Classical Ballet Syllabus Amendments October 2012

MINOR AMENDMENTS/CLARIFICATIONS TO CLASSICAL BALLET
GRADES AND VOCATIONAL SYLLABI
OCTOBER 2012
Au Milieu
Class Exam
4. Sautés in 1st
Demi plié on last on last beat of intro:
Bar 1
Sauté in 1st position and land in demi-plié
Bar 2
Sauté in 1st position and land in demi-plié
Bar 3
Stretch legs
Bar 4
Demi-plié
2/4
Allegro
Grade One
5. Polka forward en diagonale
2/4
Commence point tendu en avant in croisé
Bars 1-16
6 polka steps forward en diagonale, followed by 3 steps forward and finish cou de
pied derrière croisé
(First 4 polka steps may be performed in small circle before travelling en diagonale to complete)
Performed individually
Au Milieu
Grade 3
2. Gavotte Rhythmical Appreciation
4/4
Moving around the room. Candidates count aloud to the pulse of the music for first 4 bars
whilst executing steps.
Bar 1
Beats 1 & 2
Step forward on R
Beats 3 & 4
Step forward on L
Bar 2
Beats 1 & 2
Step side R
Beats 3 & 4
Bring L to cou de pied devant and petit developpé forward
Bars 3 & 4
Repeat commencing with L
Continue on alternate feet
Allegro
5. Pas de basque glissé en avant et en arrière
Bars should read : 1-8, 9-14, 15-16
3/4
Grade 4
Barre
10. Grand battement and tombé (preparation for grand jeté)
3/8
Sideways to barre. Feet 5th.
Preparation: tendu à la seconde and ¼ rond de jambe to derrière taking arms to 5th
Bars 1-4
2 grand battement en avant passing through 1st with straight legs and
returning each time to tendu derrière
Remainder of exercise as written in syllabus
Barre
Grade 5
1. Grand plié and port de bras
Bars should read: 1-8, 9-16, 17-32, 33-48, 49-64
3/4
4. Rond de jambe à terre
3/4
Arms for rond de jambe as follows ;
Bars 1-4
1st port de bras (once for en dehors, once for en dedans)
Bars 5-6
arm through 1st to 2nd
Bars 7-12
arm remains 2nd
Bar 13
lower to bras bas
Bars 14-16
1st port de bras
2/4
5. Petit battement and battement frappé
Sideways to barre. Feet 5th. Prepare to 2nd and cou de pied devant
Bars 1-2
2 single petit battement (derrière, devant, hold x 2)
Remainder of exercise as written.
Arms bras bas for petit battement, 2nd for frappé
3/4
8. Developpé
Bars 9-16
Developpé en arrière to attitude derrière with inside leg.
Bars 17-20
Developpé à la seconde with front leg
Remainder of exercise as written
Also:
Grade 1 Summary
Grade 2 Summary
Grade 3 Summary
Grade 5 Summary
Allegro need re-numbering
Adage 1 – Track 31 is 4/4 not 3/4
Barre 8 – should read facing barre
Dances 2 – should read English, Russian or Norwegian
Barre
Intermediate Foundation
4. Battement Fondu
slow 4/4
Bras 3-4
Coupé over into fondu en arrière with inside leg, hold position and smoothly rise,
same port de bras
Bras 5-6
Coupé under into fondu à la seconde with the outside leg, hold position and smoothly
rise, same port de bras
7. Petit battement
Bars should read: 1-8, 9-16, 17-24, 25-32
2/4
9. Grand Battement
4/4
Bars 1-3
should read ‘……, arm moving smoothly through 1st to 5th’
11. Preparatory exercise for jeté battu
Line 2
should read ‘……, demi-plié 5th’
Adage
2. Set adage
4/4 or 3/4 (Described in 3/4)
Commence facing croisé feet in 5th, R front, arms bras bas. Place arms to 5th on introduction.
Bars 9-12
Developpé effacé en avant with L, taking arms through bras bas and 1st to high effacé
line
Bars 31-32
Detourné with reverse deuxième port de bras ending 5th croisé, L front
Allegro
6. Sissone change
3/4
Bars 15-16
Pas couru à trois pas to grand jeté en avant effacé
Intermediate
Adage
Study 2
3/4
Bar 2
‘…..create 3rd arabesque en l’air en fondu’
Bar 14
‘Tombé forward to 3rd arabesque en l’air en fondu …..’