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Index 141 Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations. accent in music, 79, 82, 84 accompanists. See pianists for dance classes aches and pains, 122–25 achilles tendon, 66, 67 achilles tendonitis, 124 Adage: in center practice, 34, 35; description and execution, 47; développ é in, 45; fondu and, 42; french school’s emphasis on, 8; music for, 89; notation for, 52; use in classes, 23, 38, 39 adagio (musical tempo), 88, 114 advertising one’s studio, 131 À la quatrième derrière, 26, 30; dégagé in, 42; rond de jambe à terre in, 42 À la quatrième devant, 26, 27; dégagé in, 42; rond de jambe à terre in, 42 À la seconde, 26, 29; in adage, 47; dégagé in, 42; développé and, 44; pirouettes, 50; turnout and, 3 alcohol abuse, 123–24 allegretto, 88 Allegro: dégagé in, 41; description, 48; exercises, 48–49; italian school’s emphasis on, 8; rond de jambe en l’air in, 44; use of, in classes, 23 allegro (musical tempo), 88 american Ballet Theatre (aBt), 16, 51, 81 american Ballet Theatre national training Curriculum (ntC), 16, 21, 26 Anatomy and Ballet, 73 anatomy for dancers, 54–78; breathing , 68–69; dancing on pointe, 72–73; feet, 71–72; foundation, 55–62; importance in pedagogy, 96; individual differences, 118, 121; injuries and, 121, 123; knee joint, 70; muscle memory, 69–70; muscles and stretching, 67–68; place in ballet pedagogy, 54–55; placement through the feet, 65–67; spine and skeletal alignment, 63–64, 125; swayback knees, 71; turnout and, 73–78 andante, 88 ankles: dancing on pointe and, 73; injuries to, 3, 124 anorexia, 128, 129 anterior cruciate ligaments (aCl), 77, 123, 124 Arabesques, 26, 31–33; adage and, 47; Cecchetti, 31–33; de côté, 102; développ é and, 44; oppositional energy in, 119; pain in, 64; placement in, 61; positioning in square, 102 142 index Assemblé: in allegro, 48, 49; brisé in, 25; dégagé and, 41 association of operatic dancing of Great Britain, 14 Attitude croisé devant, 9 Attitude derrière, 64 Attitude effacé derrière, 10 Attitudes, 9, 47 audition process, 22 axial movements, 26, 37, 46 Back injuries, 124 Balancé, 2, 34 Balanchine, George, 14, 15–16 Balanchine style® , 16 Balanchine technique® , 16 Ballet class: for adolescents, 23–24, 36, 90, 106, 111, 116; for adult beginners , 24, 46–47, 90, 106, 111; barre exercises for, 24, 34–35, 36–46; center floor work in, 34–35, 46–49; for children, 23, 24, 36, 46–47, 60, 90, 106, 111, 116; clothing for, 41; competition in, 94, 137; components of, 8–9; constructing, 34–37; counting systems for, 83–86, 103; dances used in, 84–85; goals and objectives in, 20–23, 26, 35, 105; group learning in, 91; injury release waiver for, 117; length of, 36; levels, 90–91; music in, 79–89,103, 113–15; notating, 51–53; pacing, 25–26, 35, 110–12; pointe work, 50; repetition in, 94–95, 96; révérence in, 49–50; rote learning in, 96; sequential progression in, 25–26, 34, 35–36; size of, 112; student/teacher relationship, 34, 91–94, 96–98, 109, 115–18; students’ responsibilities and behavior, 91–94; use of accompanist in, 79, 83, 86–89 Ballet Comique de la Reine, 7 Ballet d’action, 7 Ballet dancers: aches and pains, 122–25; anatomy for, 54–78; bad habits and, 123–24; desirable qualities in, 3, 36, 60–61, 105, 136–37; ear training for, 80; eating disorders, 124, 128–29; injuries to, 121–26; life skills of, 136–37; nutrition, 127–28; qualities and responsibilities of, 92–93 Ballet de cour, 7–8, 17 Ballet pedagogy: american eclecticism in, 21, 22; anatomy’s place in, 54–55; barre exercises order in, 37–38; evaluating teaching methods, 16–17, 21–22; flaws in, 1–4; french terminology in, 40, 51–52, 103; goals and objectives of, 2, 3, 20–23, 26, 35, 55, 105, 113; historical synopsis of, 6–19; impediments in, 35; “lesson” construction, 8–9, 99; music’s place in, 79–83; origins of, 7–8; plateaus in, 93; repetition in, 94–95, 96; retraining difficulties, 54, 71, 95, 123; sequential progression in, 25–26, 34, 35–36, 103–4; skills in, 102–20; statesupported schools, 22; syllabus for, 21–22, 23–26, 34; teaching and learning process, 90–95. See also specific methods and schools; teaching skills Ballets russes, 12, 15, 19, 100 Ballet studios: advertising, 131; business plan for...