Course title
Classic ballet
Name of teacher / supervisor
Nathalie Caris, Grigori Tchitcherine, Ernst Meisner, Ainara Gracia Navarro
Period, duration, study load
BA 1/2/3, 3 years, 6 lessons of 1 hour 45 minutes per week
Contribution to the competences
1. Creative ability
2. Craftsmanship
3. Investigative and reflective ability
4. Ability to grow and develop
7. Ability to cooperate
Short summary of the content
The student builds on the classical ballet technique taught in the Preliminary Course. In BA1 the idiom becomes more extensive and complicated. The student learns to perfect and connect the idiom gained in the Preliminary Course.
The barre technique is worked on for half an hour every day, followed by perfecting the allegro and adagio work in the centre. Musicality, coordination, dance feeling, jumping power and turning techniques must all come together. The student becomes aware of his own body and skills and masters the classical technique to a level that enables corps de ballet and soloists work in the evening-filling classical ballets. The student is also able to understand how to use his classical technique to dance contemporary work and to work with choreographers.
Moreover, in BA2 and BA3 the student builds on to a personal understanding of his own body and technique and is able to carry out a whole lesson properly and to correct himself without too many corrections of the teacher. The boys emphasize on jumping power and turning techniques. Point work is important for the girls; they are able to do an entire lesson on point.
Concrete learning objectives
The student:
• Masters the classic basic techniques
• shows that he/she has mastery of all classic basic techniques at the barre and in the centre
• can dance on pointe shoes for a whole lesson (girls)
• shows the ability to correct its own technique and is able to perform complex combinations in a musical and coordinated manner, while using the correct port de bras.
• is able to use his/her classical technique at a high level in classical repertoire and can bridge the gap between classical lesson and repertoire.
Method(s) used
Assignments, training, instruction / lecture,
Study material used (professional literature, cases, assignments, videos, etc.)
No
Assessment method
Evaluation and feedback on the basis of permanent feedback and instructions (on the floor), on the basis of the execution of the assignment (s) / presentation / exam lesson
Assessment criteria
1) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
2) 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
3) 1, 2, 3, 4
4) 1, 2
7) 1, 2, 3, 4
Comments on, for example, consistency and sequential requirements in the light of the overall program or other comments
Linked to the male technique and point classes and should be applied well in all other lessons such as repertoire and variations.