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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Maintain a physical conditioning program
   • In consultation with relevant personnel, identify a range of techniques to prevent injuries and improve stamina, strength and flexibility
   • Set realistic physical conditioning goals aimed at improving own dance technique
   • Identify risk factors that may inhibit the achievement of goals and seek professional advice as required
   • Take fatigue and personal limitations into account when undertaking physical conditioning program
   • Observe safe dance practice by performing warm-up and warm-down activities in conjunction with dance activities
   • Wear appropriate clothing and footwear when undertaking exercise regime and practising dance technique
2. Use practice sessions to increase level of expertise in ballet technique
   • Practise a range of techniques to increase levels of strength, flexibility, coordination and cardiovascular endurance
   • Use barre work to develop equal strength and flexibility on both sides of the body
   • Ensure that flow and interaction with other dancers are smooth and well-timed
   • Increase level of expertise in pointe work as required
   • Apply precision, rhythm and musicality when performing ballet sequences
3. Maintain expertise in ballet technique
   • Practise and refine combinations of complex movements and exercises
   • Maintain and update knowledge of ballet history and terminology
   • Use feedback from others to identify and develop ways to improve own ballet performance skills
   • Regularly view performances by industry practitioners as a way of sourcing new ideas, identifying trends, maintaining motivation, and improving own technique

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

execute complex technical classical ballet steps and techniques

respond to constructive feedback on own skills development

follow safe dance practices

use ballet terminology correctly.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided for each of the above points at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements the individual must:

explain how the following technical principles apply in classical ballet:

symmetry

flexibility

stability

coordination

angles and lines of the body and form

gracefulness

extension

balance

musicality

explain how the following principles relate to physical movements and ballet techniques:

relationship with gravity

spatial awareness

successional movement

use of breath

folding

extending

rotating

shifting weight

explain how the following apply in the context of safe dance practice and injury prevention:

articulation of the spine

engagement of the feet

bases of support, including feet, legs, hands, arms and torso

range of motion of the joints

differentiation of the legs and pelvis

healthy nutrition and diet

explain and demonstrate how the musical elements of time signatures, beat, tempo and syncopation apply to ballet dance technique

describe:

fundamental technical principles in classical ballet

main periods in the history of ballet.

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