Date: 10 January 2026
Times: 10:30-15:00
Price: £55
Cancellations are available through to 3 January 2026.
Our adult Pop Up day will collaborate classical ballet and enhancement classes with guest practitioners focusing on the physical and wellbeing sides of movement.
- Pilates class
- Ballet class
- Lunch provided
- Yoga and mediation class
Experience requirements: As long as you have a confident understanding of the fundamentals of ballet and are open to trying our varied timetable of sessions included in the day, our adult pop up class will accommodate all skill levels.
Yoga and Meditation
Amy Thwaites
Amy is a Yoga Teacher and Life Coach on a mission to make the world a calmer place.
Her classes provide an opportunity to breathe, to switch off your mind, and to move as much or as little as you want. She keeps her flows uncomplicated and effective with a strong connection to the breath and plenty of options to make your practice feel good for you. She’s a less is more kind of teacher who just wants to you to float out of the studio having had some time to let everything beyond your mat pause for a while.
As a Life Coach she also maintains a less is more approach. In a world where busyness is encouraged and often worn as a badge of honour, she helps clients move away from overworked and overstressed and supports them in reconnected to their own wants and needs, letting go of the 'shoulds', and finding more calm and balance in life.
Classical Ballet
Fi Beale
Fiona was born in Solihull where she started dancing. She later moved to Southampton and attended the Parkewood School of Dance. She then spent a year at the West Street Studios before completing her training at Central School of Ballet. She graduated in 1996 and joined Northern Ballet. She danced many roles with Northern Ballet including Mrs Fezziwig, Nephew's Wife, Belle and Mrs Cratchitt in A Christmas Carol, Bathilde in Giselle, Maud in A Simple Man and Red Couple in Jardi Tancat.
n 1998 she created the role of Michaela in Carmen and danced the title role. She has performed the roles of Miss Haversham in Great Expectations, Mina and Lucy in Dracula and Lucille in Jekyll & Hyde. She created the role of Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire and danced the role of Blanche, before creating the role of Kate in Madame Butterfly.
Fiona retired from performing in 2002 having had a daughter, and now lives in Halifax with her husband, ex-Northern Ballet dancer Jonathan Beale, and her three children. She has taught for Northern Ballet's education programme and started teaching at the Academy in 2013.
Pilates Instructor
Sadie Smith
Hello, I'm Sadie, I am a Polestar Pilates Comprehensive trained Pilates teacher. I teach mat, reformer and all studio equipment.
I have practiced Pilates for 11 years. I began after suffering chronic postnatal pelvic pain. Pilates cured me of that pain and had such a positive impact on my life that I started on the path to help others find the benefits.
I teach a wide range of clients. Helping them in lots of different ways such as: recovery from illness or injury, preparation for pregnancy or birth or improving sports performance.
I love my job as it helps me use my skills as a registered nurse and combine them with the joy of movement.
Medical Guidance
As advised by our guest practitioner, those in the first trimester of pregnancy would not be suited to participate in our yoga and meditation session.
Header and footer photo by Emily Nuttall. Instructor/practitioner photos artists own.
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