METHOD OF TEACHING PREPARATIONAL
PHYSICALITY, MUSICALITY, AND BODY
DEVELOPMENT FOR PRE-BALLET LEVEL
AT BOLSHOI BALLET ACADEMY
May 14-18, 2025;
PRE-BALLET VAGANOVA SYLLABUS FOR 5+ Y.O., ONLINE
Live from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy Studios
16:00-17:30* Wednesday-Friday (May 14, 15 and 16)
16:00-19:00*, Saturday-Sunday (May 17 and 18)
* UTC/GMT +3 hrs
- Bolshoi Ballet Academy Vaganova curriculum (5+ y.o.)
- Practical classes with Academy’s full-time faculty methodologist
- Simultaneous translation into English (Japanese and Spanish by request)
- Live Demonstration by Bolshoi Academy Students
- Official certificate
- A syllabus of the Pre-Ballet program is included as part of handout
- Original piano accompaniment music recording is included as part of handout
- Non-certified option available
- Written and video examinations
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- The seminar’s aim is to reach a systematic, consequent, and methodically complete preparation for the career of ballet teacher by following the professional training Programs of the Bolshoi Ballet Academy of Moscow. This course is taught by Ekaterina Trunina, the leading teacher of Bolshoi Ballet Academy.
Pre-ballet Bolshoi Ballet Academy Training.
Barre, Center, Allegro, Pointe work
- The seminar’s aim is to reach a systematic, consequent, and methodically complete preparation for the career of ballet teacher by following the professional training Programs of the Bolshoi Ballet Academy of Moscow. This course is taught by Ekaterina Trunina, the leading teacher of Bolshoi Ballet Academy.
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Program Description
Establishing the professional foundation for the teaching method of Pre Ballet for the young pupils. Development of motor skills, coordination, and musicality. This workshop has four important parts:
1. Parterre gymnastics – development of the physical ability
2. Rhythmics – develops a sense of rhythm in children. Helps to move in accordance with the character, tempo, and rhythm of a particular piece of music
3. Foundations of Classical Dance – preparation for mastering the basics of classical dance. Familiarization with the elementary vocabulary of classical dance, setting the body, arms, legs, head in correct positions.
4. Dance Etudes – Exploring various dances and choreographies for children: Polonaise, Menuet, Gavot, Polka, etc.
Course Fee: Pre-Ballet Teacher Training Seminar
Certified Track — $1,000 USD
Access to all course materials, including class music album, Level 2 syllabus and 2 weeks of access to video playback of the course. Gain a certified credential upon completion of a written exam, demonstrating your mastery of this course.
Non-Certified Track — $700 USD
Access all course materials and 24-hour access to video playback of our classes in case you can’t attend them online. No examination.
Course Instructions and Links to Classes
The email with the instructions, course materials, and link to our online classes will be sent to your email address along with the payment confirmation.
Examination and Certification
The participants of the certified tier of the program will be offered an exam and an assignment that will be checked by the Academy teachers.
If the exam is passed successfully, you will receive a certificate of completion signed by the Dean of the Bolshoi Academy, stating your attendance and the result of the exam. The certificate comes in the form of a digital file and will be sent to your email address.
This program is presented by:
Ekaterina Trunina
Ekaterina was born and raised in Moscow. She graduated from Bolshoi Ballet Academy in 1999. She had joined the Stanislavsky Ballet Theatre where she had become a soloist ballerina and performed with the company until 2008. Ekaterina had performed numerous roles in such ballets as The Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, The Nutcracker, Giselle and Scheherazade.
In 2003, Ekaterina had received a Teaching Degree from Bolshoi Ballet Academy Higher Education department and was promoted to a full time professorship at the Bolshoi Academy in 2014.
Miss Trunina had traveled extensively to Korea, USA, Italy and Spain as a master teacher for Bolshoi Ballet Academy workshops and master classes.
In 2022 Ekaterina Trunina defended her thesis on “Stage Practice in Dance School Training”. She is supervisor of students from the professional retraining programs for “Ballet Pedagogy” of the Bolshoi Ballet Academy.
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