Teaching Certification
Teachers who participate in the certified level of each of the Bolshoi Ballet Academy online seminars and pass the exam will receive a teaching certificate.
We will re-certify you as an active Bolshoi Academy Vaganova syllabus method practitioner each calendar year after the seminar is attended.
Student Certification
If the teacher certified by our method decides to continue to practice the Vaganova Method learned at our seminars with their students, we will be able to certify the students based on the knowledge received by their teacher at our seminars.
Professional Levels Pre Ballet, Years 1, 2, 3;
We will certify professional levels which are based on the full syllabus of the Bolshoi Ballet Academy seminars. The students must exhibit understanding and good execution of the syllabus for each level.
Special advanced student requirements will be put in place for professional Years 4 and 5.
Recreational Levels Pre Ballet to Years 1, 2, 3;
Each of our professional yearly seminars will be extended to two years of recreational training.
For instance:
The pre-ballet professional year will become two recreational course-level segments of certification:
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Recreational Pre-ballet level 1 for the students of 5 to 7 y.o.
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Recreational Pre-ballet level 2 for the students of 7 to 9 y.o.
The professional years 1, 2, and 3 will each have two recreational levels of certification.
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Professional seminar of year 1 of the Bolshoi Academy Vaganova syllabus will include recreational levels 1 and 2.
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Professional seminar of year 2 of the Bolshoi Academy Vaganova syllabus will include recreational levels 3 and 4.
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Professional seminar of year 3 of the Bolshoi Academy Vaganova syllabus will include recreational levels 5 and 6.
If you take Pre-ballet to Year 3 professional course seminars, you can teach 8 years of recreational Vaganova method or four years of the professional track.
Student Examinations
PROFESSIONAL TRACK PRE BALLET TO YEAR 5
The students will be examined in groups of 5 or individually.
The requirements are to submit a video of a single combination for each part of the Vaganova syllabus:
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a barre syllabus combination;
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a center sullabus combination;
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an allegro syllabus combination;
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a pointe work syllabus combination;
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a choreography syllabus combination (refers to pre-ballet, character dance, historical dance only)
RECREATIONAL TRACK PRE-BALLET TO YEAR 3
The students will be examined in groups of 5 or individually.
The students will have to submit the video recording based on the exact execution of the three combinations provided by Bolshoi Academy Faculty with the elements breakdown study sent to the students in advance.
The students will be examined on:
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dance techique;
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musicality;
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correct placement;
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coordinational ability;
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expression and artistry;
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overall achievement;
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special personal evaluation by the acsademy master techer;