprof

    8

    Number of students Kristen has taught since their arrival at Superprof

Kristen - Ballet tutor - Lafayette
  • 5 (11 reviews)

$60/h

1st lesson free

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  • Ballet
  • Tap dance

Expert in teaching adults who are brand new to dance, or coming back from a break. My focus is on learning proper, safe technique, on developing body awareness, and on finding so much joy in movement.

  • Ballet
  • Tap dance

Lesson location

    • At Kristen's house: Lafayette

    • online
    • at your home or a public place : will travel up to 10 mi. from Lafayette

Recommended

Kristen is a respected tutor in our community. They have been highly recommended for their commitment and the quality of their lessons — an excellent choice to progress with confidence.

About Kristen

Kristen Helen Poppe is an interdisciplinary dance artist based in Lafayette, Colorado. She started tap dancing at 19, but didn’t begin serious training until she was 32. Soon after, she quit her day job to become a dancer. Now she studies tap, ballet, Irish, flatfooting, and contemporary dance, and teaches tap and ballet to adults. She has made half a dozen dance films, some of which have been official selections in film festivals around the country. Her 40-minute solo-show, “Shoes” has been selected for three Fringe Festivals around the world. She is also the artistic director of Terpsichorean, a loose collective of adult students of dance who perform annually at a theater in Denver.

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About the lesson

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • levels :

    Beginner

    Intermediate

  • English

All languages in which the lesson is available :

English

I started dance as an adult which makes me uniquely qualified to help adults along the same journey. I remember how hard it was to learn as an adult and what breakthroughs helped me to advance. I have a nerdy obsession with tap and ballet and care so much that you love dancing, which means helping you make steady, noticeable progress, and keeping class positive and fun. I will meet you exactly where you are at, even if you think you have two left feet, have no rhythm, or are not in good shape. Every body deserves to dance, and I promise to help you through every challenge to get where you want to go. I teach adults who are brand new to dance, or who are returning after a break. I am at my best teaching beginning and intermediate levels.

I don't teach like traditional dance instructors. I believe in giving lots of kind corrections, and explaining why those corrections are important. I will problem solve with you about why something isn't working -- I'll talk about the muscles you should use instead, discuss where your weight changes were off, give you visuals and analogies to help you visualize what needs to happen in your body, etc. And if you still don't understand, I'll explain it a different way. I want you to learn about your own body, feel what's going on, and quickly be able to pinpoint for yourself what needs to get fixed. I also believe in fun and laugher and play -- if you want serious ballet training with someone who will smack you with a ruler, I am not your teacher.

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Rates

Rate

  • $60

Pack rates

  • 5h: $300
  • 10h: $600

online

  • $60/h

Travel

  • + $$5

free lessons

This first lesson offered with Kristen will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.

  • 30mins

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