BALLET FOR FIGURE SKATERS
Laura Carolina Morelli
PRACTITIONER AND TEACHER OF BALLET FOR FIGURE SKATERS
Lesson on the fundamentals of classical Vaganova ballet methodology, adapted to the needs of figure skaters. This session is focused on correcting posture and alignment, learning biomechanically sound movement patterns and proper muscular activation/awareness. Some of the exercises will be done with "Skates On" – and skating guards – on dry land, to better mimic the exact alignment, foot and ankle stability that skaters will need when training similar exercises on ice. This class differs from regular ballet as it offers exercises and progressions that are sport-specific and directly correlate to on ice elements by adjusting ballet technique to the unique needs of figure skaters.
ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL
LAURA CAROLINA MORELLI
Practitioner and Teacher of Ballet for Figure Skaters
Is co-founder (alongside colleague Kristen Piche’) of ‘Skate to Soar’, a complete training method for Figure Skaters which focuses on the importance of a holistic view of high level training to achieve success.
Laura is a certified Skate Canada coach (since 2012), Personal Trainer and Ballet for Figure Skaters instructor. She is also a professional figure skater and former National Italian competitive skater who has trained and worked with some of the most accomplished European and North American coaches and choreographers.
Laura has a Bilingual B.A in Philosophy which she completed in Canada after years of touring Europe performing with ‘Holiday On Ice’.
She is passionate about high level training on and off the ice and her classes focus on both the athletic/technical and artistic components of the sport by use of precise and methodical cues in connection with music.
Talento sincerely thanks Ballet for Figure Skaters and Laura Carolina Morelli for generously contributing their time, knowledge, and expertise to support youth athlete development through this initiative.