Parents, just a little note to say...
Power Academy of Dance is proud to announce the technical advances of their Grade 4 Imperial Ballet Students. Substantial breakthroughs have been made since the beginning of October with a number of students displaying improved posture during their ballet class, creating the foundation for superb results in the summer exam session. An enormous achievement by all, parents you should be proud!
The students aged 11-14 began their learning journey on Wednesday 14th of October when the focus on posture was introduced into their lessons. A ‘unique’ teaching tool was used in order for the students to understand what correct posture was in a classical ballet stance and what this felt like within their own bodies. The unique learning tool created a few giggles during the class, giving the students a fun learning experience. Since the initial lesson constant reminders have been given to the students, making sure that they remember the 3 P’s in classical ballet; Posture, Posture, Posture! Before every exercise the students were given a verbal nudge in order to stimulate those synapses used for memory so they could focus their minds and bodies on correct posture, this only has to be practiced a few more hundred times before straight backs override ‘Banana’ backs in their muscle memory. No easy task! At this level posture becomes more than just standing up ‘nice and tall like a princess’ and not getting your bottom burnt in the toaster’ when performing a knee bend, it becomes the foundation of all technique for without it many movements cannot be performed. Alina Cojocaru, principal dancer of The Royal Ballet could certainly not dance the role of Princess Aurora in ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ without firm posture as the choreography would simply be impossible.
It was extremely visible in the last class on the 11th of November that the students have made astounding improvements with their posture; keeping their backs long, shoulders down, hips more level and each student has the ability to hold their core muscles for longer than ever before. By having a hands on approach to teaching and by creating a stimulating and enjoyable learning environment while ensuring repetition of technique the students have flourished and each parent should be very proud of their child’s accomplishment. The progression made has enabled the students to become more confident and perform movements with more technical accuracy while also adding a little sparkle to their work. A continuation of this learning and improvement will certainly lead to the children’s best exam results yet and an even more dazzling performance at next year’s dance festival in Bedford ‘Dance 4 all’.
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