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Parent & Tot - Creative Movement - Ballet
Hello! I’m Ann-Marie, and for the past eight years, I have loved running the movement lab, and teaching and connecting with so many amazing kiddos and families. I now have a kiddo of my own, and this summer (2017), after a lot of consideration, I made the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT that I am putting all movement lab classes on hiatus for the next few years. As all of you parents can relate, I've made this decision to find a more sustainable work-parenting balance, and free up my evenings and weekends for family while my kiddo is so little. I'm looking forward to having some time to re-energize creatively, and will start up classes again when I know I can deliver awesome, inspiring programming.
I want to say THANK YOU to all of our past students. I have so many wonderful memories from our eight years of classes together. I'll remember seeing hesitant students slowly come out of their shells, silly students cracking me up with impromptu moves during recitals, and focused students training hard and achieving great marks in their ballet examinations. I'll also remember so many great parent chats in the waiting room, from everything from small business advise to pregnancy and parenting talks. Thank you, you are all such wonderful parents and people!
NOW, THAT SAID…
I will still be hosting occasional dance workshops with our friends at Small Print Toronto (watch for Totsapalooza in February), and am also starting to explore creating unique, interactive performances for babies and toddlers, so you may hear from me from time to time (click here if you want to join our mailing list). I’m also still offering occasional daytime dance programs to nursery schools and daycares, so if that is something you are interested in organizing, please get in touch.
I hope our paths cross in these new ways.
Stay well,
Ann-Marie
I want to say THANK YOU to all of our past students. I have so many wonderful memories from our eight years of classes together. I'll remember seeing hesitant students slowly come out of their shells, silly students cracking me up with impromptu moves during recitals, and focused students training hard and achieving great marks in their ballet examinations. I'll also remember so many great parent chats in the waiting room, from everything from small business advise to pregnancy and parenting talks. Thank you, you are all such wonderful parents and people!
NOW, THAT SAID…
I will still be hosting occasional dance workshops with our friends at Small Print Toronto (watch for Totsapalooza in February), and am also starting to explore creating unique, interactive performances for babies and toddlers, so you may hear from me from time to time (click here if you want to join our mailing list). I’m also still offering occasional daytime dance programs to nursery schools and daycares, so if that is something you are interested in organizing, please get in touch.
I hope our paths cross in these new ways.
Stay well,
Ann-Marie
Parent Buzz:
"A special thank you for being such an integral part of daughter's life. She actually has a difficult time adapting to new environments but dance with your studio has been the easiest transition. She can be in any class with any teacher at any time and she still loves it!! That says a lot about the warmth that all your teachers and programming provides. So much gratitude to you for being such a nourishing role in our daughter's early development. Thank you, thank you, thank you."
"We wanted to thank you for all the work that you have done with our son over the last three years. We have seen how patient and understanding everyone at movement lab has been with all the kids and how responsive everyone has been when given our input. We believe that he has learned and benefited from his classes and we have found some new friends in the parents that we met. The experience of taking classes with movement lab has been a great for all of us."
"You truly are a wonderful teacher and have an amazing connection with kids. Being a dancer myself and knowing the industry to a good extent, I absolutely adore your approach to the parent-tot classes, with enough play but also enough concentration on building proper technique in early years of the little dancers! I haven't seen dance teachers in Toronto area (yet) who can keep kids attention and focus to the degree that you can! Thank you for that!"
“I just want to let you know how wonderful the recital was. It was so organized and you set such a great tone for the whole thing - nice and relaxed and a real celebration of the learning and moving the children have done with you and your wonderful assistants this year. As a parent it really is a joy to get to see your child in such a light. Thank-you."
"Ann-Marie is amazing and patient, I don't know how you do it...so just keep doing more of the same!"
"Great job, we're thrilled with the movement lab!"
"We wanted to thank you for all the work that you have done with our son over the last three years. We have seen how patient and understanding everyone at movement lab has been with all the kids and how responsive everyone has been when given our input. We believe that he has learned and benefited from his classes and we have found some new friends in the parents that we met. The experience of taking classes with movement lab has been a great for all of us."
"You truly are a wonderful teacher and have an amazing connection with kids. Being a dancer myself and knowing the industry to a good extent, I absolutely adore your approach to the parent-tot classes, with enough play but also enough concentration on building proper technique in early years of the little dancers! I haven't seen dance teachers in Toronto area (yet) who can keep kids attention and focus to the degree that you can! Thank you for that!"
“I just want to let you know how wonderful the recital was. It was so organized and you set such a great tone for the whole thing - nice and relaxed and a real celebration of the learning and moving the children have done with you and your wonderful assistants this year. As a parent it really is a joy to get to see your child in such a light. Thank-you."
"Ann-Marie is amazing and patient, I don't know how you do it...so just keep doing more of the same!"
"Great job, we're thrilled with the movement lab!"
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