Ballet Fundamentals
Suitable for adults with zero experience or prior ballet knowledge. For adults who want a fixed course and learn the bare basics of ballet. After completing the course, dancers can join Beginner 1 or the graded class.
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Ballet Fundamentals is a 10-week course that will teach new dancers the basics of ballet technique and terminology.
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Beginner 1
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Suitable for adults who have completed Ballet Fundamentals or with some ballet experience. Great for adults who learned ballet previously and have taken a long break from dancing.
B1 is taught at a slow pace with focus on the basics at barre and centre. Exercises are repetitive to develop technique and movement vocabulary.
Steps & Exercises include:
plie, battement tendu, retire passe, releve, grand battement, centre port de bras, balance / waltz, and sautes.
Beginner 2
Suitable for adults who have completed Beginner 1 or with at least 6 months of ballet experience. For dancers who want to build upon their ballet foundation with a medium-paced class.
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B2 builds off the previous knowledge taught B1 with longer exercises whilst also introducing new steps to widen dancers' movement vocabulary.
Steps & Exercises include:
Adage, centre practice, waltz, and pirouettes.
Intermediate
Suitable for adults who have completed Beginner 2 or with at least 1 year of ballet experience.
For experienced dancers who seek a fast-paced class with introduction to some advanced steps.
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Steps & Exercises in Intermediate will be presented in more complex combinations at a faster musical tempo both at barre and centre.
Steps & Exercises include:
Adage, pirouettes and various allegros, including grand allegro (big jumps).
Pre-Pointe and Beginner Pointe
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Suitable for adults with some
ballet experience and
interested in starting pointe
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Focuses on strengthening, conditioning and basic pointe technique.
Steps and Exercises include:
Barre exercises such as Relevés, échappés, and centre work.
Pointe Open Class
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Suitable for adults who have completed Pre-Pointe and Beginner Pointe, or with ballet experience in pointe.
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Builds off the foundation built in Pre-Pointe and Beginner Pointe, focusing on developing proper pointe technique.
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RAD Graded
Adult Ballet
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Suitable for adults with at least one year of ballet experience.
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This class is a Royal Academy of Dance syllabus class with the option to go for examinations.
Silver Swans
Adult seniors aged 55+ with little to no previous experience dancing ballet.
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Specially designed for older adult beginners, this class is taught by a RAD (Royal Academy of Dance) Silver Swans Licensee. Class is taught at a slow pace to accommodate mature dancers. The structure of this class is on a 10-week term basis where dancers must come every week for class.
