mind. body. balance.

During one of our Sunday classes in the downtown studio, Ashley Thursby – the MBB program manager and a dancer with the Louisville Ballet – encouraged us to envision being inside a circle (like DaVinci’s Vitruvian man) where our outermost reach, both feet and arms, touch the edges of the circle. There is an engaged tension that is required to reach these limits, an active participation of breath and muscles across your body. It is through this visualization and practice that you build the strength and stability required to safely practice the dynamic jumps and combinations we’d learn.   

As Thursby says, “The more deeply we connect with our body, the more centered we become in our ability to express ourselves within our community. Our team is committed to being a safe and inclusive space for dancers of all levels and disciplines to be curious, set goals and connect to their idea of mind, body and balance.”