Princeton Dance Studio Participates In Special Exams This Weekend

PRINCETON, NJ — The Princeton Dance and Theater Studio will present its students for Examinations in the American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum this weekend. The Examination classes — set for Friday, March 23, and Saturday, March 24, will be taught by ABT Certified Teachers Risa Kaplowitz and Nora Cotter, as well as Maura Ryan and Talin Kenar.

Kaplowitz and Cotter have successfully completed the ABT Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 7 & Partnering. Ryan and Kenar have completed Pre-Primary through Level 5, of the ABT National Training Curriculum.

The American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum is a nine-level program that combines high quality artistic training with the basics of dancer health and child development for students of all ages and skill levels.

ABT’s National Training Curriculum is a program for the development and training of young students that embraces sound ballet principles and incorporates elements of the French, Italian and Russian schools of training.

Under the direction of ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie, the curriculum aims to assist beginning through advanced teachers in training dance students to use their bodies correctly, focusing on kinetics and coordination, as well as anatomy and proper body alignment.

The goal of the National Training Curriculum is to provide dance students with a rich knowledge of classical ballet technique and the ability to adapt to all styles and techniques of dance. Upon successful exam completion, Kaplowitz, Ryan, Cotter and Kenar will maintain the distinction of ABT Affiliate Teacher.

“After nearly 10 years, American Ballet Theatre's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School and our related Summer Intensive program has seen the impact that American Ballet Theatre's National Training Curriculum has meant to dance teachers and ballet students across the country and internationally,” said Cynthia Harvey, Artistic Director of ABT’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School. “We are pleased that teachers and students are implementing the guidelines recommended by the Curriculum and working in a way that will lead them towards a long and healthy career. The Curriculum is fluid and will expand as we continue to investigate the way that dance, and sport science is developing and impacting the way we can train dancers to reach their optimum physical and artistic potential.”

For more information on ABT, visit: www.abt.org/education/NTC/. For more information on Princeton Dance and Theater Studio, visit http://princetondance.com/.

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