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Basic Ballet
for All Bodies
Photo by Omer K Yukseker
WINTER SESSION _ 2026
January 14 - March 18
WEDNESDAYS 6:30-7:30pm
180 Shaw St, Studio #103​​
small group dance class
Maximum 10 participants
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Regular $300 / session
Artist rate $200 / session
Generous $400 / session
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"Sara’s approach is welcoming and liberating"
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"A gentle deconstruction of ballet’s rigid traditions"
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"An uplifting appropriation of everything that’s beautiful and expressive about ballet"
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"This class helped me release long-held trauma from childhood ballet classes - where the strictness and perfectionism didn't make space for joy."
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"Basic Ballet for All Bodies is not about conforming—it's about reclaiming!"
All bodies are ballet bodies.
To Register: email hello@saraporter.ca
B Ballet FAB is a queer-infused, trans-positive, gay & playful, ballet-inspired contemporary dance class geared toward absolute beginners & those returning to dance after a long break. Do you want to engage in pleasure and play of ballet, but without all the trimmings? This class is for you!
Sara Porter offers a relaxed approach to dance technique to encourage healthy alignment, build strength, extend flexibility, develop clarity and articulation in movement, while working at a slow and gentle pace. The class incorporates clear technical form, employing humour and humility to find movement that feels comfortable and comfortably challenging.
Full Student Testimonial -
I joined Basic Ballet for All Bodies a few months before my full hip replacement surgery—and returned to it shortly after recovery. This class has been nothing short of transformative. It gave me a sense of body awareness, joy, and balance, and helped me quite literally walk differently—I lost the limp I had before surgery.
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More than just movement, the class offered deep healing. It helped me release some long-held trauma from childhood ballet classes, where the strictness and perfectionism didn't make space for joy. Sara’s approach is the opposite: it’s welcoming and liberating. Her style feels like a gentle deconstruction of ballet’s rigid traditions and an uplifting appropriation of everything that’s beautiful and expressive about it.
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Basic Ballet for All Bodies is not about conforming—it's about reclaiming. I’m so grateful to have found this class. - Kadija de Paula - artist, writer and arts administrator
ABOUT THE TEACHER – Sara Porter
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A popular and animated teacher with over 30 years experience, Sara has been on faculty at university and college dance programs in Canada and Scotland, designing and teaching new curriculum in contemporary dance - theory and practice - to students of all ages in a variety of environments. She leads Memoir & Movement workshops across the country with students (online) from around the world.
Currently, Sara runs independent classes out of her shared studio (Intergalactic Arts Collective Studio) in the beautiful Youngplace in Toronto's West End. She ddoes private creative coaching sessions for seniors and artists seeking to expand their personal and professional scope in performance.
bBalletFAB Waiver
