BALLET PRACTICE VIDEOS
Dear Parent,
Welcome to our ballet exam practice hub!
This page is designed to help your child prepare confidently for their upcoming ballet exam by revisiting key grade exercises at home.
Support Your Child’s Exam Preparation with At-Home Practice Videos
Each video covers specific movements and sequences from the grade syllabus, allowing students to practise at their own pace, reinforce technique, and build muscle memory outside of class.
These videos are perfect for:
– Strengthening understanding of grade-specific exercises
– Gaining confidence before the exam
– Supporting steady progress between lessons
Please note: The exam date has not yet been confirmed. It will be booked once the children demonstrate confidence in approximately 80% of the required exercises.
Warm regards,
Your Ballet School Team
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We recommend revisiting each video regularly and practising in a calm, focused environment. Repetition and consistency are the keys to success!
WARM UP B
Commence: Feet in 1st Position
TRANSFERENCE OF WEIGHT
Commence: Feet in 1st Position
STEP & POINTE WITH BALANCE
Commence: Feet in 1st Position
PREPARATION FOR PORTS DE BRAS
- Lift arms to 1st arm position and lower to bras bas.
- Lift arms to 1st position and open to 2nd arm position.
- Carry arms through bras bas to 5th arm position.
- Lower arms through 2nd arm position to bras bas.
SAUTTES & ECHAPPES
Commence: Feet in 1st position.
- 4 sautes in 1st position
- Echappe to 2nd feet position. Hold demi plie.
- 4 sautes in 2nd position
- Echappe to 1st feet position. Hold demi plie.
REPEAT ALL
SPRING POINT & PAS DE CHEVAL
Commence: Feet in 1st position.
3 spring points
Cou de pie & degage Infront on plie – 2 times
REPEAT ALL
STEP & HOP ENCHAINEMENT
Commence: Feet in 1st position.
GALOPS FORWARDS & SIDEWAYS
- 4 side gallops starting with the right leg
- 4 side gallops starting with the left leg
- 2 forward gallops in rotation starting with the right leg (4 in total)
- 4 side gallops starting with the right leg, with the back to the audience
- 4 side gallops starting with the left leg, facing the audience
- 5 side gallops facing the audience, ending with a curtsy.
FREE MOVEMENT
There are three pieces of theme music, Fairy, Cat and Mechanical Doll, and the children will make up their own dances for each one, showing the feelings and emotions of each character.
DANCE C
Dance C is the Dew Drop dance and should be shown with lovely expression and good ballet technique.
DANCE C
Dance C should be shown with lovely expression and good ballet technique.