Geeky Ballerina
artistry + technique
The key to teaching artistry as intentionally as technique
Artistry shouldn't be left up to chance. You can teach it as successfully as you teach tendu​​
Each student that you teach has their own unique contribution to make to our art form. But they need support exploring and developing the different elements that combine to make the magic we call "artistry."​
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Artistry Inside Ballet Technique has the resources to help you teach your students how to turn technique into art.
The foundational framework that transformed how artistry is taught.
This first volume represents decades of classroom experience combined with rigorous research. Volume 1 introduces 4 essential artistry elements:
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Integrating breath into movement - Without breath, movement has no life
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Developing somatic awareness - Students understand their body as an integrated whole
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Building sophisticated line - Create visual poetry through internalized understanding of this complex term
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Understanding musicality - Technical steps become musical conversation
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Not just theory, Artistry Inside Ballet Technique includes clear progressions for different ages and levels, plus specific activities and proven strategies from real classroom success.
About the Author
Chelsea Weidmann created the first comprehensive approach to teaching artistry n ballet.
As The Geeky Ballerina, she bridges traditional ballet excellence with much-needed artistry teaching strategies. Her sophisticated methodology makes high-level artistic training accessible to all dancers, not just the lucky few who naturally "get it."
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Her groundbreaking work established comprehensive artistry education as a new standard in dance pedagogy.
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Now educators worldwide implement her frameworks to create artistic transformation in their classrooms.
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