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Training programme

Fitness training A high priority for Motion Art Studio is the improvement of students’ general fitness and health. Today, studies have proved that a dancer needs to condition his/her body further than the daily ballet class in order to improve performance. From a young age, we teach children various exercises that can strengthen their bodies and can make them more flexible. Usually all the lessons start with Pilates exercises, while students are encouraged to do them on their own, as well. Free Pilates class is offered to the senior students once a week, while the fully equipped Motion Art Pilates Studio is available for anyone who would like extra training.

6imeroxekinima Senior students, start the year with the ‘6imeroxekinima’, a special six day program, including both practical and theoretical lessons, which aim to help the dancers acquire their fitness shape and to educate the mind in relative subjects. Some of the themes of the classes are: anatomy, history of classical ballet, terminology of classical ballet, nutrition, importance of warm up and cool down, stress dealing, positive thinking. All of these will help to improve not only the physical but also the mental condition of the students, helping them develop into positive and confident adults.

Motion Art Pilates Studio Since 2005, the school has a fully equipped Pilates Studio with a full time qualified Pilates instructor, offering mat and equipment classes. This gives the opportunity to the senior students to use Pilates as an extra aid to improve their performance. Especially students with spine or knee problems, or students who have injured themselves and need rehabilitation, have the opportunity to use the Pilates Studio with special discounted prices. Also, the parents of the students have the chance to do Pilates while waiting for their children to finish their lesson, and they also benefit from a special.

Further dance experience The students of the school are encouraged to take part in auditions for outside of the school performances and summer schools. Also they are prepared to take part in ballet competitions. Students of the Motion Art Studio have taken part in performances of Ballet Cyprus and Dance Cyprus. A lot of them have been chosen to be part of the Lefkosia Youth Ballet. Also students like Penelope Georgiadou, Anastasia Paschali and Zoe Orphanidou have won prizes in dance competitions in Cyprus and abroad.