Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn

Address: 251 Avenue U

Brooklyn, NY  11223

Entrance is on Van Sicklen Street

Email: info@covenantballet.org

Phone: 718-891-6199

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Curriculum

"Covenant manages to provide a very high level, quality education in a very nurturing and positive environment." -- Academy Parent

 

 

Ballet Curriculum

 

Safety is our top priority. Our dedicated use of the American Ballet Theatre’s National Training Curriculum is your assurance of safety and dependability.

 

The AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE® National Training Curriculum is a breakthrough 8 level program that combines high quality artistic training with the basics of dancer health and child development. The ABT® National Training Curriculum consists of a comprehensive set of age-appropriate, outcome-based guidelines to provide the highest quality ballet training to dance students of all ages and skill levels. 

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End of year ballet exams are required of all student program ballet students in order to determine progress and advancement.  The exams help students understand the significance of the classroom work for their development as dancers.  Also better objectivity and feedback is achieved when several faculty members, some who may have never met the students, administer the exams and determine advancement.

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2020 Student Program Ballet Exam Week: June 1 - 6, 2020

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Modern/Contemporary/Modern Jazz Curriculum

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The Academy also provides classes in modern, contemporary and modern jazz dance to broaden each student's movement range.  

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Early Steps Classes

CREATIVE MOVEMENT (3 & 4 years)

A fun, loosely structured 45 minute class introducing simple exercises and creative games to build coordination, stretch, musicality and strength. 

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PRIMARY 1 (5 years)

Continued development of coordination, stretch, musicality and strength through creative and imaginative games. 

 

PRIMARY 2 (6 years)

Building more structure with greater demand for focus. Continued development of coordination, stretch, musicality and strength.

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PRIMARY 3 (7 years)

A 60 minute class, preparing students for the beginner ballet curriculum, thus increasing more structure and demanding more stamina and focus. 

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Student Program Ballet Classes

GARNET 1 & 2  (8 years and up)

2 classes per week

Teaching and building on the fundamentals of the ballet technique (as per the ABT® National Curriculum).

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SAPPHIRE 1 & 2 (9 years and up) 

3 classes per week

Solidifying the fundamentals with increased ballet vocabulary. Girls evaluated and prepared for pointe shoes. 

 

​AMETHYST 1 & 2 (10 years and up) 

3 classes per week

Moving beyond the fundamentals. Pointe work for approved girls. 

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EMERALD (12 years and up)

4 classes per week

Elementary ballet with greater emphasis on artistry and epaulement.  Pointe work. 

 

LAPIS (13 years and up) 

5 classes per week

Intermediate ballet vocabulary. Pointe and Variations work. 

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ONYX (14 years and up) 

5 classes per week

Advanced ballet vocabulary. Pointe and Variations work. 

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Student Program Modern Classes

MODERN 1 (7.5 years and up)

A dance class introducing the structures and shapes found within Lester Horton technique. The students will learn how to achieve these shapes in predictable sequence, and have time to explore dynamic movement and rhythm through creative and varied choreography.

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MODERN 2/3 (pre-requisite Level 1)

Building and expanding on the structures established in Modern 1 while challenging students with increased athleticism and longer phrases of varied choreography.

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CONTEMPORARY 1 (8 years and up)
This class introduces modern to younger students with a creative and enjoyable approach while learning fundamentals of contemporary dance technique.

 

CONTEMPORARY 2/3 (pre-requisite Level 1)

Based on the Release technique and the Limon technique, this class challenges students to take their previous knowledge of technique and develop a sense of artistry through movement. The class explore approaches to choreography and improvisation. 

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MODERN JAZZ 1/2 (8 years and up)

Jazz dance is a hybrid of tap, latin, Afro-Carribean movement and more. This class blends this american genre with some ballet and modern dance technique. Students are introduced to the syncopated movement and rhythms of jazz along with the broad athleticism of modern dance helping them gain strength, speed, coordination, musicality and creativity.