"Ballet is a passion, an addiction, a sometime obsession, a lifestyle, a discipline, an art."
ABOUT
Teacher Cecile
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Cecile started Ballet at the age of 4 where she grew a foundation training in the Cecchetti Method with Principal Russian dancer, Irina Zyrianova for 8 years. She went on to train with Senior Examiner and former Principal in PACT Ballet, Joy Cooper for 6 years.
She joined the Tshwane Youth Ballet Company at the age of 12 and performed in various ballets naming; The Sleeping Beauty, The Snow Maiden, Cinderella & Then & Now.
Cecile holds an Associate Teaching Diploma from the Cecchetti Society. She ran her own ballet studio in South Africa (Cecile Brits Ballet Studio) and also taught Dance Studies, at Reddam House School, before moving to the United Kingdom.
Since, Cecile teaches at various private schools around London and at CSBS (East London & Woking branch). Cecile has enrolled various candidates in the Cecchetti ISTD Ballet Exams for the past 6 years with excellent results. With a great love for the creative arts and a passion for dancing, Cecile lives to enrich the dreams of aspiring young ballet dancers.
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Anita began dancing at the age of 3. She began studying classical dance at the age of 6 using the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) method. She completed her professional training as a Contemporary Dance Performer at Balleteatro in Porto in 2014, gained wings and flew to Cyprus to begin her academic career in 2017 at the GAU-PERA Dance Faculty.
She has lived in London since 2018, where she completed her Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons) in Contemporary Dance and a Masters of Arts in Choreography at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance. She currently teaches classical ballet and creative dance, as well as choreography at several dance studios in London. She teaches ballet to adults and at various nurseries for CSBS.
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The Cecchetti International Classical Ballet is the association of Cecchetti Societies from the ISTD, USA, UK, Italy, Canada, Australia and South Africa and who work together to promote Cecchetti world wide.
The Cecchetti Classical Ballet method, is to carry a torch which has been burning for over a century.
A tradition of lyrical beauty, classical line, musicality, finesse, attention to detail, warmth of spirit and the flame of dance - all the attributes necessary to make a good dancer. Add to this, intelligence and individuality, the qualities that make Maestro Cecchetti's exercises come alive and one has the makings of fireworks with which to spellbind the audience.
And what is a professional dancer's task, but to carry the audience into a world of fantasy and magic." - Ann Wixley
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