A3182 - Ballet: strengthen your technique (improvers)

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Start Date: 26/09/2026      End Date: 28/11/2026        Start Time: 11:15      End Time: 12:45        Hours per Week: 1.50      No of Weeks: 9
Fees:      £90.00 (tuition)     £172.00 (overseas)     £28.00 (concessionary)
Tutor: Annarita Mazzilli        No of Places: 9
Idea Store Whitechapel

Course Overview

Course Overview
“Build strength, refine your technique, and feel more secure in every step.”

This course is designed for learners who already have some basic ballet experience and want to strengthen their technique and confidence. It offers a supportive space to revisit and refine core principles such as posture, alignment, turnout, and control, helping you develop a stronger and more reliable technical foundation.

Throughout the term, you will work on more structured and detailed barre exercises, focusing on precision, stability, and strength in movements such as pliés, tendus, dégagés, and rond de jambe. In the centre, you will begin to link steps into more sustained combinations, improving your balance, coordination, and control. There is also a focus on understanding how movements connect and flow, helping you dance with greater clarity and confidence. This course is ideal for consolidating your skills while preparing you for more dynamic movement in future terms.

What will you learn and be able to do?

What will you learn and be able to do?
* Demonstrate improved alignment and posture by maintaining correct placement through a full 10–15 minute barre sequence in at least 4 out of 5 exercises.
* Execute key technical movements (plié, tendu, dégagé, rond de jambe) with increased control and accuracy, achieving teacher-assessed improvement in at least 3 movements compared to the start of term.
* Perform a centre combination of 6–8 steps from memory with correct sequencing and coordination by the final two sessions.
* Sustain balance in at least two positions (e.g., passé, arabesque) for a minimum of 6 seconds with control and stability.
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Entry requirements

Entry requirements
You must have completed a Ballet Beginners’ course before. This level is aimed at people with good knowledge of the technique, who wants to improve and develop their skills. The classes will require a greater movement vocabulary than beginners’ courses and will move at a faster pace.
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Equipment required

Equipment required
Leotard and tights or close-fitting T-shirt and leggings. Flat canvas or leather ballet shoes. A notebook and a pen. A towel. A bottle of water – no other drinks are allowed in the dance studio.
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How will you know you are making progress?

How will you know you are making progress?
You will have an ‘Individual Learning Plan’ where the course learning outcomes are shown and where you can set individual learning goals and monitor your own progress against these.

You will need to evaluate your own progress and manage your time.

Your tutor will give ongoing feedback and will keep you informed of your progress.

Video recording might be used as a reflective tool.
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At the beginning of the course an initial assessment takes place to identify your level of experience knowledge or current skills, and you will be asked to complete and sign a health screening questionnaire.

The tutor will carry out informal assessments to check your understanding, there is no exam.

You will complete a self-assessment at the beginning, middle and end of the course and you will participate in regular self assessment.

Your tutor will let you know how you are getting on throughout the course, to help you work to your full potential.

At the end of the course you will receive written feedback.
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Progress opportunities - your next steps

Progress opportunities - your next steps
You can progress to: Develop Ballet Repertoire courses and or other dance styles at beginners’ level. (Please note that you might not able to progress to the next level after one term, your tutor will advise you on this)
You may wish to enrol on other courses held at Idea Store Learning. Please see a course guide for further information or speak with your tutor.
Your tutor will support you in researching these and other courses outside of Idea Store Learning.
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Other info

Other info
In general, we will not allow late entries to any course after the first two weeks.
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Extra Support

Extra Support
If you have declared a learning difficulty, disability or support need whilst enrolling and you require support/assistance in class or to complete your course, please discuss your needs with your tutor at the first lesson.

If you intend to take an examination and feel you have an additional learning need or special requirements, you must declare them to your tutor within the first 2 weeks of your course.

If you are studying in an online group, then you can arrange a one-to-one online discussion with your tutor, after the session, or by email.

Where we aim to make reasonable adjustments to support our learners, please note we are unable to provide any type of in class or in person support if your course takes place online.
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