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Ballet Class

Barre/Foot Warmup - Start facing barre, feet parallel, arms remain on

barre at all times, pointe tendu front (1), close (2), repeat 3 more

times, repeat on other leg, open feet to first and pointe tendu side (1),

close (2), repeat 3 more times, repeat on other leg, pli (1), forced arch

(2), rise (3), lower heels (4), relev (5), forced arch/pli (6), lower heels

(7), straighten legs (8), repeat entire excercise starting pointe tendu

back.

Song - Shout (Tears For Fears)

Pli - Start left hand off barre, feet in first, arm down, prepare (7, 8),

grand pli (1,2,3,4 with arm in second moving down with the eyes

following), come up (5,6,7,8 arm moving through port de bras from

first to second), cambr foward (1,2,3,4 arm stays in second, then

moves over top of head at bottom of cambr), roll up (5,6,7,8 arm

stays above head in fifth high), cambr back (1,2,3,4 arm stays in fifth

high), come up (5,6,7,8 with arm moving to second), tendu to second

(1,2 follow with arm), 3 demi plis (3,4,5,6,7,8 arm bends and

stretches with pli), repeat in second (with side port de bras), tendu to

fifth (arms closed, and then open to second from side port de bras),

close (1,2 arm stays in second), 3 demi plis (3,4,5,6,7,8), repeat in

fifth (all same as first), tendu to finish.


Song - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Tears For Fears)

Tendu - Start fifth position, prepare arms to second (7,8 arms stay in

second for the whole combination), 4 pointe tendus front (8 counts), 4

pointe tendus back (8 counts with inside leg), 4 pointe tendus side (8

counts closing front-back-front-back with front/outside leg), repeat

reversed, close to fifth to finish.

Song - Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)

Dgag - Repeat tendu combination, replacing tendus with dgags

(When closing to fifth to end, go up to balance in pass).

Song - Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)

Rond de jambe - Start feet in fifth, prepare (7,8 arms stay in second

for the whole combination), 7 rond de jambe en dehors to hold on the

eighth with a pointe tendu front (2 counts of 8), reverse, 3 rond de

jambe en dehors to hold on the fourth with a pointe tendu front (1

count of 8), reverse, lift leg to pass (1,2,3,4), extend front (5,6,7,8)

grand rond de jamb (1,2,3,4), bring to pass, close.

Song - Open Arms (Journey)

Frapp - Start feet in fifth, prepare (7,8 tendu side to ankle on the

neck of the foot and arms from first to second, arms stay in second the

whole combination), 3 frapp front (1,2,3), 1 double side (4), 3 frapp

back (5,6,7), 1 double side (8), 8 double frapps side (8 counts), repeat
entire combination, bring foot to sur le cou-de-pied to balance on the

rise to finish.

Song - Eye of the Tiger (Survivor)

Barre Stretch - Right leg on barre, hold (7,8), stretch side (8 counts),

cambr back (1,2,3,4 arm in fifth high), come up (5,6,7,8), repeat

facing leg (cambr foward and back), relev (1,2 arm comes down), 3

demi plis (3,4,5,6,7,8 with a breath of the arm), turn away from leg

and lower down (1,2 arms stay down), 3 demi plis (3,4,5,6,7,8 with a

breath of the arm), turn back to starting position (1,2), 3 demi plis

(3,4,5,6,7,8), finish and repeat on other side.

Song - Take My Breath Away (Berlin)

Grand Battement - Start feet in fifth, prepare (7,8 arms stay in

second for the whole exercise), 3 grand battement with a tendu close

and a fourth grand battement changing to the back (8 counts), repeat

with a brush to the front, 8 grand battement side (2 counts of 8 closing

back first), repeat reversed, close to fifth to finish.

Song - Livin' On A Prayer (Bon Jovi)

Conditioning - Starting on your back, 30 crunches, 15 situps, 30

crunches, 15 situps, 30 crunches, 15 situps, flip over onto stomach, 50

back situps, hold plank for 1 minute, flip over to back, 30 crunches,

finish.
Song - Take On Me (A - Ha)

Stretching -(Students will follow along) Start standing, roll down

through spine (1,2,3,4), hold stretch (5,6,7,8), go to lunge and hold for

30 seconds, flip to side lunge for 15 seconds,flip back over, repeat on

the other leg, put legs behind you and walk hands back to leg stretch,

hold (1.5 8 counts), roll up (5,6,7,8), repeat lunges from standing (on

both legs), roll back down to leg stretch, hold in center (8 counts), go

to left (8 counts), go to right (8 counts), go to center (8 counts), roll up.

Adagio - Start feet in fifth facing corner 1, bring leg to pass (1,2,3,4

arms through first), extend to front of body (5,6,7,8 arms to third),

grand rond de jambe (1,2,3,4 flip to arabesque), promenade (5,6,7,8),

extend to close, repeat on other leg, repeat first leg until extend,

chass through to third arabesque (1,2 facing the side wall), tendu

back to face diagonal (3,4), chass through to fifth arabesque (5,6),

relev (7), turn to other side (8), repeat, close to fifth after fifth

arabesque.

Song - Tainted Love (Soft Cell)

Small Jumps - Start in fifth facing front, 8 changement (8 counts), 8

changement changing direction (8 counts), 4 royales (8 counts), tendu

to change feet (1,2), hold (3,4,5,6,7,8), repeat on other leg.


Song - Bad (Michael Jackson)

Petite Allegro - Start feet in fifth, glissade assemble (1,2,3,4 arms

breath for glissade, and go diagonal for assemble), repeat on other leg,

3 sissonnes to the right corner (1,2,3 arms slowly to third), pas de

bourre (5,6), 2 changement (7,8 end with left foot back), repeat entire

combination on left, relev and hold (1,2,3,4 arms to first), pli (5,6), 5

entrechat (7,8,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8), 4 royales (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8), finish,

Song - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Wham!)

Turns - Start to the side, piqu turn (1,2), chans (3,4), double piqu

(5,6,7), quick chans (8), repeat with all doubles (2 chans), if there's

room repeat doubles.

Song - You Give Love A Bad Name (Bon Jovi)

Pirouettes - Start left foot front in fifth, prepare (7,8 with a tendu

back, arms have normal preparation), lower back heel (1,2), single

pirouette (3,4), hold (5,6,7,8), repeat for double, triple, and try for a

quadruple.

Song - Pour Some Sugar On Me (Def Leppard)

Grand Allegro - Start in the corner, prepare (7,8), saut arabesque to

balanc (1,2), repeat (3,4), tomb pas de borre (5,6), prepare into

pirouette (7,8), double pirouette (1,2), finish, tomb pas de borre,

glissade and leap (3,4,5,6), finish in B plus (7,8).


Song - Stayin' Alive (Bee-Gees)

Reverence - Chass side, chass back, courtesy, step foward repeat

on other side.

Song - Never Gonna Give You Up (Rick Astley)

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