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Ballet Word Play Developing Your Dance Language by Dean Speer February 2013 One of my colleagues at Dance! West Seattle, Christin Torp, unleashed an interactive and delightfully fun game as an exercise to learn the language of ballet – our shared vocabulary – with our youth ballet classes. The premise is simple – take the title of a famous movie, book, song, or saying, replacing one word or short phrase with a ballet word. Give it a try – you’ll enjoy it! Here is an example: Here is what our classes came up with, by class level. I was very impressed with the results! Ballet IV 1. Dr. Sous-Sus Advanced/Concert 1. Hansel and the Gargouillade What are some of the ones that you can come up with? Here are a couple more to get you started: The 10 Commandments - The 10 __________ Read related stories in the press and see what others are saying -- visit the forum. |
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