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Ashley Rhianne is pleased to be offering dance & pilates classes, coaching & privates on Zoom during Covid19. Please check the Classes page for more details or contact Ashley Rhianne at ashley@ashleydance.com

Ashley Rhianne is pleased to be offering dance & pilates classes, coaching & privates on Zoom during Covid19. Please check the Classes page for more details or contact Ashley Rhianne at ashley@ashleydance.com

I recently taught a private class & had a student get very frustrated with herself to the point she wanted to quit. She’s a lovely dancer with training but hadn’t danced much at all during the past year (just restarted my virtual class this past spring). I offered her a spot in my semi-private group…
FINALLY Its happening! Ashley Rhianne Baladi Basics! Baladi can be difficult to work with because of the different rhythms and melodies, the dance technique, body positions and the attitude. Baladi is commonly done in social settings and is usually improvised with the movements based off the instruments. Raqs Baladi (baladi dance) is a style all…
[vc_row enable_arrows_animation=”no”][vc_column][vc_column_text]I remember a ballet class once upon a time. I was around 21 years old and was working on a petite allegro exercise in my company class (small, fast jumps) when I suddenly experienced a small loss of urine. Nothing catastrophic or noticeable to anyone else but me, but it was still a bit…
Being a Beginner Takes Courage Do you remember your first dance class?What brought you to this class? What internal drive caused you look up the class time table, to pack your bag, to step foot into the studio? How did you feel to suddenly realize you know nothing about what you were about to do, to…
What does SUCCESS look like for you?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀Creating content, choreographies, workshops, class programs, prepping for a show is a hustle for sure. It’s easy to look at someone’s work or success & think that either they have it easy or that it is easy. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What we don’t see is the magnitude of sweat labour…
Are you discussing these ethics with your students? While it can be an awkward discussion, as teachers it is important for us to share this information so that we set our students up with information & common practices that they may not be aware of. Here are a few things you should be discussing with your…