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PERIOD B2: BALLET I
​Welcome to Introductory Ballet!

CLASS DOCUMENTS


Ballet I Class Syllabus

Dance Curriculum Focus Calendar

2017 Fall Event and Production Calendar


2018 Winter-Spring Event and Production Calendar

HHS Dance Handbook


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​Ballet Technique:
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  • 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:
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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

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Unit Two: Ballet Beginnings
-Origins of Ballet and the Italian Renaissance
-Ballet in France

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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

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  • Home
  • ABOUT
    • Curriculum and Courses
    • Dance Faculty/Staff
    • Audition Guidelines
    • CLASSROOM >
      • A1: Ballet III
      • A2: Ballet IV
      • A3: Jazz Dance
      • A4: Musical Theatre Dance
      • B1: Ballet II
      • B2: Ballet I
      • B3: Modern Dance II
      • B4: Modern Dance I
    • Dance Blog
  • NHSDA
    • Online Induction Payments
    • 2018-2019 Inductees
  • PERFORMANCES
    • Suite Orleans
    • Past Performances
    • HHS Dance Repertory Company
  • HHSDA MEDIA
  • CALENDAR
  • EVENTS
    • An Evening of Dance
    • Registration Middle School Dance Workshop
    • Middle School Workshop Online Payment
    • Registration Flourish Summer Dance Intensive
    • Summer Intensive Online Payment
  • CONTACT
  • Online Payments