Ballet

Students learn Classical Ballet primarily from the Vaganova method. These classes train proper posture, technique, vocabulary, strength, balance and flexibility with increasing skill level as they progress.

2010-11 Class Schedules

Classes will begin August 30, 2010 for the academic year through May 2011.

Ballet 1

6-7 yrs

Tuesday 5:00 – 5:45 pm
Friday 4:30 – 5:15 pm

Ballet 2

7-9 yrs

Monday 4:00 – 4:45 pm
Thursday 5:00 – 5:45 pm

Ballet 3

9-12 yrs

Monday and Wednesday

5:00 – 6:00 pm

Ballet 4

11-14 yrs

Monday and Wednesday

6:15 – 7:15 pm

Ballet 5

13+ yrs

Monday and Wednesday

7:30 – 8:30 pm

What to Wear

Ballet Levels 1-3

  • Leotard
  • White tights
  • Pink ballet slippers
  • Hair worn in a bun
 Ballet Levels 4-5

  • Leotard
  • Pink tights
  • Pink ballet slippers
  • Hair worn in a bun

How-To: Learn How to Make a Hair Bun

Most dance classes require that all your hair be pulled back out of your face. In ballet, a simple bun is the traditional style. Have the ladies at the Anaheim Ballet teach you how to create a bun for all hair types. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ywgUDBpnX0

Ballet Terminology

Ballet: A theatrical work or dot clear Balletentertainment in which a dot clear Balletchoreographer has expressed his dot clear Balletideas in group and solo dancing dot clear Balletto a musical accompaniment with dot clear Balletappropriate costumes, scenery dot clear Balletand dot clear Balletlighting.

Tutu: This is the short classical dot clear Balletballet skirt made of many dot clear Balletlayers of tarlatan or net. The dot clear Balletromantic tutu is the long skirt dot clear Balletreaching below the dot clear Balletcalf.

Pirouette: Whirl or spin. A complete dot clear Balletturn of the body on one foot, dot clear Balleton point or demi-pointe. dot clear BalletPirouettes are performed dot clear Balleten dedans, turning dot clear Balletinward toward dot clear Balletthe supporting leg, or dot clear Balleten dehors, turning outward in dot clear Balletthe direction of the raised dot clear Balletleg. Correct body placement dot clear Balletis essential in all kinds of dot clear Balletpirouettes. The body must be dot clear Balletwell centered over the dot clear Balletsupporting leg with the back dot clear Balletheld strongly and the hips dot clear Balletand shoulders aligned. Thedot clear Balletforce of momentum is dot clear Balletfurnished by the arms, which dot clear Balletremain immobile during the dot clear Balletturn. The head is the last to dot clear Balletmove as the body turns away dot clear Balletfrom the spectator and the dot clear Balletfirst to arrive as the body dot clear Balletcomes around to the dot clear Balletspectator, with the eyes dot clear Balletfocused at a definite point dot clear Balletwhich must be at eye level. dot clear BalletThis use of the eyes while dot clear Balletturning is called dot clear Ballet“spotting.” dot clear BalletPirouettes may be performed dot clear Balletin any given position, such dot clear Balletas sur le cou-de-pied, en dot clear Balletattitude, en arabesque, dot clear Balletà la seconde, dot clear Balletetc.

Terminology and definitions from American Ballet Theatre.