BALLET BARRE STARTS HERE

Intro to Ballet Barre danceLab with Lara
Sunday January 5th, 12th, 19th & 26th. 1:30-2:30pm

Ballet first appeared during the Italian Renaissance in the 15th century -that’s over 700 years ago! Its terminology is in French and many of its exercises are done today the same as they were done centuries ago. 700 years is a long time to perfect a method and when you study Ballet, all of its history and wisdom gets passed onto you. Ballet makes dancers. No matter what kind of dancer you wish to be: Hip Hop, Contemporary, Jazz, Ballroom, Salsa…the very best dancers train in Ballet. This one-of-a-kind 4 week danceLab will give you the Why, What and How of Ballet and launch you on the fastest track in dance training: BALLET!

Syllabus:

• Week 1
  • Instructor and dancer intros
  • Ballet mindset and studio expectations
  • What even is ballet and why do we do it today? (Brief history)
  • Finding your ballet alignment
  • Interacting with the barre
  • Introduce parallel and 1st position of the feet
  • Introduce plié and build on that to learn relevé, elevé
  • Introduce sauté (if time)
• Week 2
  • Review ballet alignment and discuss injury prevention
  • Practice proper turnout
  • Learn positions of the arms and feet
  • Review plié, relevé, elevé, and sauté
• Week 3
  • Find ballet alignment and learn typical warm up combination
  • Review proper turnout
  • Review positions of arms and feet
  • Plié, relevé, elevé, and sauté exercises
  • Introduce the concept of articulating the feet
  • Foot strengthening exercises
  • Introduce tendu and dégagé
• Week 4
  • Discuss the typical flow of a ballet class
  • Warm up exercises
  • Review positions of arms and feet
  • Plié, relevé, elevé, and sauté exercises
  • Foot strengthening exercises
  • Review tendu and dégagé
  • Arm strengthening exercises for port de bras
  • Introduce rond de jambe (if time)
  • End with Reverance sequence