Ballet Level 7
Pre-Professional • Ages ~16–18+ | Projection, Independence & Performance Readiness

Ballet Level Seven is where dancers step into full artistic ownership. Movement becomes intentional, clear, and communicative — less about showing the technique, and more about communicating through it.

Students entering this level have completed Ballet Level Six and demonstrate maturity in pointe work, control in turns, clarity in footwork, and consistency across combinations. This level focuses on elevating performance presence, stamina, nuance, and adaptability — preparing students for conservatory, collegiate, or pre-professional environments.

Parents continue to offer support through balance, encouragement, and trust as dancers begin transitioning toward independence in how they train, rehearse, and carry themselves.

This level asks dancers to move with authority, calm confidence, and personal identity — to step forward as the artist they have been working toward becoming.

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Curriculum Overview

Ballet Level Seven strengthens performance quality, layered musical phrasing, pointe endurance, and audition-level readiness. Students maintain a detailed training journal for corrections, rehearsal notes, and artistic goals.

• Warm-Up / Floor: Weighted relevé conditioning, Theraband pointe strengthening, rotational core training, penchée and oversplit extension with safe alignment.

• Barre: Demi and grand pliés with fluid port de bras; tendu and dégagé en croix in multiple tempi; rond de jambe à terre and en l’air (single and double); fondu to relevé in attitude and arabesque; frappé double/triple with battu; petit battement serré; développés above 120°; flic-flac en tournant; fouetté à terre phrasing; grand battement with directional facings; pirouette preparation for consecutive multiple turns.

• Center: Adagio with penchée and fouetté phrasing; triple/quad pirouettes en dehors and en dedans; à la seconde turns (multiple); pirouette arabesque and attitude; piqué turns doubles/triples en diagonale; pas de basque en tournant; mazurka and polonaise transitions.

• Petit Allegro: Entrechat quatre/cinq/six/huit; brisé volé and brisé battu; cabriole devant/derrière/à la seconde; jeté battu and assemblé battu; sissonne ouverte and fermée; ballonné and ballotté phrasing.

• Grand Allegro: Grand jeté manège; jeté en tournant with beats; saut de chat développé; pas de chat russe and pas de chat italien; manège coupé jeté en tournant; directional allegro phrasing and stamina.

• Across the Floor: Multiple piqué turns en dehors and en dedans; chaînés at performance tempo; step-over turn sequences; waltz and polonaise phrasing with épaulement; manège pirouette variations.

• Pointe Work:

  Barre: full advanced barre on pointe; fouetté relevés; ballonné relevés.

  Center: 32 fouetté turns; Italian fouettés; double/triple pirouettes en dehors/en dedans; bourrée pathways; ballonné on pointe; hops sur pointe; grand allegro sequences on pointe.

  Partnering (if offered): supported promenades, partnered turns, and basic lifts.

• Artistry & Habits:

  Habit Focus: Sharpen the Saw — sustaining physical, mental, and emotional health at a high training level.

  Goal: Perform complete classical and contemporary variations with clarity, presence, and interpretive maturity.

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Outcome

By the end of Ballet Level Seven, dancers demonstrate readiness for pre-professional training environments. They show refined technique, clean pointe work, sophisticated musical awareness, and the ability to self-correct and adapt in rehearsal and performance settings.

This is where the dancer steps forward — not just trained, but prepared.