Danceworks Beginner Ballet Course is aimed at anyone who has had a brief introduction to the basic principles of ballet and would like to continue improving their technique while working slowly in a controlled environment. You may have already taken our Absolute Beginner’s level 1 course. In this course, there will still be a great deal of focus placed on achieving correct body alignment. This will ensure an easy transition into an Improver level where you will be learning pirouettes and more complicated combinations. An added benefit of doing this course is that you will get to do class with the same teacher and the same group of dancers for the duration of the ten weeks. This creates a safe and familiar environment where you will feel more comfortable exploring new steps and reaching your full potential, asking questions, and having fun.
What you can expect to learn from the Beginners Ballet course: A further understanding of barre work, using the correct terminology, and achieving the perfect body
placement in:
• Pliés
• Battement Tendus
• Battement Degagés
• Rond de jambe a terre
• Battement Fondu
• Battement Frappé
• Adage
• Grand Battements
• Balances on two legs and on one leg (preparation for pirouettes)
Centre work, incorporating all the steps learned at the barre:
• Centre Practice
• Adage movements
• Preparation for Pirouettes en dehours
• Basic moving steps en diagonale, including Balancés
• Petit allegro
• Introduction to medium Allegro, including linking steps that will be used in Grand Allegro in
the next level up
Our Ballet Courses are carefully constructed to allow you to develop your ballet skills at a suitable pace. This will ensure that you will avoid injuries and will feel very confident to progress to a more challenging level or open classes after the completion of the ten weeks of classes. Our teachers at Danceworks are all very qualified and they have a great deal of experience. They will make sure that you feel satisfied in your progression in ballet while enjoying every step of the journey.
