Fastclass with Craig Hall

LENGTH: 25 min. LEVEL: Advanced SPACE: Large

FastClasses go exercise to exercise without stopping, perfect for when you already know the steps. Whether you need a warm-up or want to challenge your memory and endurance, these short edits of our most popular classes allow you a full class in less time.

Craig Hall's class is short and sweet—it’s packed with fantastic exercises and insights. Throughout, Craig’s focus is musicality, which he connects to ideas of physical rubato (momentarily withheld action) and the refinement of an action’s quality. For example, he cautions that the working leg in rond de jambe should not strike out “like a karate kick” but advance as if to tap a balloon.  The combination of continuous rhythmic variety and easily visualized kinesthetic analogies gives the class a streaming poetry, reinforced by the musical wit of pianist Robert Boston.

Music: Robert Boston

Dancers: Rachel Hutsell and Aaron Sanz

Category: Ballet