 Pre-Ballet/Tap - 5-6 Year Olds
(45 minutes)
The warm
up period of class is continued with more emphasis on
the growing knowledge of French terms for ballet. The
students in Pre Ballet are challenged with more gross
motor skills that challenge both left and right
movement. Tap introduces shuffle, flaps and rhythmic
marching.
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Ballet I - 6-8 Year Olds (1 hour)
The
student is introduced to the barre after the stretch
portion of class. More advanced steps and are added in
combinations across the floor and flash cards are
incorporated into the
classroom to assure proper
learning techniques
for movements and French ballet
terms.
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Ballet II - 8-10 Year Olds and Up (1 hour)
In this
level, the student uses the barre for tradition ballet
technique both facing the barre and with one hand on the
barre to begin the understanding of arms coordinating
with leg movement. Turns across the floor are introduced
as well as small combinations of steps to encourage
memory and retention.
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Ballet III - 11-12 Year Olds and Up (1.5 hours)
This is
the first level of ballet that has a one and one half
hour time period. The student is encouraged to warm up
before the class begins to foster responsibility for the
instrument of dance- the body. The introduction of more
difficult steps, terms and combinations make for a
challenge for the Ballet III student.
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Ballet III/ IV - By Teacher Placement (1.5 hours)
This level
acts as a bridge between the upper levels of ballet at
the Academy. The focus for these students is more than
technique. The emphasis begins to be on the connection
between class work and performance quality so that the
students will excel and become lovely, strong dancers.
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Ballet IV - By Teacher Placement (1.5 hours)
Ballet IV
begins to teach students that a “diverse student”
develops into the greatest of dancers. Here each student
begins to perfect the more difficult steps and
combinations while remembering to perform them…beginning
the transformation from the student to the dancer.
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Ballet IV/V - By Teacher Placement (1.5 hours)
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Ballet V - By Teacher Placement (1.5 hours)
Ballet V
is an advanced ballet class challenging proficient
dancers to develop their versatility, stamina, and
performance ability. Not only are the students
perfecting the most difficult of steps and combinations,
they are now able to dance and perform with grace and
elegance!
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Introduction to Pointe - By Teacher Placement (45
minutes)
This
exciting class focuses on the education and instruction
of proper technique for students in their first year of
demi-pointe and/or pointe work. It is of equal
importance for the student to understand body placement,
changes in the feet, use of their shoes in the proper
fashion, and adequate strength necessary to prevent
injury for such a physically demanding class.
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Pointe I - By Teacher Placement (1 hour)
Pointe I
is a continuation of beginning level pointe work,
emphasizing correct pointe technique and
strength-building exercises while working to build the
dancer's vocabulary and performance quality. Center
floor work begins to take up a larger portion of each
class.
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Pointe
II - By Teacher Placement (1 hour)
This class
begins to introduce more physically demanding elements
of pointe with the primary focus on center floor work.
These students have already mastered the understanding
of pointe and have the strength to work majority of the
class without the barre.
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Pointe III - By Teacher Placement (1 hour)
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Partnering - By Invitation (1.5 hours)
Partnering
students are working on ballet partnering including
general awareness of the other dancers to partnered,
turning, lifting and performance presentation. This
class is for experienced ballet students at the advanced
pointe level who show an aptitude for partnering work.
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Advanced Ballet Intensive - By Invitation (1.5 hours)
This
program focuses on providing our most dedicated students
the chance to excel as ballerinas. Over the course of
each school year the students will study with a variety
of instructors who each bring a different emphasis.
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