Training of Classical Ballet Technique 5

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The training serves for practical improvement in classical dance technique. The basic principles of this technique are consolidated and verified, physical abilities are developed, and movement memory is developed. The difficulty of the training is adapted to the technical ability of the students.

The form of the training follows the form in professional ballet companies, where the dancer deepens their abilities and fitness through daily practice with the help of such a purposefully learned and guided stereotype. At the same time, the training emphasizes the connection with the pedagogical work and the knowledge that the teacher himself must control what he will teach. It is therefore about understanding the importance of acquired practical skills for quality pedagogical work.

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The training is based, like the CBT methodology, on the basic system and principles of A. J. Vaganova system, but it is enriched with links and combinations of different schools or styles of classical dance, e.g. Cecchetti, Bournonville, Balanchine, the form of training is connected with the work and system of the teacher.

The basic form of classical dance training:

Exercise - a la barre, au milieu, allegro

a la barre

• exercises facing the bar for the warm up
• the combinations include all the basic elements of classical dance technique - battement tendu, battement tendu jeté, rond de jambe par terre, rond de jambe en 1'air, battement fondu, battement frappés, petit battement, adagio-développé, relevé lent, poses arabesque, attitude, écarté etc., grand battement

au milieu

• the exercises include all the elements taught at the bar, especially the combinations

adagia, battement tendu and battement jeté, battement fondu, grand battement

• enchainements, again based on the proven elements, with many linking steps and pirouettes

allegro

• leaping combinations divided into:
• petit allegro
• medium allegro
• grand allegro
• end of training - cool down - calming down, concentration, stretching, all to relax after hard physical exercise

Learning outcomes

Practical knowledge of basic, advanced elements of classical dance technique.

Physical readiness to be able to do quality pedagogical work.

Prerequisites and other requirements

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Literature

Recommended reading:

FOSTER, Rory: Ballet Pedagogy - The art of Teaching, Florida: University Press of Florida, 2010, ISBN 978-0813034591.

GRANT, Gail. Technical manual and dictionary of classical ballet. 2. revised edition. New York: Dover Publications, 1967.

WARREN, Gretchen Ward. The art of teaching ballet: ten twentieth-century masters. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, c1996. ISBN 081301459X.

E-learning: https://moodle.amu.cz

Evaluation methods and criteria

Credit is awarded on the basis of a practical test of understanding of the course content, completion of workshops organized by the department.

Other requirements: 75% attendance.

Further information

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Dance Pedagogy (BA) - Methods of Classical Ballet Technique - from 2023/24 (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Dance Pedagogy (BA) - Methods of Modern and Contemporary Dance - from 2023/24 (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Dance Pedagogy (BA) - Methods of Folk Dance - from 2023/24 (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)