PERIOD B2: BALLET I
Welcome to Introductory Ballet!
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Ballet Technique:
- Daily Barre and Center Exercises
- Daily Across the Floor Exercises, Grand Allegro
- Technique Assessment 1 (August)
- Technique Assessment 2 (October)
- Technique Assessment 3 (March)
- Technique, End of Year Evaluation (May)
Dance Units of Study:
Unit One: Anatomy Basics
-Health, Wellness and Injury Prevention
-Body Principles of Movement (Alignment, Turn out, Square ness, Weight Distribution, Pull-up/Lift, Aplomb, Balance, Counter pull, Stance, Transfer of Weight, Counter balance)
-Skeletal System:
Bones of the Body
Joint Movements (Extension, Flexion, Abduction, Adduction)
Types of Joints (Hinge, Ball and socket, Gliding, Pivot, Saddle)
-Muscular System:
Muscle Categories (Smooth, cardiac, skeletal)
The Abdominal Muscles
Unit Two: Ballet Beginnings
-Origins of Ballet and the Italian Renaissance
-Ballet in France
Unit Three:Schools of Ballet
-French
-Italian: CECHETTI
-Russian: VAGANOVA
-English: ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE (RAD)
-Danish: BOURNONVILLE
-American/Balanchine/Neoclassical style
Unit One: Anatomy Basics
-Health, Wellness and Injury Prevention
-Body Principles of Movement (Alignment, Turn out, Square ness, Weight Distribution, Pull-up/Lift, Aplomb, Balance, Counter pull, Stance, Transfer of Weight, Counter balance)
-Skeletal System:
Bones of the Body
Joint Movements (Extension, Flexion, Abduction, Adduction)
Types of Joints (Hinge, Ball and socket, Gliding, Pivot, Saddle)
-Muscular System:
Muscle Categories (Smooth, cardiac, skeletal)
The Abdominal Muscles
Unit Two: Ballet Beginnings
-Origins of Ballet and the Italian Renaissance
-Ballet in France
Unit Three:Schools of Ballet
-French
-Italian: CECHETTI
-Russian: VAGANOVA
-English: ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE (RAD)
-Danish: BOURNONVILLE
-American/Balanchine/Neoclassical style
Performance:
- Weekly Choreography Review, Repertory
- Concert Prep
- Concert Performance Evaluations
