Series

The Ballet Coach

12 episodes

Free follow-along ballet from The Ballet Coach, Sarah Du-Feu, an ex-English National Ballet School dancer. Short tutorials break down one real step at a time -- plié, pirouette, port de bras, balancé -- and story ballets and full follow-along classes let kids dance a whole lesson at home. Press play and move: no experience needed, just a spot to stand.

what this series covers

What The Ballet Coach covers

12 episodes in the library, tagged for Pre-K–6th. Heaviest coverage: Dance. Between them they line up with 9 distinct standards across 1 framework.

Episodes per grade

Pre-K: 3
K: 5
1st: 6
2nd: 6
3rd: 8
4th: 7
5th: 6
6th: 5

Episodes per subject

Dance: 12

National Core Arts 9

DA:Pr5.1.4aDemonstrate fundamental dance skills (for example, alignment, coordination, balance, core support, kinesthetic awareness) and movement qualities when replicating and recalling patterns and sequences of locomotor and non-locomotor movements.
DA:Cr1.1.KaRespond in movement to a variety of stimuli (for example, music/sound, text, objects, images, symbols, observed dance).
DA:Pr5.1.5aRecall and execute a series of dance phrases using fundamental dance skills (for example, alignment, coordination, balance, core support, kinesthetic awareness, clarity of movement).
DA:Cr2.1.KbExpress an idea, feeling, or image, through improvised movement moving alone or with a partner.
DA:Pr5.1.1aDemonstrate a range of locomotor and non-locomotor movements, body patterning, body shapes, and directionality.
DA:Cr4.1.KaMake still and moving body shapes that show lines (for example, straight, bent, and curved), changes levels, and vary in size (large/small). Join with others to make a circle formation and work with others to change its dimensions.

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DA:Pr4.1.1aDemonstrate locomotor and non-locomotor movements that change body shapes, levels, and facings. Move in straight, curved, and zigzagged pathways. Find and return to place in space. Move with others to form straight lines and circles.
DA:Pr5.1.4bExecute techniques that extend movement range, build strength, and develop endurance. Explain the relationship between execution of technique, safe body-use, and healthful nutrition.
DA:Pr5.1.KaDemonstrate same-side and cross-body locomotor and non-locomotor movements, body patterning movements, and body shapes.

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