I attended a ballet lesson on ClassPass 🩰

I took a BalletBody Classic (Ballet Fitness) class recently, and I'll be writing about my experience in this post!

Some background first: since I was really young (3 years old or so) I've always wanted to pick up ballet, so I started classes when I turned 4 (because that was the minimum age for the centre I joined 😂). At some point in time, my dream job was to become a ballerina 🩰 I love how ballet looks so delicate and elegant, yet requires so much strength and tenacity. However, after about 8-9 years of training, I called it quits and that has been a regret of mine since then.

Therefore, I was really glad when I saw BalletBody on ClassPass, and booked a class immediately for 13 credits 💸

This studio is located just a 2-minute walk from Chinatown MRT Exit A, and it was really clean and gorgeous :") there are lockers, toilet/shower cubicles, towels (both small and large), cotton buds/pads provided.

You'll have to wear socks (just regular ones will do) or ballet shoes for this class, and just regular exercise clothing is fine (although you could wear leotards/tights too)! The class started with some simple barre work that progressively became more challenging, then there was a portion of the class for centre work, and it ended with stretching.

The instructor was really encouraging and lovely, but in this class, I think you are expected to have some basic ballet knowledge to be able to follow along better. Eg the placement of your arms/feet for the first to fifth positions, pliés, grand battement etc. However, the instructor demonstrates everything and did everything with us almost all the time, so not to worry! Alternatively, you could book their Basic class instead of Classic class.

This class really made me break into a sweat and gave me a good workout! Overall, it was a great experience 🫶🏻 and I'll take up more classes here hehe