Adrianna Lonick

 

Level – Beginning

 

Length – 60 minutes

 

Accompanist – ipod

 

Genre – Ballet

 

Objectives for this specific class:

 

 

1. Students will learn elements of the barre

Plié, tend u, deggage, rom de sham, battement,

 

2. Students will learn specifics of a few moving element of ballet

----Pique’s

(each class would focus on another element, pas de sha, balancé, etc)

 

3. Students will incorporate both elements of the barre and the learned moving element in combinations

 

5 potential corrections or redirections you will most likely use in this class.

 

Splayed rib cage

-Imagine the ribs knitting together

-think of the belly button connecting to the spine

-your rib cage is like a bird’s wings at rest coming in and down softly and disappearing into the rest of its body/Or sails of a ship, relaxed and down

-relax the tailbone down

-pretend you have a weight on the bottom of your tailbone

 

Pronating knees-                              

-think of the muscles of your hips spiraling all the way down the leg,  

-ask students to take their hands and spiral them down your legs-this is is the direction that your muscles work when everything is aligned

 

Collapsing the arches                    

- Imagine a thick juicy orange wedge underneath the arches of your feet that you don’t want to squish.

 

Closed off/ hunched shoulders      

- imagine you are carrying two bowls on your shoulders and you cant let them spill

- you have arrows coming out of your collar bone, you want them to point to the sides of the room, not the front

 

legs coming out of line                     -

your hip is like a bold and your leg is the wrench

of the hips                                          

-it only tightens if the bolt stays in place while the wrench moves         

 

 

 

 

Grading(if applicable)

 

• Participation

 

0 the student did not participate

1 the student rarely participated today

2 the student sometimes participated today

3 the student mostly participated today

4 the student was fully engaged

 

 

• Application

 

0 the student does not show application of barre and floor work in phrases

1 the student lacks basic understanding of integrating movement from the barre and floor to the phrases

2 the student displays minimal understanding of integrating movement from the barre and floor to the phrases

3 the student diplays a basic understanding of integrating movement from the barre and floor to the phrases

4 the student fully understands the integration of movement from the barre and floor to the phrases

 

 

• Progression

 

0 this student has not progressed

1 this student displays minimal progression

2 this student displays some progression

3 this student has progressed in most areas but still lacks in others

4 this student has progressed tremendously