Welcome to York Welcome to York University’s University’s

First Year First Year Ballet Technique Ballet Technique

Open Class Open Class

Ballet Beyond TraditionBallet Beyond Tradition

Ballet for the 21Ballet for the 21stst century century

The Warm-upThe Warm-upfacing the barrefacing the barre

Our daily ritual of dancing from the Our daily ritual of dancing from the inside out. Connecting to internal inside out. Connecting to internal relationships of head to thorax, relationships of head to thorax, thorax to pelvis, pelvis to legs.thorax to pelvis, pelvis to legs.

Getting in touch with and living Getting in touch with and living within our posture.within our posture.

Taking away and reintroducing the Taking away and reintroducing the sight to promote internal balance, sight to promote internal balance, stability and calm.stability and calm.

PliesPlies

Working to embody - Suspension Working to embody - Suspension

““A suspension is a prolonged high A suspension is a prolonged high point. It is created at the peak of the point. It is created at the peak of the movement by continuing the movement by continuing the movement and delaying the takeover movement and delaying the takeover of gravity.” of gravity.”

Tendues from 1Tendues from 1stst position position

Working to embody - WeightWorking to embody - Weight

““Weight is added by isolating a part of Weight is added by isolating a part of the body allowing it to succumb to the body allowing it to succumb to gravity while maintaining gravity while maintaining suspensions, oppositions and high suspensions, oppositions and high points with the rest of the body.”points with the rest of the body.”

Tendu from 5Tendu from 5thth position position

Working to embody - IsolationWorking to embody - Isolation

““Isolation of one body part to increase Isolation of one body part to increase freedom, and flow in another part of freedom, and flow in another part of the body.”the body.”

Degage Degage

Working to embody – SuccessionWorking to embody – Succession

““Succession is the sequential path of Succession is the sequential path of movement through the parts of the movement through the parts of the body.” body.”

Ronds de JambeRonds de Jambe

Working to embody a consistent use of Working to embody a consistent use of breath to create moments of breath to create moments of suspension.suspension.

““A suspension is a prolonged high A suspension is a prolonged high point. It is created at the peak of the point. It is created at the peak of the movement by continuing the movement by continuing the movement and delaying the takeover movement and delaying the takeover of gravity.”of gravity.”

FrappeFrappe

Working to embody- Isolation and Working to embody- Isolation and OppositionOpposition

Opposition is a way of using the entire Opposition is a way of using the entire body to create the feeling of length body to create the feeling of length and stretch in a movement, without and stretch in a movement, without tensing or gripping (shortening) the tensing or gripping (shortening) the muscles. muscles.

AdageAdage

Working to embody – Rebound and Working to embody – Rebound and RecoveryRecovery

““The end result of recovery and The end result of recovery and rebound it the same – the potential rebound it the same – the potential energy released in a fall is energy released in a fall is accumulated at the bottom of the fall accumulated at the bottom of the fall and rechanneled. It incorporates and and rechanneled. It incorporates and elastic reaction of the muscles.”elastic reaction of the muscles.”

Grands BattementsGrands Battements

Working to embody – Fall and rebound Working to embody – Fall and rebound and recoveryand recovery

““A fall is a complete release of the A fall is a complete release of the muscles as the body, giving into muscles as the body, giving into gravity, drops”gravity, drops”

Centre PracticeCentre Practice

Traveling Pirouette:Traveling Pirouette:

Integrating creativity and individuality Integrating creativity and individuality into the ballet class.into the ballet class.

First Variation: set choreography to First Variation: set choreography to ChopinChopin

Second Variation: improvised moments Second Variation: improvised moments set to a Spanish Waltzset to a Spanish Waltz

Tendu and PirouetteTendu and Pirouette

Integration of rhythm and Integration of rhythm and characterizationcharacterization

AdageAdage

Making movement your own.Making movement your own.

Taking inspiration from pictures, Taking inspiration from pictures, poetry, songs, personal narratives or poetry, songs, personal narratives or memories.memories.

(image submitted by Alison Bedford)(image submitted by Alison Bedford)

Adage InspirationsAdage Inspirations

““Continuous as the stars that Continuous as the stars that shineshine

And twinkle on the milky way, And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never ending They stretched in never ending

linelineAlong the margin of a bay;Along the margin of a bay;Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly Tossing their heads in sprightly

dance.”dance.” -Wordsworth (submitted by -Wordsworth (submitted by

Hannah Walter)Hannah Walter)

Van Gogh’s Starry Night Van Gogh’s Starry Night (submitted by Deanna (submitted by Deanna Paolantonio)Paolantonio)

AdageAdage

““This is my sea, my This is my sea, my immense sea, and I immense sea, and I singsing

I can feel the silence I can feel the silence around me, around me,

And the music rises And the music rises softly from violinssoftly from violins

Then I see your face Then I see your face again” – Andrea again” – Andrea Bocelli Bocelli (submitted by Melissa (submitted by Melissa Presutti)Presutti)

AdageAdage

““I think its time to put I think its time to put myself awaymyself away

Seek out a little Seek out a little silencesilence

Close the doors and Close the doors and sit a whilesit a while

Walk a little” - Kt Walk a little” - Kt Tunstall Tunstall (submitted by (submitted by Marieve Aube)Marieve Aube)

Image of Dandelion Image of Dandelion (submitted by Stephanie Charette)(submitted by Stephanie Charette)

AllegroAllegro

Working to embody Kinetic and Working to embody Kinetic and Potential EnergyPotential Energy

““Energy is the capacity of the body to Energy is the capacity of the body to move, and potential energy is that move, and potential energy is that capacity in its unreleased state – the capacity in its unreleased state – the threshold of movement. Kinetic threshold of movement. Kinetic energy is the potential energy in energy is the potential energy in motion.”motion.”

Petit AllegroPetit Allegro

Medium AllegroMedium Allegro

Grands AllegroGrands Allegro