Ballet VI

Catalog description

This course provides advanced intermediate level study of ballet for dancers within a university setting. Classes concentrate on foundational concepts within ballet technique and theory. Work focuses on alignment and core connection; balance and/or aplomb; physical strength and flexibility; upper and lower body integration; clarity of line and direction in movement; qualitative range and expressivity inside movement; use of dynamics, weight and breath; mental dexterity; and self-motivation and discipline. In keeping with contemporary practice in higher education, students continue to deepen their understanding of ballet as a historically situated movement practice and oral tradition, learning and performing historical ballet repertory and the many ways this choreographic legacy is evolving over time. Permission of Instructor or prescreen placement is required.