April 2024 schedule - In-studio & online! Wednesdays 6:45-8:15PM - Beginner ballet 8:15-9:15PM - Beginner jazz (Leigh's Dance Party!) Thursdays 6:30-8PM - Basic ballet 8-9:30PM - Open level ballet Saturdays 9:30-11AM - Beginner ballet 11AM-12PM - Pointe/pre-pointe Sundays 10-11:30AM - Intermediate ballet 11:30AM-1PM - Basic ballet SIGN UP FOR ALL CLASSES HERE ALL CLASSES HAPPENING THIS MONTH! Students often ask me what they can do when they are looking to move up from their current class level. 1. Try something you've never done before, like pointe or jazz.  2. Take just the ba ..read more

Beloved characters take to the page for one final performanceFrom the publisher: They thought the professional ballet world was tough. Then they tried parenting. From the author of Outside the Limelight—named a Kirkus Best Book of 2017—comes a story about parenting, the performing arts, surviving high school and fighting back, in this gripping finale to the Ballet Theatre Chronicles. Katrina Devries, having navigated the cutthroat world of professional ballet to arrive at the top, has found the perfect life as a principal dancer and mother of a three-year-old. But when her partner announces ..read more

  Did you miss the Leigh Purtill Ballet Company's performance of "Cracked," our Nutcracker with a twist?  Fret no more! It's now available for the low price of $20 - anytime you want! Get your e-ticket now through Eventbrite and you'll receive the link that will give you access to the video until midnight at the end of 2023.  It's super fun for the whole family! It even has an actual family in it! It's got all the things you love in a Nutcracker performance plus so much more!   ..read more

November 2023 schedule - In-studio and online! Wednesdays 6:45-8:15PM - Beginner ballet 8:15-9:15PM - Beginner Jazz (aka Leigh's Dance Party!) Thursdays 6:30-8PM - Basic ballet 8-9:30PM - Open level ballet - TRY IT! YOU'LL LIKE IT! Saturdays 9:30-11AM - Beginner ballet 11AM-12PM - Pointe/pre-pointe Sundays 10AM-11:30AM - Intermediate ballet 11:30AM-1PM - Basic Ballet SIGN UP FOR ALL CLASSES HERE DID YOU MISS HALLOWEEN CLASS? We had a blast dancing to spooky tunes in fabulous costumes and enjoying some homemade treats. Take a look at this amazing group in their awesome costumes! Thank you, ev ..read more

July 2023 schedule - In-studio and online! Tuesdays (Live Arts LA) - *NO CLASS JULY 4th!* 7-8:30PM - Intermediate ballet Wednesdays (Inspire Dance Studio) 6:30-8PM - Beginner ballet 8-9PM - Beginner Jazz Thursdays (Inspire) 7:10-8:40PM - Basic ballet Saturdays (Inspire) 9:30-11AM - Beginner ballet 11AM-12PM - Pointe/pre-pointe Sundays (Inspire) 10AM-11:30AM - Intermediate ballet 11:30AM-1PM - Basic Ballet SIGN UP FOR ALL CLASSES HERE LIVE ARTS LOS ANGELES STUDIO TO CLOSE IN AUGUST The beautiful (and big!) studio in Glassell Park will be closing for good this August, a tremendous loss for our ..read more

Hello beautiful dancers! How can it be March 2023 already? My last blog post was in September of 2022! Wasn't that last week? Reader: So what brings you to Blogger now, Leigh? Why are you writing a post instead of sharing a photo of your cute dog on Instagram? It can be only one thing: I have stuff to say! (Or maybe that's FFUTS since I'm reversing everything. ) Recently I have been reversing center combinations in my beginner and intermediate classes. Even my basic classes will reverse the tendu combination. I hear a lot of moans and groans from dancers when I announce, "Now let's reverse it ..read more

Beautiful dancers, when I started this blog post, I was searching Google for a picture of a person surviving a bear attack by making themselves big. Let me tell you, that was not a good phrase to search. I was rewarded with lots of photos of bears being very mean and scary and lots of photos of people who had survived the attacks but had been bloodied and disfigured in the process. So this will have to do: Courtesy YouTube FYI this image is TOTALLY WRONG! If you encounter a brown or Grizzly bear, you are supposed to lie down and play dead; if you encounter a black bear, you are suppos ..read more

  Hello beautiful dancers! We're at the tail end of this International Dance Day (which must be new because I sure don't remember it growing up!) - how did you spend it? Did you take a class? Did you shake your booty in your kitchen while you brewed coffee? Did you read a book about dance? Or a review about a performance? Maybe you bought a ticket to a show!   (Maybe you marked your calendar for June 18 and 19 for LPBC's "Hotel at the End of the Universe" at the Madrid Theatre!) I'm fortunate to have so many wonderful teachers in my area. On Fridays I love to take class with Helen N ..read more

  April 2022 schedule - New class & times! Join on Zoom or in person! Sunday (Inspire Dance Studio in La Canada) 10AM-11:30AM - Intermediate level Tuesday (Live Arts LA in Eagle Rock) 7-8:30PM - Beg/Intermediate level Wednesday (Inspire) 6:30-8PM - Beginner level 8-9PM - Basic Lyrical Jazz - NEW CLASS!!! Thursday (Inspire) 7-8:30PM - Basic level Saturday (Inspire) 9:30-11AM - Beginner level - NEW TIME!!! 11AM-12:30PM - Intermediate level - NEW TIME!!! 12:30-1:30PM - Pointe - NEW DAY & TIME!!! SIGN UP FOR ALL CLASSES HERE   UPDATE! Please note before you come to the st ..read more

 Hello beautiful dancers, both local and remote! All of my classes this week will be hybrid (both in-person and on Zoom) to give you added flexibility during this current virus surge. In addition to the usual classes that are hybrid, I have added the Zoom option to 3 more classes this week: --Wednesday 6:30PM Beginner --Thursday 7PM Basic --Saturday 12PM Intermediate You can sign up for all classes here. I'm very appreciative of all of you who stay home when you are feeling ill. Let's all stay healthy in this new year! (reminder: I will not be teaching 1/18-1/28 ..read more