Elements and Performance Criteria
- Maintain a physical conditioning program
- Meet realistic physical conditioning goals aimed at improving own dance technique
- Use a range of techniques to improve stamina, strength and flexibility
- 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
- Perfect own ballet technique
- Apply complex ballet techniques across each section of class work
- Display confidence across performance attributes
- Show developed strength and complexity in footwork, including pointe work as required
- Execute classical ballet repertoire with accuracy
- Exhibit physical learning and adaptability to incorporate unseen combinations with speed and verve across different teaching methods
- Merge technique in corps of dancers
- Orient self in relation to other dancers, particularly when holding and moving from one geometric pattern to another
- Practise classical ballet phrases and repertoire side by side with other dancers, comparing and synchronising group movements
- Apply acting and pantomime skills through movement, gesture and emotion to provide added fullness to scenes
- Execute group work demonstrating strong cohesion, flow and movement in unison, giving the appearance of moving as one
- Convey a high level of spatial awareness and respond to visual cues from other dancers in performing complex patterns
- Present variations and repertoire with a high level of stage presence and confidence across ballet styles and genres
- Perform corps de ballet dances from the classical ballet repertoire
- Undertake preparations appropriate to performance contexts
- Ensure that personal presentation is appropriate to performance contexts
- Apply performance psychology techniques to preparations
- Maintain focus to produce performances that show correct musical and rhythmic interpretation
- Convey appropriate artistic quality, interpretation and expression through confident and precise execution of ballet dance techniques
- Demonstrate complex spatial arrangements
- Contribute to debriefing sessions to evaluate the quality of performances and to discuss ways of improving individual and ensemble technique
- Maintain expertise in corps de ballet techniques
- Apply professional work ethic to practice and performance activities
- Incorporate injury-prevention techniques into dance and movement activities
- Use feedback from others to identify and develop ways to improve own ballet dance technique and group work
- Regularly view performances by industry practitioners as a way of sourcing new ideas, identifying trends, maintaining motivation, and improving own technique
- Incorporate ballet terminology and history into discussions, and practice and performance activities