Geeky Ballerina
artistry + technique
The Ballet Artistry Course
You've mastered teaching technique. Now master teaching artistry.
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Nine concrete elements - body carriage through dynamics - with specific coaching strategies for every developmental level.
Professional development for the teacher ready to develop complete, expressive dancers.
Developed by Chelsea Weidmann, M.F.A. | Research published in The Journal of Dance Education and Dance Education in Practice | Students accepted to programs at American Ballet Theatre, BalletMet Dance Academy Orlando Ballet, and more
Teach Artistry with the Same Confidence You Bring to Technique
You've mastered the technical progressions from tendu through tour jeté and beyond.
You teach with clarity, specificity, and confidence.
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Now imagine bringing that same approach to artistry development - teaching breath, musicality, dynamics, and more. This course makes it possible.
Traditional ballet pedagogy doesn't offer this.
Artistry instruction has been vague because we haven't named the elements of artistry, sequenced the development, or created teaching language. You've been working with "be more expressive" because that's what the field has provided.
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This course fills that gap.
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Nine concrete elements.
Age-appropriate progressions. Integration strategies for barre, center, and traveling steps.
The framework that makes artistry as teachable as technique.
How This Began
For over 20 years, I taught ballet the way I was taught - strong technique with artistry left to "develop naturally."
​I believed, I knew in my bones, that artistry could be taught. I went to graduate school to discover how. My research question: What exactly IS artistry, and how do we teach it?
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The answer: Nine concrete elements - body carriage through dynamics - each one clearly defined and very teachable.
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This framework is proven in real classrooms. Students using this approach have been accepted to:
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American Ballet Theatre
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BalletMet Dance Academy
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Alberta Ballet School
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Boston Ballet School
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Orlando Ballet
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Ballet West Academy
The Complete Framework
Eight modules with specific strategies for teaching all nine artistry elements. Self-paced with lifetime access.
Module 1: Welcome & Framework Introduction
The nine elements and how they work together to develop complete dancers.​
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Module 2: The Systematic Foundation
The developmental sequence - why these elements build on each other and when to introduce each one.
Module 3: Foundation Elements
Body carriage, breath, and line - the concrete elements that create immediate visible transformation.
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Module 4: Developing Complexity
Somatic awareness, musicality, and acting - the elements that deepen as technical security grows.
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Module 5: Advanced Expression
Three-dimensional space, eye-line, and dynamics - the sophisticated elements that distinguish exceptional artistry.
Module 6: Integration Strategies
How to layer artistry into barre, center, and traveling steps using your existing excellent curriculum.
Module 7: Artistry for All Ages
Developmental readiness and teaching strategies for ages 3-6, 7-10, 11-14, 15+, and adults.
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Module 8: Your Implementation Toolkit
Diagnostic tools, planning frameworks, and success markers for immediate application.
Included Resources:
✓ Quick Reference Guide - All nine elements with clear definitions
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✓ Integration Planning Map - Your systematic implementation strategy
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✓ Introduction Scripts - Language for presenting each element to students
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✓ Developmental Readiness Chart - Age-appropriate applications at a glance
Your Teaching Timeline:
First week: Teach with specific artistry vocabulary in place of vague direction
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First month: Students begin self-correcting using artistry language
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Three months: Technical corrections become more effective with artistry context
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Full Year: You coach artistry with the same impact and confidence you bring to technique
Enroll in The Ballet Artistry Course
$497
The complete systematic framework for teaching ballet artistry.
Eight modules covering all nine elements with age-appropriate strategies and integration methods.
Professional development for the teacher ready to coach artistry with technique-level confidence.