I've been invited to take some classes at a level higher than mine. I thought it would not be too bad--I've seen other students do it before, albeit from lower levels. Unfortunately, I am lost. Most of the adages contain things I've never heard of, or done in a much more basic form. It's all syllabus (I don't know if you're familiar with Canadian Cecchetti, [which is really ISTD; nothing's changed since the split last year] but the level I am in right now is Intermediate, and this class is Advanced 1. If it helps, this is from the CSC's site: Our Examinations) In any case, the other students in the class know the exercises already, so while the teacher is stopping to give a quick rundown, it's just that: quick. It's like an entire class of unseen enchainments, but with steps I've never done. I've been compensating by taking everything at degage height, almost marking, but not quite, until I figure out what's going on. (but figuring out what's going on is not coming easily)
I can do the barre, and most of the centre practice, and I've had better luck with the jumps, but I don't know what to do with the adages! Is taking it at degage height for now, and asking a few questions at a time (instead of flooding the poor teacher with a deluge of them, which I could easily do) a good idea? Or should I ask the teacher after class if she could help me out a bit? I don't want to stop taking this; it's so hard to get classes in the summer here...
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, Jul 22 2012 08:56 AM
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Posted 22 July 2012 - 08:56 AM
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Posted 22 July 2012 - 09:04 AM
Patience, asc. 
If your teachers think that you are ready to learn this material, then trust them, but give yourself a bit of time. Since you are in a syllabus program it may take a little longer. Because you are used to doing specific combinations, and repeating them in all of the classes, you don't learn new material as often and are not expected to learn it as quickly. It is one of the reasons that I always hope that anyone studying a syllabus that has exams, and requires the student to work on that specific class for a long time, would also have a lot of open classes. The open classes are important because you learn new combinations in almost every class, or at least every few days, and that trains you to pick up choreography much quicker.
If your teachers think that you are ready to learn this material, then trust them, but give yourself a bit of time. Since you are in a syllabus program it may take a little longer. Because you are used to doing specific combinations, and repeating them in all of the classes, you don't learn new material as often and are not expected to learn it as quickly. It is one of the reasons that I always hope that anyone studying a syllabus that has exams, and requires the student to work on that specific class for a long time, would also have a lot of open classes. The open classes are important because you learn new combinations in almost every class, or at least every few days, and that trains you to pick up choreography much quicker.
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Posted 22 July 2012 - 09:19 AM
Ok. Patience. I'm just not used to being totally lost that way. Thanks, Ms Leigh
I just want to clear up this little thing: we don't do syllabus all year in my class. Our exams are in May, and we do free classes all the way until January or Februaryish. Sometimes we get three new classes a year. My teacher thinks we get the best of both worlds that way. (and let's face it, most exam set classes are boring).
For the Advanced 1 class, yes, they do the syllabus all year, but not in my regular class.
I just want to clear up this little thing: we don't do syllabus all year in my class. Our exams are in May, and we do free classes all the way until January or Februaryish. Sometimes we get three new classes a year. My teacher thinks we get the best of both worlds that way. (and let's face it, most exam set classes are boring).
For the Advanced 1 class, yes, they do the syllabus all year, but not in my regular class.
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Posted 22 July 2012 - 09:24 AM
Explain 3 new classes a year, please. Do you mean 3 syllabus classes? And the Adv. 1 not syllabus in your class with that group?
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Posted 22 July 2012 - 12:47 PM
What I meant by three new classes was three completely different sets of exercises--different plie, tendu, jumps, etc.
My teacher says she keeps them long enough for us to know them inside-out, so she can really correct technique, and then once we hit that point, gives us another set of exercises. Am I making sense?
The Advanced 1 girls have about 100 exercises to learn for their exam, so they do syllabus all year.
My teacher says she keeps them long enough for us to know them inside-out, so she can really correct technique, and then once we hit that point, gives us another set of exercises. Am I making sense?
The Advanced 1 girls have about 100 exercises to learn for their exam, so they do syllabus all year.
"Let us read and let us dance, two amusements that will never do any harm to the world" -Voltaire
