Silver Swans with Kim

03/09/2026

✨ This week we celebrate 7 wonderful years of Silver Swans with Kim! ✨

Seven years of moving, dancing, laughing, learning and sharing so many special moments together. 🦢

I feel incredibly grateful and thankful for every single Swan who has walked through the door over the years — those who have been there from the beginning and those who have joined us along the way.

From Hinckley at Concordia Theatre, to Lutterworth and Aylestone, Silver Swans has brought together such a wonderful community of people, friendship and joy through dance. 💙

Thank you to every Swan for being part of this journey. Here’s to celebrating seven beautiful years — and to many more shared moments, music and dancing together! 🥂🦢✨

With so much gratitude, joy and thanks. 💙

02/09/2026

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26/08/2026

🦢 Release your inner swan…

Tomorrow we’re stepping into the magical world of Odette from Swan Lake ✨

A little inspiration for our Silver Swans class — beautiful music, expressive movement and, of course, plenty of swan arms! 🦢🤍

Whether you’re joining us for the very first time or coming back after a little break, you are very welcome.

No need to be a perfect ballerina — just come along, move your body, enjoy the music and release your inner swan. 🩰

I can’t wait to see you tomorrow! 🤍🦢

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Find out more https://www.silverswans.kim

Book a free trial https://bookwhen.com/silver-swans

Witness Principal Céline Gittens embodying the iconic role of Odett...

01/07/2026

🩰✨ SILVER SWANS – BARRE & CENTRE ✨🩰

For the next few weeks, our Silver Swans classes will be following the Barre and Centre work from the Royal Academy of Dance Silver Swans resource. 🦢

Specially designed for older learners, Silver Swans® classes support mobility, posture, coordination and energy levels — all while enjoying the joy and artistry of ballet. Research continues to show the positive impact dance can have on health, wellbeing and quality of life.

Whether you’re returning to ballet or trying it for the very first time, classes are designed to be safe, inclusive and enjoyable for all abilities.

Come along and enjoy movement, music and a lovely sense of community 💙

Find out more https://www.silverswans.kim

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08/06/2026

🦢 Calling all my lovely Silver Swans! 🦢

I’d be so grateful if you could spare a few minutes to complete this local survey about physical activity and wellbeing.

Your experiences and opinions matter and will help shape future opportunities, support, and activities across Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland.

✔ Open to anyone aged 18+
✔ Chance to win one of 25 £20 Everywish Gift Cards
✔ Closes 10 July 2026

Take the survey here: https://surveymechanics.com/s/activetogether

Whether you’re dancing, walking, gardening, swimming, or simply trying to be a little more active, your voice can help make a difference.

Thank you for your support! 💙

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear “physical activity”? 👀🎙️

Does it motivate you? Feel overwhelming? Seem impossible to fit into your day? Or do you feel like it’s not for you?

We want to hear your thoughts, the good, the bad, and everything in between.

Our survey takes a few minutes to complete, and you can enter a prize draw to win 1 of 25 gift cards.

Take the survey and share with your network: https://ow.ly/XStG50Z7evP

06/06/2026

🦢 What a wonderful story and a lovely reminder of the impact Silver Swans classes have on people’s lives.

I loved reading how a group of first-year film students captured the spirit, friendship and inclusivity of these classes. It shows that Silver Swans is about so much more than ballet – it’s about community, confidence, movement and joy at every age.

A huge well done to Sonia and her dancers for helping showcase what makes Silver Swans so special. 💙

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05/06/2026

🦢 What an inspiring achievement!

Congratulations to Lily Turner Smith and LTS School of Dance on celebrating their 3rd anniversary and being featured on both BBC Look East and BBC Breakfast. 🎉

It’s wonderful to see Silver Swans gaining such positive recognition and reaching so many people who may never have thought ballet was for them. With 120 dancers attending classes each week, many of whom had never danced before, Lily’s story is a fantastic example of how dance can improve confidence, wellbeing and bring communities together.

Stories like this help spread the message that it’s never too late to start dancing. 💙

Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.

27/05/2026

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It’s nearly time for the latest edition of Taking Flight, our email update for Silver Swans. 🦢🩰

We’ve got some great content lined up but want to hear from all the swans (and cobbs) out there with stories on your experiences of dancing wherever you are.

We give away snazzy Silver Swans t-shirts for the two best stories in each edition, so get in touch at [email protected] for a chance to win.

25/05/2026

🩰 New Silver Swans Class Starting This Thursday! 🩰

This is the perfect time to join Silver Swans with Kim.

Have you never danced before but always wanted to? This could be your sign! Your first class is completely FREE.

Perhaps you danced when you were younger and are now looking for a way to keep moving while respecting that you’re not quite a spring chicken anymore. Silver Swans is specially designed for older adults and is a wonderful way to stay active, improve mobility, and enjoy the many benefits of ballet in a supportive and friendly environment.

✨ Improve balance, posture, memory and circulation
✨ Keep your joints moving and muscles strong
✨ Meet like-minded people and enjoy a real sense of community
✨ Most importantly – have fun!

Each class includes:
🦢 A gentle warm-up to wake everything up
🦢 Traditional ballet barre exercises
🦢 Centre practice
🦢 A little choreography just for fun

This term we’re dancing to Romeo and Juliet’s “Dance of the Knights” (yes, the Apprentice theme tune! 😉).

We finish with a gentle cool-down, and I promise you’ll leave feeling uplifted in both body and spirit.

Come along and give it a try – you might just discover a new passion.

📍 First class FREE
📅 book now https://bookwhen.com/silver-swans

Or find out more…

https://www.silverswans.kim

23/05/2026

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Book to join our Silver Swans Celebration 🦢🩰

On the 16th August we have a day of celebratory workshops, an opportunity for our thriving Silver Swans community of dancers and teachers to connect, share and learn together.

📍In person at RAD HQ and workshops also available online

Book now: https://www.royalacademyofdance.org/event/silver-swans-celebration-2026-2/

Photo by Katie Butcher