Royal Ballet School

http://www.royal-ballet-school.org.uk

MISSION AND PURPOSE

Their mission is to train and educate outstanding classical ballet dancers for The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and other top international dance companies, and in doing so to set the standards in dance training, nationally and internationally.

The School offers an eight-year carefully structured dance course, aligned with an extensive academic programme, giving the students the best possible education to equip them for a career in the world of dance.

THEIR GOALS are to:

• Provide, in a caring environment, artistic and academic training of the highest possible calibre, offering all students of the School a positive learning experience which is constantly monitored for potential improvement.


• Achieve recognised accreditation for the vocational curriculum


• Offer students as many performing opportunities as possible


• Ensure that the students have close practical and artistic access to Royal Ballet companies


• Maintain a high employment rate of graduating dancers, with many being recruited to The Royal Ballet or Birmingham Royal Ballet


• Expand the international exposure of the students of the School by participating in international competitions and festivals


• Develop new state-of-the-art, purpose built facilities which will enhance the teaching and learning opportunities for the students.


• Conduct an extensive Audition and Outreach programme

SYSTEM OF TRAINING

The aim of The Royal Ballet School is to produce dancers possessing a strong, clean classical technique with great emphasis on artistry, musicality, purity of line, co-ordination and a quality of movement that is free of mannerisms. The intent is to produce graduates who are capable of integrating effortlessly into The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and other top professional dance companies.To this end, a System of Training has been developed to encompass the eight years of full-time training offered at The Royal Ballet School. It draws upon the valuable traditions from different schools of classical ballet, retaining the best that was created by our predecessors while embracing the demands of classical dance technique as is required of professional artists today.At all times when utilising the System and training the dancer, emphasis must be placed on natural flow of movement, musicality, the joy of dance and the development of the dancer as an artist.

About Classical Ballet

So Classic.........

Classical ballet is the most formal of the ballet styles; it adheres to traditional ballet technique. There are variations relating to area of origin, such as Russian ballet, French ballet, and Italian ballet.

The five most well-known styles of ballet are:

• the Vaganova method, or Russian Method, after Agrippina Vaganova,
• the Cecchetti method, or Italian Method, after Enrico Cecchetti,
• the Bournonville Method, or Danish Method, after August Bournonville,
• the Balanchine Method, or ABT Method, after George Balanchine,
• and the Royal Academy of Dance Method, or R.A.D. Method, created in England.
  

Let's Start w/ Ballet

.... Ballet ....

Wikipedia.org says that

"Ballet is a formalized form of dance with its origins in the Italian Renaissance court, further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. It is a highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary. It has been influential as a form of dance globally and is taught in ballet schools around the world which use their own culture and society to modernize the art.

Ballet dance works (ballets) are choreographed, and also include mime, acting, and are set to music (usually orchestral but occasionally vocal). It is best known in the form of classical ballet, notable for its techniques, such as pointe work and turn-out of the legs, its graceful, flowing, precise movements, and its ethereal qualities. Later developments include neoclassical ballet and contemporary ballet."

Do you think it's sound hard to learn? I think so...But, don't you see that someone who can dance ballet have a good body appearance.They always walk or stand with sturdy body.