Ballet Syllabus

Tony Williams Dance Center | Ballet Syllabus 2020 | Created by: Anthony Williams, Elizabeth Mochizuki & Amanda Walker

Ballet A 3-4 Year Olds

45 mins per week | Supplement: None required

This is an introduction to the world of dance through a ballet-inspired approach.  Much of this class will focus on engaging students in listening, following directions, respecting the dance studio and faculty members and nurturing a love of dance as a proper form of recreation that involves rules, but which is also fun.  Fun, music and games are used to casually introduce ballet elements to these very young students. As we are a professionally driven dance studio, those students wishing to participate in strictly “fun dance” should consider our Creative Movement A/B class.  While all dance is “fun” this is a focused endeavor and should be treated seriously. During the first class a parent may wish to walk the child into the room to meet the teacher and to detach.  After the first 15 minutes all parents should please exit the room.  We have found that lingering chaperones prevent the child from attaching fully to their dance teacher which causes year-long issues.  We usually keep the blinds closed in early level ballet classes for the following reasons: a) students continuously peer out to see if a chaperone is watching them which distracts from the class activities, b) students who see a parent want to leave class causing further distraction, c) students whose families are not watching them begin wondering why their parent isn’t watching if other parents are watching.  While we attempt to make all of our classroom procedures public and out-in-the-open please follow our advice on protocol for watching/leaving students during class so that they can learn as much as possible in the short time provided.  All Ballet A classes with registrations over 8 students will require a Teacher’s Assistant. All Ballet classes with registrations over 16 students will require 1 faculty member and two TA’s for the safety of your child.

WARM UP (On Floor)

Warm up in circle – Includes various games/isolations ending with a song/dance staying in circle

Teachers should incorporate group games and fun adventures for the children that are rooted in movement, and ballet, in general.

Stretching and Strengthening in circle – Again these are fun exercises, this time can also be used to help them get used to raising their hands if they want to contribute

CENTER

Beginning ballet exercises: learn 6th, 1st, 2nd positions, demi plie, tendu in 6th and side, pique in 6th, eleve and relevé, tip toe turns, sautes, port de bras

Next: a song to get them moving around the room and returning to their mats.

On Diagonal: marching, galloping,  chasse, skipping, running on tip toes, running backwards

Then some sort of creative movement activity like scarves or bear hunt.

End with curtsies/ bows on the diagonal and stickers for good dancers, this is the first step toward establishing reverence for the ballet communal space.

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Ballet B 5-6 Year Olds

1 hour per week | Supplement: None required

Continue to use fun and creative exercises while also introducing the basic vocabulary in this transition class. You may continue to include fun and playful music into class. Start with a warm up sitting in a circle on the floor. Center work should work on making straight lines, and introducing 2 lines with attention to spacing. As we are a professionally driven dance studio, those students wishing to participate in strictly “fun dance” should consider our Creative Movement A/B class.  While all dance is “fun” this is a focused endeavor and should be treated seriously. During the first class a parent may wish to walk the child into the room to meet the teacher and to detach.  After the first 15 minutes all parents should please exit the room.  We have found that lingering chaperones prevent the child from attaching fully to their dance teacher which causes year-long issues.  We usually keep the blinds closed in early level ballet classes for the following reasons: a) students continuously peer out to see if a chaperone is watching them which distracts from the class activities, b) students who see a parent want to leave class causing further distraction, c) students whose families are not watching them begin wondering why their parent isn’t watching if other parents are watching.  While we attempt to make all of our classroom procedures public and out-in-the-open please follow our advice on protocol for watching/leaving students during class so that they can learn as much as possible in the short time provided.  All Ballet B classes with registrations over 8 students will require a Teacher’s Assistant. All Ballet classes with registrations over 16 students will require 1 faculty member and two TA’s for the safety of your child.

BARRE not yet

Warm Up (on Floor)

Isolations: move different parts of the body

Foot articulation: pointe and flex, later pointe ball flex ball

Rotation:  Parallel and turned out

Abdominal strength exercises (i.e. rolling up to seated, reaching long rolling into a ball, etc)

Stretch on floor (i.e. Butterfly, Straddle, Mermaid, etc.)

Center

Arm swings: front and back or side and side or circles or figure 8

5 positions of the feet and arms

Pliés and Relevés:  6th and 1st

Tendus, side and front

Port de Bras (5th en bas, 1st and 2nd)

Sauté, 1st and 2nd positions (with ¼ turn spotting exercises when ready)

Échappé, from 1st

Movement Concepts (shape, level, size, quality or energy, speed, space)

Across the Floor

Ballet runs in relevé

Ballet walks: Stepping on a turned out flat foot, while the toes pointed when off the floor (walk, walk, walk, pointe)

Stork/flamingo walks (skip position)

Marches

Skips

Gallops and chasse, front and side

Run and Leap

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Ballet C 7-8 Year Olds or by placement

1 hour per week | Supplement: Lyrical C/D is highly encouraged as a supplement to this dance level.

Continue to use fun and creative exercises while also introducing the basic vocabulary in this transition class. You may continue to include fun and playful music into class. Two hands on the barre. Keep it simple! Progress to one hand by second half of year for some exercises. Work in 45 degrees 1st position. Do several slow repetitions. Do not combine steps. Emphasize proper posture and placement. Explain French terms. Begin all exercises at Barre with 4 count arm preparation. Finish all exercises with balance (when appropriate). Reverence at end of class. Emphasize classroom etiquette, holding the barre properly, making neat classroom lines in the center, no talking, etc.

BARRE

Positions                                   Detailed discussion of positions and how to find turn out

Plies                                         Demi plies facing barre, 1st , 2nd only 3rd when ready

Tendus                                     Side only, then add front, also turn in/out, pt/flex/, passé par terre. Break down tendu by brushing into ½ pointe to full pointe every

time.  In 4 counts, then 2. Introduce temps lie when ready

Tendu Degages                       Side only, then add front. Go through the pointe tendu. Add pique

Ronds de Jambes par terre     In 1st. Front and Side only. Stop in each position.

Fondus                                     Not yet

Ronds de Jambes en l’air        Not yet

Frappes                                    Just cou-de-pied practice if appropriate based on the group

Developpes                             Retire Passe (foot in front of knee) turned in from 6th position, open to pointe tendu front

and side when ready

Petit Battement                        not yet

Grand Battement                     Face the barre, through the pointe tendu, 45 degrees or lower when ready

Battement Releve Lent     Back to barre/face the barre, through the pointe tendu

Stretches                                  On floor only

Releves/Eleves                         1st position and 6th position

Port de bras                             Side to side, no cambre forward or back yet.

CENTER Port de bras/Small Adagio Stretching/Strengthening Port de bras (1st , 2nd, 5th en bas and en haute ) Arabesque (1st) Centre Barre Exercises Demi plie Tendu

Allegro Sautes (1st, 2nd position) Echappe from 1st only Glissade (break it down, teach at barre, from 1st) Pas de chat from 1st Marching Diagonal or working straight across the floor Temps leve sauté, only if ready, keep low Chasse a la seconde and gallops, from 6th and 1st Polka Grand jete: run and leap only Skips Triplets 1,2,3,hop

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Ballet D 9-10 Year Olds or by placement

1 hour per week | Requirement: If you haven’t taken Lyrical C/D yet, it is now required in order to advance into Intermediate levels. Hip Hop or Tap is strongly encouraged.

Review previous year’s vocabulary. Exercises are now done en croix facing the barre from 1st position, then

from 3rd/ 5th position, and finally with 1 hand on the barre after second half of the year. Keep it simple! Only one exercise at a time. Do not combine combinations. Do several slow repetitions.  Continue to focus on proper placement and alignment.  Explain French terms. Begin all exercises at Barre with 4 count arm preparation. Finish all exercises with balance, turn, where appropriate etc. Reverence at end of class. Emphasize classroom etiquette, holding the barre properly, making neat classroom lines in the center, proper use of the diagonal, no talking, etc.

BARRE

Positions                                   Detailed discussion of positions and how to find turn out

Plies                                         Demi-plies facing barre, (1st, 2nd, 3rd/5th only)

Tendus                                     in 1st, 3rd when ready, Side only, then front, then back. En Croix simply, double, pt/flex/, passé par terre, soutenu. Introduce cou de

pied. Later envelope, then temps lie.

Tendu Degages                       in 1st, Side, then front, back when ready. En Croix, go through the pointe tendu. Also pique

Ronds de Jambes par terre         Stop in each position, add preparation. Front and side only, full by end of year.

Fondus                                     not yet, can do tendu in plie as fondu exercise, to pointe tendu

Ronds de Jambes en l’air        Not yet

Frappes                                    Alternate sur la cou-de- pied front and back to pointe tendu side, accent even. Use flex foot preparation, very slowly to degage height

Developpes                             Retire Passe (foot in front of knee), Open to tendu front and side, back when ready

Petit Battement                        Practice sur la cou de pied

Grand Battement                     As floor exercise front and back only,  2 hands on the barre, through the pointe tendu, arabesque facing the barre and devant facing away from the barre

Stretches                                  Splits on the floor

Releves/Eleves                         1st position

Port de bras                             side to side,

Other                                       arabesque, introduce sous-sus

CENTER Port de bras/Small Adagio Stretching/Strengthening Epaulement Port de bras (1st, 2nd, 5th en bas and en haute) Temps lie Arabesque (1st,) Centre Barre Exercises Demi Plie Tendu from 1st, alternating tendus in 3rd Releve in 6th, 1st, and spotting exercises Grand Adagio/Linking steps/Pirouettes Pas de bourree in 6th, 3rd Balance if ready Glissade in 1st

Allegro Saute in 1st, 2nd, soubresaut, quarter turns in 1st and 2nd Changement in 3rd Echappe from 3rd, from 5th when ready Pas de chat from 1st Emboite (spring points on ground) Diagonal Temps leve sauté in cou de pied and degage devant  and low arabesque Chasse a la seconde and en avant Polka Grand jete (Leaps more so than Jetes) Skips Marching Triplets 1,2,3 Hop Pas Couru Chaine turns (hands on hips, feet in 2nd, head over shoulder) Polonaise

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Ballet E 11-12 Year Olds or by placement

1.25 hours per week

Supplement: Must also be enrolled in one supplement: Jazz or Lyrical is required at this level unless you have taken both in prior years.

Continue working on last year’s vocabulary. start year facing barre, progress to 1 hand on barre for simple exercises, other hand on waist. Most of the barre work should be done with one hand on the barre. Teach some new steps facing barre. Keep it simple! You may combine some exercises but still do slow repetitions, especially for any new steps. Vary tempo to keep minds sharp. Use en croix. Students are still primarily working on muscle memory, proper placement and alignment. Do not increase complexity or tempo until students can do the steps well. Begin all exercises at Barre with 4 count arm preparation. Finish all exercises with balance, turn, port de bras, etc. Reverence at end of class. Emphasize classroom etiquette, holding the barre properly, making neat classroom lines in the center, proper use the diagonal, no talking, etc.

BARRE

Positions                                   Address torso/core alignment to concepts of rotating legs from top down to feet emphasizing plie with knees over middle toes

Plies                                         Demi all positions, add 4th, and add grand plie except in 4th

Tendus                                     in 1st and 5th, En Croix, also turn in/out, double, pt/flex/, not yet: Add cou de pied, pas de cheval, envelope, then tendu plie, passé

par terre, battement soutenu

Tendu Degages                       in 5th, En Croix. Go through the pointe tendu. Also pique, en cloche

Ronds de Jambes par terre     include prep, stop in each position, and slow circles w/out stopping,

Fondus                                     to tendu,, to 45 degrees

Ronds de Jambes en l’air        practice facing barre, lift leg, into retire, out, down, then with taps at 45 degrees, then as D shape en de hors and en de dans

Frappes                                    to tendu, to 45 degrees if ready, still wrapped position, Add flexed foot preparation

Developpes                             Through cou de pied and Retire Passe, foot in front of the knee to tendu

Battement Releve Lent             En Croix, through the pointe tendu

Petit Battement                        Slow and even, practice sur la cou de pied

Grand Battement                     En Croix, tendu, throw, tendu, close, not: through the pointe tendu and w/out stopping

Stretches                                  no barre stretch yet, continue splits on the floor

Releves/Eleves                         1st, 2nd, 5th

Port de bras                             Side to side, cambre forward, introduce back with 2 hands on the barre

CENTER Port de bras/Small Adagio Stretching/Strengthening Croise, En Face, Efface, Ecarte positions Epaulement Port de bras Arabesque 1st, 2nd Temps lie Center Barre Exercises Demi Plie Tendu from 5th. pique to 5th Soutenu Tendue Degage Rond de jambe par terre Releve in 6th and 1st

Grand Adagio/Linking steps/Pirouettes Pas de bouree Balance Glissade Polonaise Allegro Saute in all positions, ½ turns in 1st and 2nd Changement and as ¼ turns Echappe Soubresaut Assemble side Pas de chat Petit Jete Diagonal Temps leve sauté in cou de pied, retire, arabesque, devant Chasse en avant from 5th Polka Grand jete Pas Couru Chaine turns Ballet walks

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Ballet- Focused Preparatory Track Begins Here

 For those wishing to continue ballet in a less active ballet training manner, you may consider the Ballet/Jazz Elective in our recreational dance program

or to remain in the lettered, Ballet A-E, once-per-week program until aged out.Intermediate to Advanced Ballet is a true focus

on the art of dance and should be considered a dedicated endeavor. You are required to attend both classes per week.

Intermediate Ballet I

2.5 hours per week (Two 1.25 hour classes)

Additional Requirements: Variations, Conditioning or Modern (you must take one this year and one your second year).

Combinations can be combined, but keep the complexity to a minimum. Don’t try to make it tricky. Many repetitions works best. Vary tempo to keep minds sharp. Begin all exercises at barre with one hand or facing the barre with 4 count arm preparation. Finish all exercises with balance, turn, port de bras, etc. Students are still primarily learning muscle memory, proper placement and alignment. Do not increase complexity or tempo until students can master the steps. Reverence at end of class. Emphasize classroom etiquette, holding the barre properly, making neat classroom lines in the center, proper use the diagonal, no talking, etc.

BARRE

All barre vocabulary can be used this year.

Positions                                   Address torso/core alignment to concepts of rotating legs from top down to feet, emphasizing plie with knees over middle toes

Plie                                           All demi and grande 1st, 2nd, 3rd/5th , no 4th grand plie

Tendu                                       En croix, all combinations, cou de pied, pas de cheval, assemble soutenu, temps lie

Tendu Degages                       En croix, all combinations including pique, enveloppe, double pique

Ronds de jambe par terre       with preparation, in plie, off the ground 45 degrees

Fondus                                     to the pointe, 45 degrees, double fondus

Ronds de jambe en l’air          Slowly facing the barre, En dehor and En de dans, 45 degrees dedan start pirouettes facing barre

Frappes                                    Introduce brushing off floor, 45 degrees front and back, double, flexed foot and wrap

Developpe                              En croix through cou de pied and retire passé to 45 degrees

Battement Releve Lent             En croix

Petit Battement                        increase tempo, no accents or serre yet, add accents

Grand Battement                     En croix. thru tendu, add brushing

Stretches                                  Leg on barre, attitude devant stretch on barre & cambre side a la seconde at barre only, also heel stretch front, side, arabesque stretch

Releves/Eleves                         All positions, work 2 to 1 foot and on one foot

Port de bras                    introduce cambre back, Russian port de bras facing barre, cambre side, down, side back, end with grand port de bras All, include

grande and circular

Other                                       study attitude, spotting

CENTER Port de bras/Small Adagio Stretching/Strengthening Croise, En Face, Efface, Ecarte positions Epaulement Port de bras Temps lie Arabesque 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th to 45 degrees Promenades starting with cou de pied, retire, up to 45 degree arabesques 45 degree grand ronds de jambes ballet walks en arriere Centre Barre Exercises Most barre exercises can be done in center Demi Plie and grand plie in 2nd Tendu Battement Degage pique to 5th en croix at this level eleve and releve in all foot positions Rond de jambe Fondu to tendu Frappe to tendu petit battements grand battements a la seconde Grand Adagio/Linking steps/Pirouettes Pirouettes en dehors, en dedans, releve retire from 4th no turn, 1st,  4th , 5th retire passé with releves quarter turns working up to full  turn, also turn in cou de pied from 2nd Pas de basque traveling on diagonal Pas de bourree Balance en avant, en arriere, and a la seconde with ¼ turns Glissade Sous Sous Soutenu turns

Grand Adagio/Linking steps/Pirouettes cont’d Prep for pique turns passé on diagonal tombe pas de bouree waltz turn pique arabesque Sissone Allegro Sautes Changement and with ½ turns Echappe to 4th and 2nd Soubresaut Royale Entrechat quatre Entrechat trois Glissade jete, assemble, assemble devant, derriere, and change dessus and dessous petit jete dessous and dessus glissade change pas de chat, Sissonne simple to cou de pied, then ferme a la seconde and  en avant to 1st arabesque Emboite 45 degrees to cou de pied, attitude derriere, and trav-  elling en avant in attitude Diagonal Temps leve study temps leve arabesque en arriere Polka en tournant Chasse study en arriere Grand jete Pas Couru Chaine turns Prepare for Pique turns only, no pique turns yet. Soutenu turns ballet walks and runs

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Intermediate Ballet II

Three hours per week (Two 1.5 hour classes) | Additional Requirements: Variations, Conditioning or Modern (you must take one this year and one your second year).

Combine steps, increase complexity, vary tempos. Introduce advanced vocabulary. Begin all exercises at Barre with 4 count arm preparation. Finish all exercises with balance, turn, port de bras, etc. Reverence at end of class. Emphasize classroom etiquette, holding the barre properly, making neat classroom lines in the center,

proper use the diagonal, no talking, etc.

BARRE

All fundamental barre vocabulary has been taught as of last year.

Positions                                   Address torso/core alignment to concepts of rotating legs from top down to feet, emphasizing plie with knees over middle toes, plus

use of body directions at barre

Plie                                           All demi and grande

Tendu                                       En croix, all combinations, may use inside leg at barre to work on shifting weight

Tendu Degages                       En croix, all combinations, may use inside leg at barre to work on shifting weight

Ronds de jambe par terre       with preparation, in plie, off the ground, Petit grand and Grande ronds de jambes at 45 and 90 degrees and in attitude, also passe la

jambe at 45 and 90 degrees

Fondus                                     add 90 degree fondus

Ronds de jambe en l’air          Add 90 degrees, add doubles

Frappes                                    Introduce brushing off floor front and back, these were already introduced: double, wrap and flexed foot, on releve when ready

Developpes                             En croix through cou de pied and retire passe to 90 degrees

Battement Releve Lent             En Croix, and releve fouette

Petit Battement                        increase tempo, add accents, use serre

Grand Battement                     W/out stopping in pointe tendu, introduce cloche, turn in/out, GB with flexed foot, GB with plie, GB with pique

Stretches                                  Leg on barre, facing perpendicular to barre, attitude stretch

Releves/Eleves                         All positions

Port de bras                             All, include same thing: grande and circular, Russian port de bras, tendu cambres, add grand port de bras in lunge 4th

CENTER Port de bras/Small Adagio Stretching/Strengthening Croise, En Face, Efface, Ecarte positions Epaulement Port de bras grand port de bras from 5th, 4th lunge, tendu thru demi plie in 4th, and tendu thru deep lunge (6th) Temps lie All Arabesques, 1st, 2nd ,plus attitudes to 90 degrees Developpe to 90 degrees pas de basque par terre en avant 45 degree grand rond de jambe, 90 degree grand rond in attitude promenade at 90 degrees Centre Barre Exercises Some barre exercises can be done in center Demi plie, grand plie except in 4th, tendu, degage, ronds de jambe  par terre, ronds de jambe en l’air to 45 degrees, fondu to 45 degrees,  frappe to 45 degrees, grand battements en croix, petit battements,  eleves, releves Grand Adagio/Linking steps/Pirouettes Pirouettes en dehors/en dedans: 4th , 5th Pas de basque Pas de: du bouree teach dessus and dessous, en avant, en arriere Balance teach ½ turn, also know waltz turn mazurka Glissade Sous sous Soutenu en tournant, en de hors, en de dans, detourne already mastered, could review: Pirouettes prep with retire passé  releve ¼ turns Pique turns, already mastered, could review: passé on diagonal,  pique arabesque ballet walks and runs Tombe pas de bouree to 4th and 5th

Allegro Saute travelling Changement des pieds and Italian tour en l’air Echappe simple and to cou de pied Soubresaut Royale Entrechat quatre assemble all directions petit jete and with temps leve glissade all directions and to 4th en avant pas de basque saute en avant Glissade jete, assemble, pas de chat, saut de chat Sissone ferme all directions Sissone Ouverte Failli Ballotte to tendu saute fouette Diagonal Temps leve Polka Grand jete Pas Couru Chaine turns Pique turns Soutenu turns Saut de basque Chasse

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Honors Intermediate Ballet

This track is taken in supplement to your ballet Level or in place of one of your weekly classes ie. Those in Intermediate Ballet I would take one or both of their weekly Intermediate Ballet I classes on Tuesday/Thursday AS WELL AS Honors Intermediate Ballet. At this level you are required to take ballet at least twice per week, though this is recommended as your third ballet class for the week.

1 hour per week

Description: This is a specialty class by invitation only to garner the needed elements of dance through specialized small group training so that those invited may be able to progress more appropriately along the ballet track.in order to catch up to or distance themselves from their age group to have specialized instruction, instead, within their technique level group. This class’s syllabi will be written yearly to focus on the needs of those invited.

Additional Requirements: None

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Recreational Ballet/ Jazz (C-Senior Levels)

This is a non ballet track combo class offered to students wishing to continue ballet training in a more relaxed atmosphere.  There are no requirements beyond taking this one class once per week.  This class offering is taught by a professional performing jazz dancer for the last 25 years.  This can be taken in conjunction with your ballet track as well for more varied content.  Recreational ballet/jazz will focus on the elements of the dance necessary for performance rather than beginning with barre, following to center and then choreography. You will begin with dance stretching and follow through with dance combinations using ballet terminology already in your repertoire.  You may be evaluated during the year before 12/1 if you wish to return to a ballet track training program. After 12/1 you must stay with the class assigned for the year or return next year.  While this class is less structured than a ballet track training program, it is still a serious place and must be respected.  This class is the perfect start for older students who don’t have a ballet background, but who wish to learn dance in general.

Additional Requirements: None, but lyrical is very strongly encouraged as a supplement and is offered before or after this class offering each week.

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Advanced Ballet- Focused Preparatory Track Begins Here

 For those wishing to continue ballet in a less active ballet training manner, you may consider the Ballet/Jazz Elective in our recreational dance program

or to remain in the Intermediate I or II classes, twice-per-week program until aged out.Intermediate III to Advanced Ballet is a true focus

on the art of dance and should be considered a dedicated endeavor.  You are required to attend all three weekly classes, plus the pointe component at your level.

Intermediate Ballet III

5 hours per week (Three 1.5 hour classes per week, plus one 30 minute Pointe class per week) | Additional Requirements: Variations, Conditioning or Modern (you must take one this year and one your second year).

BARRE

Plie                                           All demi and grande

Tendu                                       En croix, all combinations, may use inside leg at barre to work on shifting weight

Tendu Degages                       En croix, all combinations, may use inside leg at barre to work on shifting weight

Ronds de jambe par terre       with preparation, in plie, with allonge, grand ronds de jambes at 45 & 90 degrees and in attitude, also passe la jambe at 45 & 90 degrees

Fondus                                     All: flat, on releve, 45 degrees, 90 degrees and doubles

Ronds de jambe en l’air          All: flat, on releve, 90 degrees, doubles, demi rond de jambe from plie to straight, fouette turn at barre,

Frappes                                    brush floor and on releve singles, doubles, to plie, with pique plie, teach flic flac

Developpes                             full port de bras and with body directions, 90 degrees and teaching how to do above, flat or on releve, penche facing barre

Battement Releve Lent             En Croix, releve fouette

Petit Battement                        at tempo, with accents, teach battement serre, pique ballone, releve ballone

Grand Battement                     All: simple, cloche, turn in/out, GB with flexed foot, GB with plie, GB with pique, on releve, quick developpe and enveloppe

Stretches                                  Barre stretch on an angle, all heel stretches, arabesque and attitude stretches, penche stretches

Releves/Eleves                         All positions add releves at 90 degrees

Port de bras                             All

CENTER Port de bras/Small Adagio Stretching/Strengthening Croise, En Face, Efface, Ecarte positions Epaulement Grand port de bras from 5th, 4th lunge, tendu thru demi plie in 4th, and  tendu thru deep lunge (6th) Temps lie ALL Arabesques plus attitudes to 90 degrees Developpe to 90 degrees flat and on releve, pique to 90 degree extensions,  chasse to 90 degree extensions on releve Pas de basque par terre en avant and en arriere, pas de basque en avant  to big poses 90 degree demi rond working up to grand rond de jambe en de hors, 90  degree grand rond in attitude Promenade at 90 degrees Penche Centre Barre Exercises All barre exercises can be done in center Can travel through temps lie, tombe, tombe pas de bouree, balance, etc Can also pivot on one leg Grand Adagio/Linking steps/Pirouettes Pirouettes en de hors & en de dans from 4th, 5th, 2nd, singles & doubles Attitude derriere Pirouettes en de hors and en de dans Multiple pirouettes from 5th Pas de basque Pas de bouree ALL, teach en tournant All Balances, teach en tournant Waltz turn Mazurka Glissade in all directions and to 4th en avant Sous sous Soutenu en tournant, en de hors, en de dans, detourne Pique turns, pique passé in ecarte, chasse pique arabesque ½ turns ballet walks and runs tombe pas de bouree to 4th and 5th

Allegro ALL Saute can turn or travel Changement des pieds, grand, and Italian tour en l’air, double for boys Echappe simple and to cou de pied Soubresaut Royale Entrechat quatre, six Entrechat trois, cinq Assemble all directions Petit jete and with temps leve Jete elance en croix Glissade all directions and to 4th en avant pas de basque saute en avant, en arriere Glissade jete, assemble, pas de chat, saut de chat Sissone ferme all directions, petite and grande Sissone Ouverte petite & grande and with assemble & tombe assemble Failli Temps de Cuisse Saute Ballonne a la seconde, devant, derriere Ballotte to 45 degrees saute fouette Cabriole Contretemps Temps de fleche devant – 3 types, and derriere Diagonal Temps leve Polka Grand jete Pas Couru Chaine turns Pique turns, teach in a circle, also en de hors (lame ducks) Soutenu turns Jete entrelace Saut de basque Emboite en tournant pique and saute Chasse, teach en tournant

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Advanced Ballet I

5.5 hours per week (Three 1.5 hour classes per week, plus one 1 hour Pointe class per week) |Additional Requirements: Modern, Lyrical, Jazz (Pick Two each year)

BARRE

Plie                                           All demi and grande, double plie, grand on demi-pointe

Tendu                                       En croix, all combinations, may use inside leg at barre to work on shifting weight

Tendu Degages                       En croix, all combinations, may use inside leg at barre to work on shifting weight

Ronds de jambe par terre       with preparation, in plie, with allonge, grand ronds de jambes at 45 and 90 degrees and in attitude, also passe la jambe at 45 and 90 degrees, grand rond jete

Fondus                                     All: flat, on releve, 45 degrees, 90 degrees and doubles

Ronds de jambe en l’air          All: flat, on releve, 90 degrees, doubles, demi rond de jambe from plie to straight, fouette turn at barre, d’ici de la straight and with plie

Frappes                                    brush floor and on releve singles, doubles, to plie, with pique plie, flic flac

Developpes                             full port de bras and with body directions, 90 degrees and above, flat or on releve, penche flat on angle, tombe from releve

Battement Releve Lent             En Croix, releve fouette

Petit Battement                        at tempo, with accents, teach battement serre, pique ballone, releve ballone

Grand Battement                     All: simple, cloche, turn in/out, GB with flexed foot, GB with plie, GB with pique, on releve, quick developpe and enveloppe

Stretches                                  Barre stretch on an angle, can slide down barre, can lift off barre, all heel stretches, arabesque and attitude stretches, penche stretches, cambre back from attitude devant, cambre side on releve leaning away from barre

Releves/Eleves                         All positions add releves at 90 degrees

Port de bras                             All

CENTER Port de bras/Small Adagio Stretching/Strengthening Croise, En Face, Efface, Ecarte positions Epaulement Grand port de bras from 5th, 4th lunge, tendu thru demi plie  in 4th, and tendu thru deep lunge (6th) Temps lie ALL Arabesques plus attitudes to 90 degrees Developpe to 90 degrees flat and on releve, pique to 90 degree  extensions, chasse to 90 degree extensions on releve Pas de basque par terre en avant and en arriere, pas de basque  en avant to big poses 90 degree demi rond, grand rond de jambe en de hors, and  en de dans, 90 degree grand rond in attitude Promenade at 90 degrees, can change positions mid promenade Penche Prep for rond verse: tombe releve attitude derrience and tombe,  coupe, pique ballone ecarte to attitude derriere Releve fouette to arabesque, grand fouette from attitude to  efface staying flat Centre Barre Exercises All barre exercises can be done in center Can travel through temps lie, tombe, tombe pas de bouree, balance, etc Can also pivot on one leg Grand Adagio/Linking steps/Pirouettes Contretemps par terre Pirouettes en de hors & en de dans from 4th, 5th, 2nd, singles & doubles Attitude derriere Pirouettes en de hors and en de dans Attitude devant pirouettes Arabesque pirouettes Pirouettes a la seconde Multiple pirouettes from 5th, attitude devant, working up to fouettes Pas de basque Pas de bourree ALL, teach en tournant All Balances, teach en tournant Waltz turn Mazurka Glissade in all directions and to 4th en avant, also precipite Chugs en avant, en arriere, en tournant Sous sous Soutenu en tournant, en de hors, en de dans, detourne Pique turns, pique passé in ecarte, chasse pique arabesque ½ turns Pique en arriere to arabesque, attitude, devant ballet walks and runs tombe pas de bouree to 4th and 5th

Allegro ALL Saute can turn or travel Changement des pieds, grand, and Italian tour en l’air, double for boys Echappe simple, to cou de pied, with battu Soubresaut Royale Entrechat quatre, six Entrechat trois, cinq Assemble all directions, with battu, en tournant Brisse Petit jete battu and with temps leve Jete elance en croix Glissade all directions and to 4th en avant pas de basque saute en avant, en arriere pas de chat simple, en tournant, grand pas de chat Ronds de jambe saute saut de chat simple and to attitude derriere grand jete in 1st, 2nd, 3rd arabesque, in croise attitude,  en tournant Sissone ferme all directions, petite and grande Sissone Ouverte petite and grande and with assemble  and tombe assemble, and with fondu releve Sissone change Sissone tour assemble working from ¼ turns to full turns Failli Temps de Cuisse Saute Ballonne a la seconde, devant, derriere Ballotte to 45 degrees saute fouette ending in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th arabesques and  in croise attitude derriere Cabriole Contretemps, teach its use to change directions from  en avant to en arriere Temps de fleche devant – 3 types, and derriere Diagonal Temps leve Polka Grand jete Pas Couru Chaine turns Pique turns, in a circle, also en de hors (lame ducks), doubles Pique arabesque turns, attitude turns Pique and lame ducks to extensions Menege Soutenu turns Jete entrelace Saut de basque Emboite en tournant pique and saute Chasse, en tournant, replace in grand allegro with pas couru

Not currently enrolled as of June 2016-June 2017.:

Advanced Ballet II

Description: This is a future class to attain once the ballet levels are re-focused for advanced placement.

BARRE

Cambres side and back on releve with straight leg extension, penche on releve

CENTER

Rond verse – ending in plie and on releve

Adagio steps on releve: port de bras, developpe, releve lent

Fondu on releve

Grand fouette from attitude to efface on releve

32 fouettes

Consecutive turns on 1 foot to different positions

Pirouette from grand plie and releve in 4th

Saute sans plie

Ballone battu

Temps leve battu

Gargouillade

Brise vole

Double ronds de jambe en l’air saute

Grand jete a la seconde

Sissone tombe jete to attitude derriere

Entrelace with fouette to end efface

Grand Cabriole

Grand sissone developpe

Saute fouette cabriole

Grand jete en tournant in attitude

Men’s steps: pistolet, double saut de basque, double assemble en tournant, revoltade,

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