Arizona School Of Classical Ballet LLC

Arizona School of Classical Ballet is offering a friendly environment for students of all ages. Our mission is to provide the finest quality education and the highest artistic standards in ballet technique and related arts, to bring new levels of excellence to the Art of Classical Ballet in the classroom and in the community.

Our goal is to pursue education by developing a new generation of professional dancers as well as building a life-long appreciation for the Art.

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Arizona School of Classical Ballet is offering a friendly environment for students of all ages. Our mission is to provide the finest quality education and the highest artistic standards in ballet technique and related arts, to bring new levels of excellence to the Art of Classical Ballet in the classroom and in the community.

Our goal is to pursue education by developing a new generation of professional dancers as well as building a life-long appreciation for the Art.

We believe that through this mission we will enrich the culture life of our community, and will be enhancing creativity and love to dance for our students.

Curriculum

Preparatory program

The four-year program of the Preparatory Levels (ages 3 to 7) focuses on developing muscular strength, musicality, imagination and performing skill. Young dancers learn through Music and Movements lessons, basic ballet positions, develop musicality and elementary coordination.

Classical Ballet Technique
The school has adopted the Russian method of teaching classical ballet, known apart from finishing virtuoso technique, as work towards developing the artistic expression, feeling for the music, the artistic individuality of the students. The study of classical ballet is approached gradually from its elementary form to the expressive dance. At the age of eight-nine when the bones and muscles are stronger the classical ballet training begins. The basic barre and center exercises, poses and jumps are studied. The complex movements of the senior grades require more intensive training.

Pointe
Contemporary ballet requires perfect control over the toe. Pointe work is used to create the impression of airiness and to accentuate the length of the leg. A ballerina has to perform intricate turns, jumps and transitions between poses up on her pointes. Pointe work will be introduced in level 3, after the student has learned the basic technique and when her legs are sufficiently developed.

Repertoire
The school has staged a wide variety of classical repertoire as well as contemporary works. All classical ballet repertoire is adopted and staged by the School faculty. It includes scenes from Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" and "The Sleeping Beauty", Minkus "Don Quixote", Glazunov "Raymonda". Also, the school's repertoire includes several one-act ballets, such as " The Tale of the Golden Key", based on A. Tolstoy's "Buratino Adventures", Andersen's " The Nightingale"and "Thumbelina", "The Pirouette Dolls", based on "La Fairy Doll" and " The Winter Fairy Tale", based on russian fairy tale "The Snow Maiden".

Charcter Dance
The greatest choreographers such Bournonville, Saint-Leon, Petipa, Fokine and others, produced ballets with plots that take place in one particular country. Character Dance is the artistic synthesis of folk and classical dance. When they are performed on stage, character dances must communicate the style, mood, and quality of movement and feature music of its place of origin. Students will learn Polish Mazurkas and Polonaises, Hungarian Czardas, Spanish Fandango and other folk dances, which appear in most classical ballet repertoire. Categories:   Dance

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