Aspiring dancers! This Sunday, January 15, Principal Dancer with The National Ballet of Canada, Guillaume Côté is teaching an open class as part of TNB’s Ballet Class with the Stars program! Whaaaaaaaaaaa? No way! But WAY. Ballet Class with the Stars is, well, exactly as it sounds: an opportunity for aspiring dancers to participate in open classes taught by the Principal Dancers of The National Ballet of Canada. Soooo, in addition to Guillaume Côté, you can take a class with Greta Hodgkinson (Sunday, February 5), Aleksandar Antonijevic, (Sunday, April 22) (whoa, hi) and Heather Ogden, (Sunday, May 6), should your Sleeping Beauty/Swan Lake/La Sylphide-loving heart desire. Ya, so just a few of the extremely big names in Canadian dance. Oh, hey Amazing Opportunity. Hey. Nice to meet you.

Who should sign up? Classes are open to dance students 14 years and older who have trained at an intermediate level or higher. BUT, even if you’re not a dancer, you can still go and watch. The cost is $40.00 and $35.00 for non CADA members and CADA members respectively; to book your spot, call The National Ballet’s Audience and Donor Services at 416. (toll-free 1.866) 345.9595Classes run from 11am – 12:30pm at The Walter Carsen Centre for The National Ballet of Canada.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I must watch youtube clips of ballet performances and practice my triple pirouette in the living room. 

~ Lindsay Tapscott | Photo of Guillaume Côté, Principal Dancer by Aleksandar Antonijevic