5 - Grade 2 - Pirouettes + Allegro + Dances + Reverence

PIROUETTES

1) Exercise for the use of the head
(girls and boys)

Face the front, feet in 1^st position.

Notes:

Repeat to the other side as a separate exercise

2) Exercise for Tour en L’air
(girls and boys)

Face the front, feet in 1^st position.

Notes:

Repeat to the other side as a separate exercise

ALLEGRO

Basic Steps

Be prepared to demonstrate the following either individually or as a group.

1) Sautés

Face the front, feet in 1^st position, arms 5^th en bas.

2) Pas de Chats

Face the front, 5^th position, left foot front, arms 5^th en bas.

Notes:

A natural use of the head is used. Arms demi 4^th en avant with demi 2^nd on tendu to change sides or two hands on the shoulders throughout.

3) Step, Temps Levé (en diagonale)

Stand at corner 3 facing corner 1, 5^th effacé, right foot front, arms in 5^th en bas.

Notes:

Repeat derrière as a separate exercise. Derrière placement is at the base of the calf (low) or back of the knee (high).

4) Galops

Stand at corner 3 facing corner 2, feet in 1^st position, arms in 5^th en bas.

Notes:

This exercise may be shown one by one or in small groups at the examiners’ discretion. Students must finish center back to enable to next student or group to commence without stopping the music.

5) Polkas and Petits Jetés (Autour de la salle)

Stand in 5^th position, right foot front, arms in 5^th en bas.

Notes:

May be asked for in the other direction, either natural (hop, gallop & step) or balletic (hop, step, coupé, jeté) polka may be used at the teacher’s discretion.

6) Echappés Sautés and Changements

Face the front, 5^th position, right foot front, arms in 5^then bas.

DANCES

The teacher will choose which dance will be shown individually. You can utilize a bit of choreographic freedom as long as the dance is not re-invented.

1) Le Chat