
This extended period of dancing time will develop stamina necessary to handle the progressively challenging curriculum and performance expectations now available to dancers at this level and above. Once dancers reach Intermediate 2, they are required to attend 2 technique classes on at least one of their two days each week. Dancers will be promoted in half steps through the intermediate levels. As dancers develop finesse in incorporating multiple facets of their training, the difficulty increases. Training will include more challenging combinations emphasizing flexibility, precision and attention to detail, musicality, increased artistry, and correct classical technique. Periodic changes in the individual dancer’s physical development will also affect progress from time to time as their bodies grow and changeĭancers will develop their classical ballet skills in a required minimum of two classes per week. They will vary based on frequency of actual attendance in classes, the focus and progress level of the dancer, and other factors. Please use these suggested ages only as a guide.

Suggested Age Guidelines for Beginning Levels 1 - 4 Dancers will be promoted in half steps through the levels as they progress in skill and maturity.īy Beginning 4, dancers may wish to consider attending the Oakland Ballet Company Summer Dance Intensive, hosted annually right here at Ballet Petit for 2 weeks each July. Weekly classes develop skills in the basic ballet barre exercises, along with appropriate upper body strength, ballet head positions, and port de bras (corresponding arm positions). These classes will progress in finesse and difficulty as the dancers develop mastery, while keeping track of their physical development as children.
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Dancers will develop their classical ballet skills through a series of classes.
