Academic ballet
The academic ballet curriculum is based on the written method of the schools Vaganova (St. Petersburg, Russia) and Bolshoi (Moscow, Russia)
The academic program is created according to the Western model of professional ballet schools in Europe, so that the students can be very well prepared for both general culture and ballet. At the end of each school year, the children take an evaluation exam with an external commission (made up of principals of prestigious schools in Europe), after which parents receive a written evaluation, which will be added to their artistic CV.
Children are divided according to age and level of education.
Level 1
Age group: 7-9 years old
intensive training
Skills acquired:
- Acquisition of placement by the method ”barre a terre”
- acquiring of placement specific for classical dance (”en dehors”, basal coordination)
- assimilating the basic movements in the classical dance: battement group and rounds at the crossbar and in the middle, small jumps
- development of physical qualities
- synchronization, alignment in group dance
Level 2
Age group: 9-10 years old
intensive training
Skills acquired:
- consolidation of the basal placement: verticality, ”en dehors”, coordination
- assimilation of the vocabulary of movement
- development of rhythmic sense and musicality
- the basic technique in character dance
- development of specific skills for group dance
Level 3
Age group: 11-12 years old
intensive training
Skills acquired:
- Assimilating the balance in ”demi pointe”
- Acquisition of the characteristic placement of the pirouettes ”en dehors” and ”en dedans” from the 5th and 4th positions
- Control of attack, attenuation and dynamics
- Assimilation of the basic movements from ”en-pointe” technique
- Development of rhythmic sense and musicality and development of group dance specific skills
Level 4
Age group: 12-13 years old
intensive training
Skills acquired:
- assimilation of the technique and placement specific to the movements at the crossbar and in the middle
- Acquiring the technique of balancing on ”demi pointe” in the movements performed in the middle and ”en-pointe”
- learning the coordination of movements
- Learning the attack and attenuation for small, medium and large jumps
- acquiring solo and group choreographic scores
Level 5
Age group: 14-15 years old
intensive training
Skills acquired:
- assimilation of technique and placement in small and large adagio
- development of coordination and continuity of complex movements with different dynamics
- development of rhythmic sense and musicality
- the acquisition of solo and group scores of classical and contemporary dance
- the study of classical variations
Level 6
Age group: 15-16 years old
intensive training
Skills acquired:
- strengthening self-control in the execution of virtuosity movements in the vocabulary of classical dance
- coordination of expressiveness, coordination and continuity of movements in more complex combinations with different dynamics
- learning the technique of virtuosity of small and large jumps
- formation of the execution skills ”en-pointe” of all the sequences within the classical dance hour
- mastering some choreographic and solo choral and classical dance scores