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At Elevate, we strongly believe in extension workshop programmes to help facilitate and encourage a holistic approach in learning. This December 08th & 09th, our senior girls were treated to an external pilates workshop: pilates mat and reformer. Pilates is exceptionally useful for dancers as it helps to improve flexibility,...

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Explore, Enjoy & Experience (EEE) Excursion Series – year 2018 for students ages 10-15 on Monday, 05th November 2018. Students attended two dance classes, Contemporary & Hip Hop before departing for the Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT). At SDT, students learnt about the company’s office roles, visited the shoes room, wardrobe...

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“First Steps” – Elevate Dance Academie’s Dance Concert 2018 held at University Cultural Centre on Saturday, 01 September 2018 was a great success! Thank you all beautiful & passionate dancers, the ever-supportive & encouraging parents, friends & family, crews, teachers, helpers, volunteers and everyone involved.  Synopsis: Setting goals is the first...

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Vaganova Ballet Workshop Singapore: 05th – 07th September 2018. Presented by Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida, Co-organised by Canaan Dance & Russian Ballet Association, Supported by Elevate Dance Academie Singapore. More photos here. We are honoured to have Ms Elena Zabalkanskaya specially flying in from Russia and Ms Ivy Chung from Hong Kong as our...

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Our students have the opportunity to try on first hand experience in doing their own makeup on Saturday, 04th August 2018 at Sephora Westgate. This is in preparation for the upcoming Elevate’s Dance Concert – “First Steps” at UCC Theatre on 01st September 2018. We thank you the beauty consultants...

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It was another success in organising an oversea exchange programme to Seoul from 11th – 16th June 2018. The dance exchange focused in Modern, Jazz and Contemporary dance. Our students had a fun and enriching week of dance workshops. They attended classes with Tune Dance Company and 1million dance studio....

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The World Ballet Art Competition (WBAC) Grand Prix at Gateway Theatre Black Box on 01st June 2018. Congratulations to all participants & winners. Contemporary Category B – 3rd Place: Liew Huilin Jamie Contemporary Category C – 3rd Place: Tng Qian Hui Contemporary Category D – 2nd Place: Tan Wei Lin...

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RAD Video Exam – July 2020

Our 2020 RAD candidates finally completed their video-exams on 22nd & 23rd July 2020 due to the worldwide escalation of COVID-19. We’re glad that everyone persevered and did their utmost best despite the many circumstances, circuit breaker, lack of practise and abrupt delay. We’re proud and delighted with the outcome.

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History of Modern – How did Modern start?

Modern emerged in the 19th century when ballet had previously dominated the dancing world, receiving its widespread success in the 20th. It is a style of dance that emerged as a reaction to the strict rules of classical ballet.  According to historians, modern has two main birthplaces: Europe (specifically Germany) and

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Ballet Techniques and Methods

Ballet has embraced many cultures and traditions, and evolved. Across the globe, many companies, vocational schools, techniques and methods have been established with differences in characteristics and style. In this article, we will discuss some of the techniques widely used in the world. French Technique The French technique is the

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Ballet Styles

Ballet spans over centuries and continents. It has years of experimentation and artistic inspiration to establish its unique methods, techniques and styles. Ballet started with court ballet before evolving into opera-ballet and the comédie-ballet, and later the classical ballet which is widely spread today. In this article, we will discuss

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History of Ballet – How did Ballet start?

    In 1909, the Russian ballet moved to France, where the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev (1872 – 1929) rooted in Paris and toured throughout Europe, the United States and South America. It was recognised as the most influential ballet company of the 20th century where it transformed the

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Modern Theatre – What Is It? What We Do?

What is Modern Theatre? Modern Theatre is a rhythmic dance style which originated in America before travelling to the rest of the world. It incorporates the style and technique of modern, contemporary, jazz, lyrical and musical theatre under one umbrella. Modern is often seen on the stages of musical productions

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