Hong Kong Ballet Series: Pointe Fit for everyone - April

Discover ballet‑inspired movement in Pointe Fit, a 1.5‑hour workshop created with Hong Kong Ballet. Led by two professional dancers, you’ll explore ballet’s core principles—alignment, posture, strength and precision—through a functional warm‑up, ballet barre and centre work set to classical music.

Accessible to all levels, this session introduces fundamental ballet techniques that help build long, lean muscles, improve stability and enhance body awareness. You’ll learn how dancers balance strength and flexibility while protecting their bodies through proper alignment.

Join us for an uplifting full‑body workout that builds poise, control and mindful strength. Leave feeling centred, empowered and reconnected with your body.

Limited spots — book now!

Tuesday 21 April by Irene 19:30

Irene Lo A former coryphée of Hong Kong Ballet who has performed numerous major roles such as Juliet and Romeo and Juliet, Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Pu Yi’s first wife in The Last Emperor, and Zhu Yin Tai in The Butterfly Lovers, she is the Associate Director of Training for HKB’s The Hong Kong Academy of Ballet. She obtained her Master of Fine Arts in Dance with distinction from HKAPA, supported by a full scholarship from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund. Lo’s accolades include ‘Most Promising Dancer’ from Friends of Hong Kong Ballet and ‘Outstanding Performance of the Year’ from the Hong Kong Dance Alliance. Lo was the Chief Executive Manager and Director of the Asian Grand Prix (AGP) in 2013-2015, and served as a jury member at various international Competitions in Manila, Malaysia and Hong Kong. From 2021 to now, Irene has been Rehearsal Mistress for the children who danced in HKB, and has been the creative director and producer in The Hong Kong Academy of Ballet’s school-year-end performance. In 2024, Irene served as an examiner in the Solo Seal Award of the Royal Dance Academy. Irene obtained her 200-hour yoga teacher training at Pure in 2007 and is also a certified Aerial yoga instructor, working closely with yoga practice as body conditioning in various professional dance companies in the past 20 years, and is a part-time faculty member at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. She has been a guest teacher in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Macau for the past decade.

Saturday 25 April by Jonathan 16:00

Jonathan Spigner Born in South Carolina, US, Jonathan Spigner trained at the South Carolina Governor’s School of Arts and Humanities and at Académie Princesse Grace in Monte Carlo. He joined Hong Kong Ballet as a Corps de Ballet member in 2010 and became Coryphée in 2014. He was named Soloist in 2021. He assumed the additional role of Pilates Instructor for the Company in 2017. His choreographic works include (The Wonderful Known Tick) (2011), Overview Effect (2012), SoLo (2013), Wepart (2014), Days Gone By (2015), Passion Flower (2016), BubbleGoose (2017) and Monolith (2018). Spigner received awards from Youth America Grand Prix regional competitions in 2004, 2008 and 2009.

Location: PURE fitness ifc mall