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Welcome!
Hello! I'm Kaethe Birkner, a fitness instructor and professional ballet dancer located in Minneapolis, MN. Welcome to my fitness training site. Here you will find information on what I teach, my teaching philosophies, class schedules and pricing. Please contact me with any questions you have! Hope to see you in one of my classes soon!
Click here for the latest updates!
Oct 24th, 2021:
Fall In-person Options!
In-person options are available for Pilates and some ballet group classes and all privates.
Please see schedule for locations or contact me for private options.
July 3rd, 2022:
New Special Class Offering:
Mini-Ballet-Technique Intenstives
Whether you are a beginner or advanced dancer, the goal of these mini-intensives is to focus in on one aspect of dance and explore the technique, the how and why, of that aspect as well as to help you incorporate this into your dancing or teaching. These mini-intensives will help you find the correct muscles though personal corrections. Also, I will give you exercises you can do to help strengthen or stretch to build your technique and strength in and out of class.
These sessions run about 2 hours and are kept to smaller groups to allow plenty of individualized attention.
Updates:
December 6th, 2022:
Coming in January:
New Ballet Class: Intro to Ballet/Beginner I
This 8-week session class is perfect for adults or older teens who have never done ballet or who have only a little ballet. This new class will be held at Edina Community Center through Midwest School of Ballet. It is a hybrid class (If you have never had any ballet before, I recommend coming in-person where possible).
The class will be Tuesday evenings from 7:00-8:30p.
First session starts Jan. 10th, 2023
Second session starts Mar. 7th, 2023
August 22nd, 2023
Now You Can Sign Up For Classes on MindBody!
To continue to help make things easier for my students, I have partnered with Urban Fitness TC to list my group classes on MindBody! This gives students another option for easy sign up while also providing drop-ins with reminders and class information sent straight to their email!
While this new option offers a great new way to sign up and pay all in one place, my original options for how to sign up and pay for classes are all still viable.
So However You Prefer To Do It,
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Sign Up for Classes Today!
*If signing up for Edina Community Education classes you do not need to fill out my liability form. All other classes require that you fill out my liability form before signing up.
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Sept 3rd, 2024
Policy Change: Drop-Ins!
This policy change only effects in-person drop-in options.
To drop-in to any in-person class, please contact me directly via phone, or email before the class starts.
Be sure to tell me which class you wish to attend.
There is no change to online drop-ins. You can still sign up for those as usual.
Sept 22nd, 2024
New Class in St Louis Park!
I am thrilled to announce a new ballet class starting in October in partnership with the Jewish Community Center - Minneapolis location. (Technically St Louis Park, near Hwys 100 and 394).
Intro to Ballet for Adults/Teens, perfect for those who have never done ballet or who have taken a long break or who want to better understand ballet technique from the beginning!
Tuesdays,
Oct. 1st - Nov. 19th
5:15-6:45pm
Location: Minnesota JCC Sabes Center Minneapolis 4330 Cedar Lk Rd S, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Oct 9th, 2024
Ballet Partnering Class
This rare opportunity class will be taught by Joseph Bingham of Continental Ballet Company. This class is designed to teach some basic ballet partnering, including balances, promenades and just general how to work with a partner. 2+ years of classical ballet training is required.
If the picture isn’t any indication, this will be fun!
Mondays,
Oct. 28th and Nov. 4th
8:00-9:00 PM
Location:
Edina Community Education,
5701 Normandale Rd, Edina, MN 55424
Room 301
Students must also sign up for Beginning/Intermediate Ballet from 7-8pm as a warm up class.
Nov 26th, 2024
Winter/Spring Classes at Edina Community Ed Start Week of Jan. 6th! Registration starts Dec 3rd!
Pilates
Mat Pilates (hybrid):
Thursdays, 6:15-7:15p CST
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New Session Runs Jan 9th - May 29th: Sign up here!
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In-person option at Edina Community Center : ECC - 301 - Dance Studio
Ballet
Intro to Ballet/Beginning 1 Ballet (hybrid):
Tuesdays, 7:30-9:00p CST
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New Sessions Runs once a month for four weeks January-May. Please see the full listing of dates and sign up here.
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In-person option at Edina Community Center : ECC - 301 - Dance Studio
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Please note that Midwest School of Ballet runs this class, which is why the teacher is listed as Eileen, but I am the instructor for this class.
Beginning-Intermediate Ballet (hybrid):
Mondays, 7:00-8:00p CST
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New Session Runs Jan 6th - May 19th: Sign up here!
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In-person option at Edina Community Center : ECC - 301 - Dance Studio
Intermediate 1 Ballet, (hybrid)
Thursdays, 7:30-9:00p CST
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New Session Runs Jan. 9th- May 29th: Sign up here!
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In-person option at Edina Community Center : ECC - 301 - Dance Studio
Ballet Choreography/Performance, (In-Person Only)
Mondays, 8:00-9:00p CST
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New Session Runs Jan. 6th-May 19th: Sign up here!
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In-person option at Edina Community Center : ECC - 301 - Dance Studio
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Those who wish to take this class are required to sign up for the Monday night, Beginning-Intermediate Ballet from 7:00-8:00p (listed above) as their warm up.