By now your child has spent time at the Preschool level (KGD KIDZ) developing their joy and passion for dance and will be ready to take this love of dance further in the ASPIRE level. Students at this level will start to further understand and appreciate the art of Ballet and the other disciplines on offer at KGD. 

 

At this level, the classes are now offered as their own separate classes, which means students can choose from individual classes. Following on from the Preschool level our students generally continue on with: Classical Ballet, Jazz, Tap to ensure they develop competency in the main technical styles of dance. However at this level we also offer extra classes into our curriculum including; Hip Hop, Acrobatics, and Showtime (our introduction to Musical Theatre (song & dance). Please note Contemporary is not offered until age 7 (POISE LEVEL), as a certain degree of technique is required before this class is to be taken. 

 

The Cecchetti method of Ballet is an internationally renowned training system that underpins all Ballet classes from this level right through to senior (ACHIEVE level). The Pre-Primary and Primary Cecchetti syllabus will be taught organically in the Ballet classes at this level and students who are competent to sit an assessment will be then be selected and invited by the principal to sit for their Ballet assessment in July/August of each year. 

 

The 5-year-old Classical Ballet will learn the Pre-Primary syllabus and the 6-year-old Classical Ballet will be taught the Primary level syllabus (please note, these do not necessarily correspond with primary school grades). Ballet classes will include a more formal approach to our KGD KIDZ program, learning increased technical terms of Ballet, extended movement vocabulary, all whilst retaining the original sense of fun and enjoyment teachers strive to implement in our Preschool level. 

 

We encourage students to aim to sit their Ballet assessment, as we find these students will strive towards this goal and will find themselves working harder in their level of training, with increased motivation and will enjoy that sense of accomplishment when being presented with their official Cecchetti Ballet Australia certificate and trophy at the conclusion of the year. Along with this, we find this helps prepare the student for our ELITE stream in the preceding POISE level, as they have the opportunity to join our competition teams. Students in the ASPIRE level will have access to all KGD related social events, such as our disco, movie nights, Halloween dress-up days, Disney Days Summer Program, and more.

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