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Ballet Education

Bachelor's
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Ballet Education at Royal Academy of Dance

Language: EnglishStudies in English
Subject area: teacher training and education science
Qualification: BA
Kind of studies: full-time studies
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
University website: www.rad.org.uk/

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Ballet
Ballet (French: [balɛ]) is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread, highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary based on French terminology. It has been globally influential and has defined the foundational techniques used in many other dance genres and cultures. Ballet has been taught in various schools around the world, which have historically incorporated their own cultures and as a result, the art has evolved in a number of distinct ways. See glossary of ballet.
Education
Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. Educational methods include storytelling, discussion, teaching, training, and directed research. Education frequently takes place under the guidance of educators, but learners may also educate themselves. Education can take place in formal or informal settings and any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may be considered educational. The methodology of teaching is called pedagogy.
Ballet
Developed in the early 19th century, pointe shoes are worn by female dancers to enable them to dance on the tips of their toes.
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Ballet
All ballet exercises begin and end with one of the five basic positions of the feet]. There are also complementary arm positions. The positions are executed with the legs and feet turned out from the hip socket. They allow for greater flexibility, range of movement and also for a beautiful and long line of the body.
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Ballet
Ballet is the fairies' baseball.
Oscar Levant, as quoted in "Oscar the Magnificent" by Burt Prelutsky, in The Los Angeles Times (January 26, 1969), p. 468
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