B3253 - Ballet: building confidence (beginners)

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Start Date: 16/01/2027      End Date: 20/03/2027        Start Time: 09:30      End Time: 11:00        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: 19
Idea Store Whitechapel

Course Overview

Course Overview
“Feel stronger, move freer, and grow your confidence step by step.”

This course builds on the foundations of Term A while remaining accessible to new learners joining at this stage. You will continue to develop your understanding of posture and alignment, while improving your strength, balance, and coordination. Familiar movements will be revisited and developed further, giving you the opportunity to feel more secure and confident in your technique.

During this term, barre work becomes more varied, introducing additional exercises that challenge your control and stability. You will begin to link movements together into longer sequences, helping you develop memory and flow. You will also start to travel across the studio, exploring simple steps that build spatial awareness and coordination between arms and legs. As the weeks progress, you will gain confidence in performing short combinations, moving with greater ease, clarity, and musicality.

What will you learn and be able to do?

What will you learn and be able to do?
* Execute a structured barre sequence including at least 4 different exercises with improved control.
* Perform a short travelling combination across the floor with coordination and spatial awareness.
* Demonstrate improved balance by holding a simple pose (e.g., relevé or passé) for at least 5 seconds.
* Complete a short choreographed sequence from memory, showing clarity and flow between movements.
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Entry requirements

Entry requirements
Completion of a Ballet Beginners course or equivalent experience.
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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: Ballet Beginners (Your First Steps on Stage) 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)
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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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