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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for pointe work
   • Prepare feet and pointe shoes for pointe work
   • Warm up and warm down the body for pointe using the entire body for support, including the legs, back and abdominal muscles
   • Identify and minimise risk factors associated with pointe work
   • Seek assistance and advice when injuries from pointe work occur
2. Practise pointe technique of increasing difficulty
   • Use appropriate terminology to analyse the components of pointe technique
   • Practise developing performance attributes and quality of movement in sequences of increasing difficulty sur les pointes
   • Execute variations of ballet repertoire with accuracy sur les pointes across ballet styles and genres
   • Demonstrate accurate technical requirements and spatial arrangements, individual artistic quality, and correct musical and rhythmic interpretation en pointe
3. Review own progress in developing pointe technique
   • Monitor progress through critical analysis of own pointe work performance in class
   • Use feedback from others to identify and develop ways to improve own pointe technique
   • 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:

prepare feet and shoes for pointe work to avoid risks and injuries

refine pointe technique through practice

apply correct point technique to ballet repertoire

respond appropriately to feedback on own pointe technique

use pointe 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 sections of dance work apply to pointe work:

adage

allegro

barre

batterie

centre practice

grand allegro

pirouettes

warm up and warm down

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

extending

folding

relationship with gravity

rotating

sequential movement

shifting weight

spatial awareness

use of breath

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

describe:

health and wellbeing issues relevant to classical ballet artists

risk factors in ballet for the body, especially in relation to pointe work

explain the relationship between musical rhythms and pointe work

describe key periods in the history of ballet and pointe and the principles of classical ballet.

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