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Dance skills
19 skills, beginner to advanced. 18 of them can be checked from a phone video with honest form analysis — no fake scores.
Beginner
5Alignment & Pulling Up
Everything in dance begins with ALIGNMENT and 'PULLING UP' — a sense of lengthening up thr…
Analysis
Turnout from the Hips
Turnout — the outward rotation of the legs that defines ballet's lines — is the most impor…
Analysis
The Five Positions
The five positions of the feet are the 'alphabet' of ballet — the starting and ending poin…
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Plié & Relevé
Plié (to bend) and relevé (to rise) are the two most fundamental movements — the foundatio…
Analysis
Pointing & Foot Articulation
Pointed feet and articulate footwork are central to dance's line — a fully pointed foot ex…
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Intermediate
5The Arabesque Line
The arabesque is one of ballet's signature shapes — standing on one leg with the other ext…
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Attitude & Passé
Attitude and passé are two key shapes built on a single supporting leg. ATTITUDE is like a…
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Balances & Relevé Control
Holding balances — especially on relevé (demi-pointe) — builds the control every turn depe…
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The Single Pirouette
The pirouette — a 360° turn on one leg — is dance's signature turn, and the single is wher…
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Sauté & Soft Landings
A sauté (jump) and its landing teach the plié's two jobs: power and absorption. The sequen…
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Advanced
5Spotting & Turn Control
Spotting is the technique that makes clean, controlled turns possible — you fix your eyes …
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Piqué & Chaîné Turns
Piqué and chaîné turns travel across the floor and live or die on spotting and alignment. …
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Extension & Line Quality
Line quality is the aesthetic heart of dance, and EXTENSION — how high and how cleanly you…
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Jumps & Ballon
Bigger jumps — jetés, grand jetés, sissonnes — are about BALLON: the look of light, suspen…
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Port de Bras & Épaulement
Port de bras (carriage of the arms) and épaulement (the angle of the shoulders/upper body)…
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Insane
4Multiple Pirouettes & Fouettés
Multiple pirouettes and fouettés are the pinnacle of turning — and they're built entirely …
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Adage: Control & Extension
Adage (adagio) is slow, sustained, controlled movement — développés, promenades, penchés, …
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Line & Technique Scoring
Dance is evaluated — in competitions, auditions, and graded exams — on LINE, alignment, tu…
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Healthy Training & Injury Care
Dance carries a high injury burden — ballet musculoskeletal-injury prevalence often exceed…