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Ballet for BeginnersDiploma Course

The Ballet for Beginners course provides a comprehensive exploration of techniques, styles, repertoires and variations of basic ballet exercises for you to practice. You’ll also discover the origins of ballet and its development throughout the ages, how ballet is more than a dance form and the parts that art, emotions and storytelling play within ballet.

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What Will You Learn?

Study the Ballet for Beginners Diploma Course, and you’ll gain a comprehensive knowledge of ballet and be provided with tips that will help you, as a beginner, to stand out in ballet practice, feel more confident in your abilities and gain a greater understanding of your body.

You’ll progress through the techniques and knowledge of the artistry of ballet required to help make your performance and quality of movements much more proficient and aesthetically pleasing to watch.

You can also take what you learn from the Ballet for Beginners Diploma Course and apply it to your daily life, as you’ll gain better posture, confidence, poise and an improved sense of self-worth.

By studying this course, you will:

Become familiar with the history and benefits of ballet
Learn how to improve your posture
Learn how to perform foot and arm positions
Explore the importance of and how to apply lower and upper body techniques
Understand be able to perform barre and centre work
Learn how to perform turns and spotting
Build artistry and performance

The Ballet for Beginners course is great for anyone who is new to the dance and those returning to ballet and looking for a refresher. This course is also suitable for you if you’d like to feel more connected to your body, work on your personal growth, have an expressive outlet or improve your general health and wellbeing.

Upon completing the Ballet for Beginners course, you will have deepened your knowledge and learning of ballet through practical exercises. You’ll be able to confidently go to an in-person beginner ballet class with the skills and understanding of how to perform exercises well.

Introduction
Part 1: The Origins of Ballet
Part 2: Notable Performers and Works
Part 3: The Aesthetics of Ballet
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 1 Assessment

Part 1: Physical Benefits
Part 2: Creative Expression and Storytelling
Part 3: Psychological Benefits
Part 4: Ballet Warm-Up
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 2 Assessment

Part 1: The Importance of Posture and Alignment
Part 2: Pilates and Ballet
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 3 Assessment

Part 1: First Position Feet
Part 2: Second Position Feet
Part 3: Third Position Feet
Part 4: Fourth and Fifth Position Feet
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 4 Assessment

Part 1: Preparatory Arm Positions in Ballet
Part 2: The Five Main Arm Positions in Ballet
Part 3: The Three Arabesque Arm Positions in Ballet
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 5 Assessment

Part 1: The Importance of Technique in Ballet
Part 2: Lower Body
Part 3: Upper Body
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 6 Assessment

Part 1: The Importance of Barre Work in Ballet
Part 2: Rises Barre Exercise
Part 3: Tendus and Glisses at the Barre
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 7 Assessment

Part 1: The Importance of Centre Work in Ballet
Part 2: Plies Centre Exercise
Part 3: Tendu and Glisse Centre Exercise
Part 4: Port de Bras and Adage in the Centre
Part 5: Chasse into Arabesque Centre Exercise
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 8 Assessment

Part 1: Turning in Ballet
Part 2: Pose Turns
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 9 Assessment

Part 1: Ballet as Art
Part 2: Final Ballet Sequence
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Conclusion
Module 10 Assessment

The Ballet for Beginners Diploma Course will take you up to 150 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

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