Budding Ballerinas

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Budding Ballerinas
in Bloom Learn to Develop Movement,
Grace, and the Appreciation of Ballet while
Strengthening their Wonder for all of the
Arts ! www.buddingballerinas.com
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Grace, is a word not heard of much today but
something greatly revered when you come upon
it. It is built out of Self-Respect and
Respect for Others, the foundation of any
success, also the foundation of all Graceful
Budding Ballerinas ! It is with great pride I
present You Budding Ballerinas, a program
uniquely different from any format presently
offered. Thank-you for taking the time to
preview Budding Ballerinas in Bloom !
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T he Art of Becoming a Budding
Ballerina is Sketched in the
Dreams of
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our Sugar Plum Fairies
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and their imaginations !
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Mallory
M a d d i e
Courtney
K a i t l i n
S a m a n t h a
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Mia
Amanda
Morgan
Taylor
Kenley
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Michaela
Alexis
Alexandria
Hannah
Raven
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T e s s a
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So why Ballerinas, Painters and Composers
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• in Leonardo Da Vincis
• own words
• Curiosity, Experience, Senses
• Open Mind - to the unknown
• Developing the Balance between Science
  Art
• Cultivation of Grace, Fitness and Poise
• and the Recognition of the
• Interconnectedness of all things

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• are the seven principles to
• Genius everyday
• and are
• the heart and soul of
• Budding Ballerinas

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• Budding Ballerinas learn to
• Appreciate the Grace and Movement
• of Art and Music through the Art of
  Ballet.
• .

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We first Get the Bugs Out !
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then we Stretch and Flex
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We learn our first
Five Positions !
F o u r t h
F i r s t
Third
F i f t h
Second
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so we can begin to Perfect the
Perfect Plie !
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we dance freely during
Free Dance !
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• We Practice Words to Dance by
• Such as
• If you can imagine it you can create it.
• If you can dream it you can become it.

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or Listen to our Greatest Musical
Composers such as the 3 Bs Bach,
Beethoven , Brahms ! Or Tchaikovskys
Nutcracker , Prokofiev s Peter and the Wolf
or Bernsteins West Side Story !
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then we have Fun Painting our
Impressions of Ballerinas just like some of
our Greatest Artists .
Giotto, Van gogh, Renoir
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• .or we sometimes Paint upside-down like
  the Artist

Michelangelo
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• we Paint a Ballerina
• Meditating Visualizing
• Choreography
• under

Monets Japanese Bridge
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we Piece together our best
Picasso !
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or we Sketch like Ballerinas
practicing their Adagio
Degas
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Together we paint an Event-poster for our
Recital just like the Artist
Toulouse-Lautrec
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we learn the lessons of Artist
Lange
through the lens of a Dancer
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we Expand our Appreciation of Contemporary
Art such as Oppenheim s dada Art !
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we Rehearse
for our Recital !
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Best of all we just have F un with
other Budding Ballerinas !
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Becoming a
Budding Ballerina
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• is Potential for all
• Sorts of Budding !
• Self Respect,
• Respect for Others,
• and
• Self Achievement
• in All that any
• Budding Ballerina chooses to do !

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Budding Ballerinasis drenched in an Artistic
Culture, richly diverse Physically,
Intellectually and Aesthetically . We value
the process of Learning as infinitely more
Valuable than the end product , and embrace the
many learning styles of our children. We
create an Environment that Cultivates and
Strengthens the Value of Self Esteem
because .
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Children will listen
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• Gracefully yours, Cheryl-Anne Ruckert
• For further information or questions
• Please contact
• www.buddingballerinas.com
• Thank-you !