Level D
Goals
- Strengthening the relevé.
- Solidifying pirouettes: doubles from 5th, 2nd and 4th; on pointe as well.
- Introduction of more complicated turns (flic-flac, fouettés, attitude and arabesque, en dehors piqués) and jumps (temps de cuisse, brisé, cabriole, saut-de-basques, etc.)
- Increasing ballet vocabulary through new steps.
- Continued work on movement quality, through more complex combinations of steps, and emphasis on the transitions between them.