Inspired by Ancient Greece, Classical Greek Dance, created by Ruby Ginner in the early 20th Century, is based upon the natural movements of the body. The movements are expressive and offer a range of styles and dynamics with an emphasis on building musicality, improvisation and performance skills.

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Classical Greek Dance is a beautiful dance form in it's own right but it also develops important skills that will support and hugely benefit other dance disciplines. 

 

​This form of movement is technically and creatively challenging. Students acquire balance and control, relaxation, elevation, clarity of line, grace and ease of movement alongside the development of musical understanding. The advanced work introduces students to the visual arts, literature and mythology. Aspects of the Classical Greek class include not only lyrical dance but also athletic, pyrrhic, bacchic, choric, ritual and tragic, all of which are relevant to students today. It is known as one of the best methods of teaching stage movement and dramatic expression in dance form.

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