Adult Improvers Ballet: Short Course - Summer 2026

Did you do ballet as a child or a young person? Do you have a yearning to pick it up again but don't want a beginner's class or a class full of children?!

Then our Improvers class is perfect for you! Revisit the steps and combinations that you learnt when you were younger, push yourself with more challenging sequences and learn alongside other like-minded adults.

This class is suitable for those who:

• may have studied ballet in the past and would like a refresher.
• have attended beginners' classes and wish to continue at a faster pace.
• would like to challenge themselves to learn (or revisit) some of the more complex steps and combinations that are in a ballet class.

All are welcome!

You can wear whatever you feel comfortable in as long as it allows you to move. Ballet shoes or socks are fine.

About the teacher:

Amely Jane Instance LRAD Dip RTS, AISTD
Examiner for the Royal Academy of Dance
 
Amely trained at the College of the Royal Academy of Dance in London, graduating with Licentiateship of the Royal Academy of Dance and a Diploma in the Art of Teaching Classical Ballet in 1993.  Whilst there she studied Classical Ballet, choreography and also Contemporary Dance in Limon, Cunningham and Graham techniques, under many revered teachers including Johanne O’Hara, June Mitchell, Pippa Cobbing, Pamela May, Dr Susan Cooper and Norman Morrice. 
 
Following graduation, Amely was a dancer in Angela Praed’s Cornish-based C.O.D Contemporary Dance Company for three years, performing and teaching workshops all over the South West and also in London and at the Glastonbury Festival in 1998.  
 
Amely has taught Classical Ballet technique and the RAD Graded and Vocational syllabi for 27 years in various locations in England, training and entering students for RAD examinations. She is the Ballet Technique Teacher on the BA(Hons) Dance & Choreography and BA(Hons) Musical Theatre courses at Falmouth University.
 
Amely became an Examiner for the Royal Academy of Dance in 2007, assessing all levels from Pre-Primary to Advanced 2, and Discovering Repertoire.
 
Amely is at technique- focussed teacher, but incorporating musicality and expression. Her intention is to combine fluid and intuitive movements framed within the Classical structure, enabling the dancer to move freely and with enjoyment.

Course dates and cost:

Course dates:

This five week Adult Improvers Ballet Course will be delivered on the following dates from 10:15 - 11:30:

• Saturday 6 June
• Saturday 13 June
• Saturday 20 June
• Saturday 27 June
• Saturday 4 July

Course cost:

• £60.00 full price per person
• £50.00 for Falmouth University and University of Exeter students per person

Contact us:

T: +44(0)1326 259349

E: boxoffice@falmouth.ac.uk

Photo: Steve Tanner