Classes &
Levels

The earliest introduction to classical structure.

Dancers build musicality, listening skills, and the very first vocabulary of ballet — how to stand, how to move with intention, how to follow a combination from start to finish.

Curriculum Focus

• —Basic body alignment and posture awareness
• —Introduction to the five positions of the feet
• —Simple rhythmic and musicality exercises
• —Foundational classroom discipline and etiquette

Structure sharpens.

Dancers begin working with more consistency at the barre and start to understand ballet as a discipline, not just a series of movements.

Curriculum Focus

• —Expanded positions of the feet and arms (port de bras I–II)
• —Simple barre combinations at a slow tempo
• —Continued musicality and counting development
• —Early spatial awareness in center work

The formal technical foundation begins here.

Alignment, turnout, and épaulement become the non-negotiable fundamentals every level after this one is built on.

Curriculum Focus

• —Full barre progression — pliés, tendus, dégagés
• —Correct alignment and turnout development
• —Introduction to épaulement and port de bras III
• —Simple center combinations, no traveling steps yet

Center work expands.

Dancers begin connecting barre technique to movement across the floor, and musical phrasing becomes part of every combination.

Curriculum Focus

• —Expanded barre — rond de jambe, fondu, frappé
• —Introductory center adagio
• —Petit allegro basics (temps levé, changement, échappé)
• —Continued turnout, plié depth, and foot articulation

The bridge between foundational and pre-pointe technique.

Combinations grow longer and more demanding, and dancers are held to a higher standard of consistency and control. Trains alongside Ballet II, with technical expectations placed at the Ballet III standard.

Curriculum Focus

• —Increased barre and center combination complexity
• —Traveling allegro across the floor
• —Pirouette preparation (relevé passé, single spot work)
• —Strength and conditioning to prepare the body for pointe

Pointe work begins — on a readiness basis, not automatically by age.

This is a pivotal level. Dancers who are cleared for pointe are marked with a skirt to reflect that milestone.

Curriculum Focus

• —Pointe work introduced (individual readiness assessment required)
• —Pirouette development, single pirouettes en dehors/en dedans
• —Sustained adagio and line control
• —Increased allegro complexity and jump technique

Technical range expands significantly.

Dancers work toward advanced pointe vocabulary, more demanding turning sequences, and the beginning of true performance polish.

Curriculum Focus

• —Advanced pointe combinations
• —Multiple pirouettes, advanced turning sequences
• —Grand allegro introduction (jetés, grand pas de chat)
• —Variation study begins

THE METHOD's highest standard technique class.

Dancers here are trained with full conservatory expectations — polish, artistry, and consistency at a pre-professional level.

Curriculum Focus

• —Full grand allegro vocabulary
• —Advanced multi-turn pirouette sequences
• —Full-length variation study and performance quality
• —Audition- and company-prep level polish

Entry point into competitive-track coaching.

Dancers refine technique with a performance-focused, audition-ready standard layered onto their regular training. Invitation-only, eligibility-gated. Runs alongside — not in place of — regular technique training.

Curriculum Focus

• —Refined technical precision under performance conditions
• —Introductory variation and solo coaching
• —Performance quality and stage presence fundamentals

Advanced competitive coaching.

Dancers work on more demanding repertoire with an emphasis on artistry, consistency, and competition-readiness.

Curriculum Focus

• —Advanced variation and solo repertoire coaching
• —Competition-specific performance training
• —Refined artistry and musical interpretation

The top tier of THE METHOD's program.

Reserved for our most advanced dancers, held to a professional caliber of technique, artistry, and performance readiness.

Curriculum Focus

• —Professional-caliber variation and repertoire work
• —Elite competition and pre-professional audition preparation
• —Full artistic and technical polish at THE METHOD's highest standard