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Introduction to the online tasks

This is a set of ten tasks to help you develop your practical and theoretical knowledge about ballet. These online tasks include selected readings and viewings with questions, reflective activities and other online activities such as discussion forums and mind maps.

Note that the recommended texts are not available online. The activities for each week will take you approximately one hour to complete.

This is a black and white photograph of three ballet dancers performing Les Sylphides. A female dancer bends forwards to pass in between a couple who are holding hands. The female partner is stepping on pointe and is bending her upper body towards her right, her right arm and face pointing to the right. The male partner holds her left hand, looks and extends in the opposite direction. He is wearing a white shirt and a dark waiscoat. The women are wearing long tutus, a crown of flowers and little wings on their backs.

The work you do online will be exploited during your classes and taken into account in assessing your attitude and achievement. You are encouraged to develop your own practice of ballet from a somatic perspective over the course of the module.

Make sure you come ready for your lessons by completing the relevant activities beforehand.