Ballet
Ballet?Audience: Parents who want to enroll their children in a ballet class for the first time.
As a child I was very active in ballet. When I first asked my parents to let me enroll in a ballet class, they were skeptical. They weren�t too sure of what a ballet class consisted of or what
kind of exercise I would have to undergo. My parents researched in books and magazines, but they didn�t understand the ballet terminology. When they went to speak to a ballet instructor,
they got a better understanding of what I would be doing in class. Now that I am older and have started to teach my own ballet class, I want my students� parents to understand what the class consists of. I have written an easy-to-understand overview of a ballet class.
Technique levels in ballet fall into three categories: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Students advance through the different levels according to their skill level. This is much like
football. A football player begins playing in junior high, then moves up the high school level, and then the collegiate level.
Next, we move onto the barre, a rigid piece of wood or metal longer than it is wide. A barre is...
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