Ballet Level 5
Intermediate Pointe • Ages ~13–15/17 | Elevation, Clarity & Personal Voice

Ballet Level Five is where the dancer begins to move with confidence and presence — where technique is no longer something they try to do, but something they inhabit.

This is a stage of refinement, maturity, and artistic identity.

 

Students entering Level Five have completed Ballet Level Four and have demonstrated consistent strength, placement, pointe readiness, and the discipline required to work at an intermediate level. They understand that progress comes through repetition, patience, and attention to detail — and that artistry and precision must grow together.

 

In this level, dancers learn to move with intention. They refine the quality of transitions, the clarity of batterie, the control of balances, and the depth of musical phrasing. They begin to explore who they are as artists — what nuance, softness, power, and musical expression feel like in their own bodies.

 

Parents continue to support this journey with consistency, encouragement, and trust — allowing the dancer to take ownership of their training and their growth.

 

This is where dancers begin not just to perform ballet — but to express it.

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Curriculum Overview​

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Level Five deepens technical clarity, pointe strength, directional awareness, and expressive phrasing. Dancers continue journaling corrections, pointe notes, and personal discoveries.

 

• Warm-Up / Floor: Theraband wing/sickle control, relevé endurance (two feet and one foot), hamstring and hip mobility, core stabilization.

• Barre: Demi & grand pliés with épaulement, tendu/dégagé en croix with accents, rond de jambe à terre and en l’air, fondu on demi-pointe, frappé single/double, petit battement serré, développés above 90°, attitudes with control, grand battement with suspension, battement fouetté relevés, échappé relevé with battu, and fouetté preparation coordination.

• Center: Adagio with promenade in arabesque, attitude and écarté; pas de basque simple and turning; multiple pirouettes en dehors and en dedans; pirouette arabesque and attitude; à la seconde turns (single); soutenu en tournant; chaînés with expressive port de bras; piqué turns (multiple); pas de bourrée en tournant; and introductory fouetté phrasing.

• Petit Allegro: Assemblé battu, cabriole variations, entrechat quatre/trois/cinq, brisé front/back, royale, sissonne ouverte & fermée, échappé sauté battu, ballonné, ballotté.

• Grand Allegro: Saut de chat, grand jeté, jeté double, tour jeté entrelacé (progression), coupé jeté en tournant, manège jetés, balancé en tournant, saut de basque en tournant.

• Across the Floor: Double piqué turns, lame duck (step-over) turns, pas de chat russe, assemblé en tournant, coupé jeté diagonal, waltz with épaulement patterns, grand jeté directional progressions.

• Pointe Work:

  Barre: relevés (2 feet/1 foot), sous-sus, échappés, piqué passé.

  Center: bourrées, soutenu turns, piqué turns (doubles), chaînés diagonale, relevé arabesque traveling, ballonné relevé, and hops sur pointe.

  Pirouette: doubles en dehors, singles en dedans on pointe.

• Artistry & Habits:

  Habit Focus: Curiosity — exploring musical timing, breath, épaulement, and expressive choice.

  Goal: Present mature adagio with head/eye intention and clean batterie with controlled port de bras.

 

 

 

By the end of Ballet Level Five, dancers show clarity, elevation, and expressive maturity. Their pointe work becomes confident and articulate; their petit allegro precise; their turns intentional and centered.

 

They begin to dance with voice — not only technique.

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This is where a dancer becomes an artist.