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  • Monday, December 9th, 10 am to 11:30 am
    Class Instructor: Nathan Griswold

    Class Description: Nathan's Ballet is a fast-paced ballet class, designed to focus the body using ballet technique.

    Levels intermediate and up welcome.

    Instructor Bio: Nathan Griswold (he/him) hails from the northwest coast of the United States. Immersed in music and performance from a young age, he developed a deep appreciation for the arts. As a teenager, he gravitated towards ballet, completing his formal dance training at the Ben Stevenson Academy in Houston, Texas, in 2002. His professional career includes tenures with prestigious companies such as the Houston Ballet, Alberta Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Ballett Augsburg, and National theater Mannheim.

    In 2014, Nathan co-founded Fly on a Wall in Atlanta, GA, an arts platform dedicated to supporting team members' work and helping local artists present their creations. Over the past decade, Fly on a Wall has produced numerous original performances, installations, and collaborative projects with various artists and organizations.

    Beyond his work with Fly on a Wall, Nathan is an active freelance performer, choreographer, and teacher. His choreographic works have been performed by Ballett Augsburg, Atlanta Ballet, Stadt Theater Ulm, at the Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, and in the National Theater Festival in Bucharest, Romania. Additionally, he has appeared in several independent films and on the TBS sitcom "The Detour." Nathan teaches dance at a professional level across the nation and currently leads contemporary dance training at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center.

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    Core Dance opens its doors to the public every weekday. Spanning multiple disciplines, morning class is led by a variety of teachers and provides a space for growth, conditioning, and exploration. Take a class with Core Dance and learn from Atlanta's best.

    Directions: Our back entrance is accessible from North McDonough Street, at the intersection of Trinity Avenue and the Decatur Square. Look for the entrance between Waffle House and DeWoskin Law Firm.

    Parking: The Core Dance parking lot is a paid lot. Proceeds benefit Core Dance and help to keep class fees low. If the lot is full, please find on-street parking or take MARTA when attending class. (Free on-street parking is available on Electric Ave.) MARTA’s Decatur Station will plop you down right next to us in the Decatur Square. Visit itsmarta.com for details on Decatur Station and for train and bus schedules.

    NOTICE: Advance registration is required. All attendees must follow the instructions of the class leader with regards to masking. Hand sanitizer is available in the studio and each studio is equipped with a high-powered air cleaner. wear a mask in the building at all times, check temperature upon arrival, and utilize hand sanitizer. The HVAC system has also been upgraded to clean and sanitize the air.
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For four decades, Core Dance has supported innovation, collaboration, artistic risk-taking and sustainable art-making in dance. An award-winning contemporary dance organization with global reach, Core Dance creates, performs, and produces compelling original dance that ignites the creative spirit and actively encourages participation and conversation with the community. In 1980, Core Dance was co-founded in Houston, Texas by dancer and choreographer Sue Schroeder and her sister, Kathy Russell.  Five years later, the organization added Atlanta, Georgia as a second home base, creating a platform for dance that is relevant in both cities and around the globe. Core Dance uses dance to educate, question and illuminate, and is internationally recognized for its artistically driven research practices, cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary collaborations, the humanity of the individual Dance Artists, and its rigorous physicality. (coredance.org)