Before 12pm, Dance, Ballet

Take a page out of Degas' book and get to work sketching some ballet dancers from real life. Artist Heidi Wigmore leads the session with English National Ballet dancers. Some life drawing experience recommended, but not required.

Ballet performances by students from five to 18 years.

An invigorating way to begin your day.Wake up your muscles with a ballet warm-up followed by a revitalising full body stretch. This class will leave you feeling refreshed and prepared for the challenges of the day ahead. Wear comfortable clothing but not too loose. Ballet classes can be done in bare feet or soft ballet…

A more laid-back approach to ballet without the restriction (or cost) of shoes, but still with the grace and beauty you would normally associate with a ballet class. No shoes means no big jumps or dizzying turns, so relax and get svelte at the same time! Wear comfortable clothing but not too loose. Ballet classes can…

Relationships come into focus in extracts from the canon of Scottish Ballet’s Founding Artistic Director Peter Darrell, and new collaborators James Cousins and Helen Pickett. Darrell’s poignant Five Rückert Songs embodies the feelings in Friedrich Rückert’s poetry on love, loss and loneliness with lingering steps and…

The international competition comes to Glasgow for the first time, presented by the Royal Academy of Dance in association with Scottish Ballet and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. The top young ballet dancers compete for shiny medals by performing choreography by Robert Binet.

These classes will have all the right ingredients for a fun and gentle dose of ballet. From barre work to centre practice, your muscles will be reminded in a gentle way to lengthen and turn out. Musicality, length of line and working to your abilities and beyond will leave you wanting more and feeling great. Wear…

World premieres: California’s Helen Pickett – a former dancer for William Forsythe and now Resident Choreographer at Atlanta Ballet – is renowned for energetic yet poetic creations. James Cousins’s contemplative and gripping style has won him the inaugural New Adventures Choreographer Award. Martin Lawrance shares the…

• Written by: Dreda Blow

The company's first ballet for children, based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale about a misfit duckling and the trials of growing up. Choreographed by Dreda Blow and Sebastian Loe.

The opulent tale of sacrifice, courtly privilege and waterfowl is brought to life by the Russian State Ballet of Siberia.

Four days of ballet classes for young dancers with previous ballet experience, inspired by some of your favourite ballets, including The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Hansel and Gretel. There are two sessions: Grades 1 and 2 from 10.30am–12.30pm and Grades 4 and 5 from 1.30–3.30pm.

Sumptuous performance of the classic ballet, performed by English Youth Ballet.