BALLET – RAD

Our ballet teachers have completed training as dancers and teachers of the Royal Academy of Dance, the world’s leading organisation in classical ballet education.

Ballet is the foundation for all forms of dance, improving posture, balance, flexibility and increasing agility, which is not only required for dance but assists in many different sports and physical activities.

L’Académie students wishing to participate in examinations must attend a minimum of 2 RAD ballet classes per week.

ACRO/JAZZ

In these classes students enhance their knowledge in training specific parts of the body to a variety of music genres focussing on resistance, agility, musicality and breadth of movement.

BALLET – VAGANOVA

The Vaganova Method is a style of ballet instruction developed by Russian ballerina Agrippina Vaganova. The method has been designed to gradually introduce students to ballet elements that are used in 20th century ballets. The training enables dancers to work on building strength and flexibility, highlighting how the body moves as a whole, thus reducing and preventing injury. The Vaganova Method encompasses coordination of the arms and legs, core strength and facial expressions and is used in the world’s leading ballet schools including The Australian Ballet School and The Queensland Ballet School.