Learn a few new moves while you’re physically distancing!

To break out of your isolation blues and get you dancing, Island Moving Company and the Newport Academy of Ballet are offering a valuable thread of continuity and social connection with our new Climb the Walls! series. These FREE, 30-minute live micro-classes are a great way to engage with new and wonderful things to watch and do!

Climb the Walls provides both live-streamed and recorded content available through IMC’s website and social media platforms, as well as through our community partner What’s Up NEWP that you can do at home.

SCHEDULE

Watch the following programs live on our Facebook Page.

The inaugural Climb the Walls series features kids and adult programs — including:

Creative Movement with Revka (Kids aged 3-6)
Mondays 11:00-11:30 Starting 3/23/20

Beginner Ballet Barre with Libby (Adults)
Tuesday 11:00-11:30 Starting 3/24/20

Jazz with Lauren (Kids aged 8-12)
Wednesdays 11:00-11:30 Starting 3/25/20

Wellness & Meditation with Katie (Adults)
Fridays 11:00-11:30 Starting 3/27/20

These classes can all be watched live as they happen, or afterward at anytime, on What’s Up Newp’s Facebook Page.

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...