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Conservatory Dance Company - George Balanchine's Raymonda Variations
You will receive a diverse mix of professional instruction representing both America and abroad, ranging from Vaganova to Balanchine. Your teachers offer a wealth of individual experience and knowledge that contrasts and complements the strengths of their colleagues. These diverse teaching styles will prepare you for the eclectic repertoire found in today’s dance companies.
Faculty members stress simple, clean execution, balancing necessary repetition with goals and progression. Using videotapes and performance footage, they’ll visually reinforce the need for solid technique, which is followed by thoughtful discussion and analysis. You can benefit from working with resident faculty, as well as guest teaching artists and choreographers.
The program consists of eight levels of ballet training, which allows students to be placed in the appropriate level, based on technical ability. Classes include ballet technique, pointe and variations, pas de deux, male technique and rehearsal and performance, as well as supplemental classes in Pilates and body alignment.
Guest Teaching Artists and Choreographers Have Included:
Laura Alonso
Elyse Borne
Alexander Filipov
Melissa Hayden
Alan Hineline
Christian Holder
Darla Hoover
Virginia Johnson
Stephen Mills
Duncan Noble
Ruth Page
Margo Sappington
Stuart Sebastian
Marina Stravitskaya
Lynne Taylor-Corbett
Edward Villella
Patricia Wilde
Selected Repertoire:
George Balanchine’s Valse Fantaisie, Raymonda Variations and Donizetti Variations™
Ruth Page’s Bolero and Carmina Burana™
Marius Petipa’s Raymonda, Sleeping Beauty, Paquita, Don Quixote and Swan Lake™
David Lichine’s Graduation Ball™
Michael Fokine’s Les Sylphides™
Lew Christensen’s Con Amore™
A world premiere of Cinderella™
Perrot and Corallia’s Giselle™
