Ballet Level 6
Advanced Pointe • Ages ~14–16 | Refinement, Ease & Professional Awareness

​Ballet Level Six is where movement begins to look effortless. The work becomes more spacious, more musical, more connected — less about trying and more about allowing.

 

Students entering this level have completed Ballet Level Five and train multiple times per week on pointe. They have the strength, alignment, and clarity needed for advanced turning sequences, elevation, and directional control. Ballet Level Six focuses on refining the dancer’s line, phrasing, and dynamic expression — learning how to shape movement with artistry and control.

 

Parents continue to play a supportive role, offering consistency, rest, and encouragement as dancers learn to balance discipline with self-awareness and injury prevention.

 

This level asks dancers to move with confidence, maturity, and personal presence — to carry not only technique, but intention.

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Curriculum Overview​

Ballet Level Six deepens pointe strength, clarity in allegro, multiple pirouettes, and expressive musicality. Students continue keeping a training journal to track corrections and progress.

 

• Warm-Up / Floor: Core activation with rotation, relevé endurance with added resistance, Theraband foot articulation work, and turnout conditioning.

• Barre: Demi and grand pliés with full port de bras; tendu and dégagé en croix with épaulement; rond de jambe à terre and en l’air (single and double); fondu on relevé; frappé with clear articulation; petit battement serré; ballotté at barre; flic-flac turns; développés with grand rond de jambe renversé; attitude balances; grand battement with directional facings; battement fouetté relevés; pirouette preparation for multiple turns.

• Center: Adagio with promenade in arabesque penchée and attitude; multiple pirouettes en dehors and en dedans; pirouette arabesque, attitude, and à la seconde (intro); piqué arabesque and piqué passé turns; pas de basque en tournant and contretemps.

• Petit Allegro: Assemblé battu; cabriole devant/derrière/à la seconde; brisé volé; entrechat three/five/six; jeté battu; sissonne ouverte and fermée.

• Grand Allegro: Grand jeté en tournant; jeté en tournant with rond de jambe en l’air; saut de chat développé; manège coupé jeté en tournant; pas de chat italien; ballonné and ballotté phrasing.

• Across the Floor: Multiple piqué turns en dehors and en dedans; fast chaînés with spotting; step-over turn sequences; waltz turns with épaulement; manège pirouettes and jeté variations.

• Pointe Work:

  Barre: relevé fondu, échappé battu, développés on pointe.

  Center: double and triple pirouettes en dehors and en dedans; multiple piqué turns; sequences of fouetté turns (8–16); introductory Italian fouettés; traveling relevé arabesque; ballonné relevé; hops sur pointe.

• Artistry & Habits:

  Habit Focus: Synergy — connecting footwork, port de bras, épaulement, and musical phrasing as one continuous expression.

  Goal: Shape turning and traveling sequences with clarity, breath, and cohesive line.

 

 

 

By the end of Ballet Level Six, dancers show strength without tension, elevation without strain, and artistry without effort. They carry composure, musicality, and presence that reflects maturity and intention.

 

This is where the dancer moves with ease — and begins to look fully at home in the art.