ADULT COLOUR CLASSES

MMM provides a balanced exercise and dance training programme which works through from basic movement principals to advanced technique. The exercises are arranged in colour grades according to their difficulty and complexity. It is non-competitive enabling all students to develop according to their age, ability and aptitude. The high standard of explanation, correction and support aids student progression and promotes health and dance education. Combined controlled breathing with each exercise enhances the quality of the movement as well as providing lifelong physical benefits.

FOUNDATION Colours - Basic & White

Dance for fun and fitness while you develop the basics of a dance vocabulary. Increase flexibility, strength and stamina using travelling steps, elevation and balance.
The basic introduction of co-ordinated breathing and movement provides an extra quality to the exercises and an enhanced sense of well being.

INTERMEDIATE Colours - Yellow, Orange & Red

Enjoy the more complex combinations of travelling phrases and balances with varying dynamics which will improve your dance quality, interpretation and accuracy.

ADVANCED Colours - Light Pink, Dark Pink, Crimson, Mauve, Blue & Green

Develop your performance quality, stage projection, interpretation and musicality with a progressive challenging series of dances demanding a high level of co-ordination, balance, dynamics and elevation.

MAGENTA

DANCE TECHNIQUE - 4 grades of Dance Technique are presently being used in MMM training.

Dance Technique is selection of more contemporary dance exercises that Margaret Morris developed in the 1940's for her professional Celtic Ballet Company and to support the higher adult grades.
This is an exciting stylised contemporary movement which enables the students to gain an excellent technical vocabulary for dance performance.
A diverse range of music is used to develop musical interpretation and choreographic ideas.
The 4 grades are progressive and provide a solid foundation of contemporary movement.

MM MOVEMENT THERAPY (MMMT)

Margaret trained as a physiotherapist at St Thomas' Hospital London in the 1920's. Through this, her interest and knowledge of therapeutic movement increased. She was frustrated by the tedium of exercise for children and adults in hospitals at this time and realised a need for stimulating exercises.
Margaret's combined interest in movement therapy and dance formed this syllabus of corrective movements. Her aim was to combine the curative and aesthetic values in exercise for corrective purposes.

Movement Therapy is a gentle concentrated exercise programme to music and is suitable for all ages and abilities.
The teachers have extensive training to teach this area of Margaret's work and will provide individual support and direction where necessary.
The exercises are designed to improve posture, gait, mobility, co-ordination and breath control.
The explanation of the benefits of each exercise educates the students (and carers) in the objectives and provides a safe approach to movement and encouragement in self-correction.
MMMT takes a holistic view of a healthy body and believes strongly in promoting physical development in all children and adults with or without special needs.

MM DANCE SCRIPT (NOTATION)

Margaret also developed her own form of Dance Notation Dance Script. This is of specific interest for those who have a desire to learn choreography and/or take their knowledge of Dance History to a higher level.