The Level 2 Intensive Workshops allow you to focus and grow in each specific area of dance technique. Each one is delivered as a one or two day workshop, that can be taken for your area of interest. The classes typically run from 9am to 5pm, or 9am - 4pm for the two day workshops, which allows each area to be explored in greater detail and provides age appropriate progressions, modifications for injury & personal experience.
For the latest dates and locations of upcoming courses CLICK HERE or check out the individual listings at the bottom of this page.
Level 2 - Training Turnout in Tiny Dancers
For Dance Teachers and Health Professionals
Many teachers struggle with hip pain and injuries in their adolescent dancers, but few realise how much of this stems from the training that children had in their early years. This course delves into the delicate art of training turnout in tiny dancers, through to adolescents. In conjunction with early childhood Master Teacher Beverly Spell, we explore safe ways to develop both range and control in young hips, preparing them for higher level work in the future, while having fun with creative play in the classroom. All good learning is laid down in layers; we explore what concepts need to be introduced at what ages and how to practice this in class.
This course is perfect for teachers who are looking to incorporate the right preparatory exercises into their tiny dancer classes to help them develop correctly and avoid injury in their hips.
Some students seem blessed with lots of range but lack the ability to control it, while others constantly struggle with the mobility of their hips. This makes training a group of students a constant challenge.
In this systematic and comprehensive approach to training turnout in young artists, Lisa and Beverly provide dance teachers with direct techniques to use in class to safely develop optimal range and control of motion in all dance students. This program begins by establishing strength and control in parallel, before adding on the control of rotation, which is hugely important in the long term health of dancers’ hips. Using elements of fun and creative play to bring scientific and detailed training programs into dance schools is a unique and effective way to help thousands of young students worldwide.
We believe that at younger ages, children should be playing and exploring the full movement of their bodies. Pushing them into ballet class at a young age and not letting them do anything else is a way to diminish all natural movement and lower their body awareness. Climbing trees and swimming, for example, are great ways for them to train the diagonal fascial lines that run through their body which will help them later in their careers once they start performing more dynamic movements.
This course is perfect for teachers who are looking to incorporate the right preparatory exercises into their tiny dancer classes to help them develop correctly and avoid injury in their hips.
During this course, we aim to train teachers to work with their tiny dancers by exploring:
- Visualisation and pretend play
- The physical development of young students
- The importance of crawling
- Anatomical variations and other factors that may affect physicality
- Safe stretches for young dancers
We then look at a 6 stage program designed for students aged 4-8 to gradually prepare them for the demands of dance training. This includes:
- Encouraging natural development of core stability
- Sustained balance on one leg
- Awareness of rotation from the hip
- Cross BODY patterning
- Introduction of more formed ballet
- Maintaining turnout through movement
New Online Video Training Coming in 2020!
Completing the 3 Day Level One Teacher Training is recommended prior to attending any of the Level Two Intensives. If you attend any of our Level Two workshops prior to attending Level One you will be recommended to sign up to our Level One Teacher Training Portal for three months prior to the workshop going ahead. For further information about this, please contact us on workshops@theballetblog.com.
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Add to cartMORE INFO2 Day Flexibility Intensive- Level 2 Teacher Training, Calgary, Canada, Feb 2020
$550.00All prices are in AUD – Check the current exchange rate to your local currency HERE
Location: Crossings Dance
Address: #223, 229-153rd Ave, SE, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2X 2K2
Flexibility Intensive – Sunday 9th & Monday 10th February 2020
The Level 2 Dance Teacher Intensive Workshops allow you to focus and grow in each specific area of dance technique. Each one is delivered as a detailed two day workshop, that can be taken in your area of interest. These intensive classes allow each area to be explored in greater detail and provides age appropriate progressions, modifications for injury & personal experience.
Please Note: Level 2 Courses are designed as an extension of the Level 1 course. Please make sure to revise the content in Level 1 before attending.
If you are booking for more than one attendee, please make sure to use each attendee’s personal details (Name and Email) so that they are correctly registered and receive all of the appropriate information.
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Add to cartMORE INFO2 Day Pointe Intensive – Level 2 Teacher Training, Paris, France, June, 2020
$550.00Location: Studio Bio Pilates Paris
Address: 2 Rue Boyer, 75020 Paris, FranceThursday 18th June, 2020 9am to 4pm
Friday 19th June, 2020 9am to 4pmProgressing onto pointe is one of the biggest rites of passage a young dancer faces, it is often very exciting. However, it is also very challenging, and the excitement of that shiny new pair of shoes is often quickly soured with the onset of pain and blisters. But it does not have to be this way! Given a slow and carful preparation, along with a detailed assessment of the dancer before pointe work is introduced, it can be one of the most amazing times, and open up a whole new world of possibilities in dance.
During this two day Level 2 Teacher Training – Pointe Intensive training course you will learn:
- Details of the correct training and preparation for pointe work
- How to complete a thorough pre-pointe assessment
- Mobilisation techniques to safely improve pointe range
- Corrective exercises to achieve optimal alignment before commencing pointe work
- How to choose the right pointe shoe based on the biomechanics of the foot
- How to tailor the pointe shoe for a perfect fit
- Good foundation pointe exercises that will give the student excellent basic pointe technique
- How to prevent injuries on pointe
- Answers to all of the common questions asked about starting en pointe
Our Pointe Intensive is designed for both teachers and therapists!
If you are booking for more than one attendee, please make sure to use each attendee’s personal details (Name and Email) so that they are correctly registered and receive all of the appropriate information.
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Add to cartMORE INFOProtected: 2 Day Pointe Intensive – Level 2 Teacher Training, Sydney, AU, August, 2020
$450.00 AUDLocation: En Pointe Dance Academy
Address: 9a Resolution Drive, Caringbah, NSW,2229Saturday 29th August, 2020 9am to 4pm
Sunday 30th August, 2020 9am to 4pmProgressing onto pointe is one of the biggest rites of passage a young dancer faces, it is often very exciting. However, it is also very challenging, and the excitement of that shiny new pair of shoes is often quickly soured with the onset of pain and blisters. But it does not have to be this way! Given a slow and carful preparation, along with a detailed assessment of the dancer before pointe work is introduced, it can be one of the most amazing times, and open up a whole new world of possibilities in dance.
During this two day Level 2 Teacher Training – Pointe Intensive training course you will learn:
- Details of the correct training and preparation for pointe work
- How to complete a thorough pre-pointe assessment
- Mobilisation techniques to safely improve pointe range
- Corrective exercises to achieve optimal alignment before commencing pointe work
- How to choose the right pointe shoe based on the biomechanics of the foot
- How to tailor the pointe shoe for a perfect fit
- Good foundation pointe exercises that will give the student excellent basic pointe technique
- How to prevent injuries on pointe
- Answers to all of the common questions asked about starting en pointe
Our Pointe Intensive is designed for both teachers and therapists!
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Select optionsLevel 2 Intensive Series in Munich, GERMANY
$330.00 – $550.00All prices are in AUD – Check the current exchange rate to your local currency HERE
Location: Ballettzentrum Unterhaching Pirouette
Address: Südstraße 8, 82008 Unterhaching, Munich, Germany
Core Intensive – Friday 12th June 2020
Flexibility Intensive – Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th June 2020The Level 2 Intensive Workshops allow you to focus and grow in each specific area of dance technique. Each one is delivered as a full one or two day workshop, that can be taken in your area of interest. These intensive classes allow each area to be explored in greater detail and provides age appropriate progressions, modifications for injury & personal experience.
If you are booking for more than one attendee, please make sure to use each attendee’s personal details (Name and Email) so that they are correctly registered and receive all of the appropriate information.
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Select optionsLevel 2 Intensive Series in Oslo, Norway, March, 2020
$550.00All prices are in AUD – Check the current exchange rate to your local currency HERE
Location: Den Norske Opera & Ballett
Address: Kirsten Flagstads Pl. 1, N-0150 Oslo, NorwayPointe Intensive – Friday 20th & Saturday 21st March, 2020
Flexibility Intensive – Sunday 22nd & Monday 23rd March, 2020
The Level 2 Dance Teacher Intensive Workshops allow you to focus and grow in each specific area of dance technique. Each one is delivered as a detailed two day workshop, that can be taken in your area of interest. These intensive classes allow each area to be explored in greater detail and provides age appropriate progressions, modifications for injury & personal experience.
Please Note: Level 2 Courses are designed as an extension of the Level 1 course. Please make sure to revise the content in Level 1 before attending.
If you are booking for more than one attendee, please make sure to use each attendee’s personal details (Name and Email) so that they are correctly registered and receive all of the appropriate information.
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Select optionsLevel 2 Pointe & Flexibility Intensive Workshops in Brisbane, AU, April, 2020
$450.00 AUDLocation: Bayside Dance
Address: 2/264 Tingal Road, Wynnum, Brisbane, QLD, 4178Pointe Intensive – Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th April 2020
Flexibility Intensive – Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th April 2020
The Level 2 Intensive Workshops allow you to focus and grow in each specific area of dance technique. Each one is delivered as a full one or two day workshop, that can be taken in your area of interest. These intensive classes allow each area to be explored in greater detail and provides age appropriate progressions, modifications for injury & personal experience.
If you are booking for more than one attendee, please make sure to use each attendee’s personal details (Name and Email) so that they are correctly registered and receive all of the appropriate information.
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