Beginner Ballet Variation Workshop for Adults

A traditional ballet class for the beginning level dancer (adults and teens). Center work will include a variation. Registration and pre-payment required to hold slot. No refunds. $35

This is recommended for the student (adults and teens) who has taken at least one to two years of ballet and has a basic understanding of terminology used in the class.

Taught by Sam Epstein

Sam Epstein grew up in Saratoga Springs, New York, where he began his dance training at the National Museum of Dance School of the Arts. In 2021, he graduated from Indiana University and joined Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company, and in 2023, he joined Grand Rapids Ballet as a professional dancer. Sam has taught ballet and adaptive dance to individuals of various ages and abilities. Sam has choreographed works including Opera Intermezzi (2025) and Marietta’s Lied (2024) for Grand Rapids Ballet, Setting Suns (2023) for Chattanooga Ballet, and Shulamit Ran’s full length opera Anne Frank (2023) for Indiana University. Sam has also assisted in staging children’s casts for productions such as Victoria Morgan’s Cinderella, King Arthur’s Camelot, and The Nutcracker, as well as Pamela Robinson Harris’s Snow White, all with Cincinnati Ballet.

Photo credit: Hiromi Platt Photography

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