Advanced pointe and variations for Utah Ballet Company. Repertory study for the Ballet Department's folk, ethnic and national dance performing group. Advanced technique for Ballet West Company members. Advanced partnering skills including complex turns and lifts. Coaching of couples in contemporary works as well as grand pas de deux from the classical repertory.
Course meets the first half of each semester.
Advanced study of male technique including male variations and allegro work. A two-semester advanced choreography course taught on the graduate level. Focus is the study of choreographic masterworks, the artists who created them, and analysis of the music used for these works. The second semester of a two-semester course in advanced choreography for undergraduates. Elements and principles of ballet teaching.