Fall/Spring 2013-2014 Catalog - Peabody Institute of The Johns ...

dance
Level 2X*(three classes per week: $340 savings per semester)
PP.100.110 01 Fall $1105/Spring $1105
MON 6:45-8:15 Dance Studio Stafford
WED 5:30-7:00 Dance Studio Stafford
FRI 6:00-7:15 B22 Mora
* “X” denotes the next higher class in that same level.
Pre-Professional Program
(Ages 9-young adult)
The Pre-Professional Program ranges from first intermediate
Level 3 to advanced Level 6. This program, for students
in Ballet and Contemporary Dance, is the backbone of
Peabody Dance's curriculum and continues to build on the
basic foundation begun in the Young Children's and especially
the Primary Ballet Programs. Its intensive, graded
course of study is designed to help motivated, possibly
career-minded students meet the dance arena's highest
standards. The path to that goal is based on the Dance
Department’s collective belief in the proven results of
sound, concentrated training: the more classes, diligently
applied, the faster the student’s growth and progress.
Therefore, students with special potential and commitment
are urged to take as many classes as they can, and
artistic as well as financial incentives are in place to enable
that possibility. Most importantly, the mode of procedure
for the entire Pre-Professional Program is designed to
encourage and enable students to advance at a pace that
matches their abilities, interests and time commitments.
In the Pre-Professional Program, the training intensifies
over time while students continue to hone their skills,
broaden their required curriculum, increase their number
of classes per week, and enlarge their schedule of rehearsals,
performances and special events. Contemporary
Dance is introduced in Level 3. Pointe work, which is
considered an integral part of ballet class for the female
dancer and not scheduled separately, begins in Level 4.
However, the student's technical and physical readiness
for pointe work, which may prohibit progress, first must
be assessed by the ballet faculty. Also in the upper levels,
classes may start to address the special technique requirements
of the male dancer.
Ballet & Contemporary Dance Focus
By Level 4X, a Pre-Professional Program student may
opt to retain a curriculum focus in Ballet or choose a
Contemporary Dance Focus, which provides carefully
graded classes compatible with the Ballet program,
but at the same time, adds principles of major modern
techniques to develop the dancer's strength, versatility,
command of the floor, and spatial dynamics.
Improvisation, Composition and Repertory classes are
built into upper-level schedules, and continued training
in ballet is required. Whether the focus is on Ballet or
Contemporary Dance, following this dedicated, often difficult
path to advanced fulfillment is the way students can
become articulate, expressive, mature performers.
Big savings with Package Registration!
The Pre-Professional Program is organized in “packages”
which provide the recommended minimum number of
classes per week for each level: in Ballet, from the first
intermediate Level 3 through 3X, 4, 4X, 5, 5X, to the most
advanced Level 6; and in Comtemporary Dance, from
Level 4X through 6.
In keeping with its philosophy, all Peabody Dance
students enrolled in a Pre-Professional Program package
who attend all their required classes may take additional
classes — at or below their own level — at no additional
cost. Some students who attend all required classes and
are doing exceptional work may be invited by a faculty
panel to take additional classes in a higher level than their
own — at no additional cost.
Enrollment in Pre-Professional Program packages offers
financial savings compared to registering for each class
individually. The more intensive the program, the greater
the savings!
It is important to note that a level, as outlined in the
following class schedules, is merely an indication of a
student's current stage of accomplishing the required
skills. Placement in a particular level is not based entirely
on age, years of study, or innate talent; rather, placement
in a particular level is guided more by a student's physical
facility and quickness in digesting and retaining technical
information than by the demands of a pre-ordered syllabus.
A student will be placed where the artistic director
and faculty feel he or she will profit most and where gaps
in training can be addressed. At the same time, students
will be allowed and encouraged to advance through the
level system according to their own talent, hard work and
dedicated attendance.
When registering, the course number under the appropriate
level should be chosen in ISIS or written on the registration
form. Tuition fees are listed per semester. All classes
are a minimum of eight students.
Level 3
($530 savings per semester)
Minimum requirements: Three 90-minute ballet classes
One 75-minute contemporary dance class
PP.100.103 01 Fall $1425/Spring $1425
Ballet
TUE 6:45-8:15 B28 Stafford
WED 7:00-8:30 Dance Studio Stafford
FRI 4:30-6:00 B22 Mora
Contemporary Dance
FRI 6:00-7:15 B29 Green-Cudek
Level 3X*
($575 savings per semester)
Minimum requirements: Three 90-minute ballet classes and
one 90-minute contemporary dance class
PP.100.113 01 Fall $1465/Spring $1465
Ballet
MON 6:30-8:00 B22 Robinson
WED 7:00-8:30 Dance Studio Stafford
SAT 12:30-2:00 L16 Robinson/Stafford
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