DCTV Ballet AcademyAbout Us
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„Learning ballet is not easy, but learning incorrectly even worse.”
Arsen Serobian
Ballet Instractor
ABOUT USBallet Academy
Dance Channel TV Ballet Academy offers superb pre-professional ballet education based on classical Russian Vaganova pedagogy.
The Artistic Director, Arsen Serobian, a graduate of the famous Moscow Choreographic Academy, created his selective unparalleled academy program to train and to guide the promising ballet student towards a professional career.
We are excited to offer academy classes ranging from Level 1-5 to Pre-pro levels.
We also offer Open “privates” classes for professional dancers, as well as teens and adults, who seriously want to learn proper ballet techniques to understand the Art of ballet.
Arsen’s teaching style demystifies the Russian Vaganova pedagogy and combines verbal and physical guidance to facilitate each dancer’s full technical and artistic growth.
At Dance Channel TV Ballet Academy, we focus not just on technique, but also on the fine art of expression and elegant fluidity of movement — the cornerstones of Russian classical ballet. Dance Channel TV Ballet Academy is directly connected to the internet-based Dance Channel TV Network, which provides educational content, human interest stories, interviews, and exclusive dance programming.
This one-of-a-kind media platform also serves to connect young up-and-coming artists to the professional world of dance through technology.
We invite you to drop by for a placement class or just to chat. It is an honor to serve and to be part of this vibrant dance community.
A CHOICE OF PROGRAMS FOR EVERY LEVEL AND NEEDOur main features
Dance Channel TV Ballet Academy offers superb pre-professional ballet education based on classical Russian Vaganova pedagogy.
Dedicated to the students’ needs, our state-of-the-art facility has 1,000 square feet of dance space outfitted with custom barres and a top-of-the-line sprung floor with the best quality to prevent injuries.
Arsen Serobian, a graduate of the famous Moscow Choreographic Academy, created his selective unparalleled academy program to train and guide the promising ballet student towards a professional career.
We are excited to offer academy classes ranging from Level 1-5 to Pre-pro levels.
We also offer Open “DropIn” classes for professional dancers and teens and adults who seriously want to learn proper ballet techniques to understand the Art of ballet.
Arsen’s teaching style demystifies the Russian Vaganova pedagogy and combines verbal and physical guidance to facilitate each dancer’s full technical and artistic growth.
At Dance Channel TV Studios, we focus not just on technique but also the fine art of expression and elegant fluidity of movement — the cornerstones of Russian classical ballet. Dance Channel TV Studios is directly connected to the internet-based Dance Channel TV Network, which provides educational content, human interest stories, interviews, and exclusive dance programming.
This one-of-a-kind media platform also connects young up-and-coming artists to the professional world of dance through technology.
We invite you to drop by for a placement class or to chat. It is an honor to serve and to be part of this vibrant dance community.
„ You can work hard but without knowledge of the right training it’s a waste of time.”
Arsen Serobian
Artistic Director
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There are variations relating to area of origin, such as Russian ballet, French ballet, Danish ballet, Italian ballet, British ballet and American ballet.
The Vaganova method is a method of teaching classical ballet that was developed by Agrippina Vaganova. This method fused the romantic style of the French ballet and dramatic soulfulness of the Russian character with the athletic virtuosity that characterizes the Italian school to reform the old imperial style of ballet teaching.
Vaganova was a student at the Imperial Ballet School in Saint Petersburg, graduating in 1897 to dance professionally with the school’s parent company, the Imperial Russian Ballet. She retired from dancing in 1916 to pursue a teaching career. Following the Russian revolution of 1917, she returned to the school as a teacher in 1921. This method has become known worldwide as the Vaganova method and led to her being made Director of the school, training some of the most famous dancers in history.
Through the 30 years she spent teaching ballet and pedagogy, Vaganova developed a precise dance technique and system of instruction. Tenets of the Vaganova method include the development of lower back strength and arm plasticity, and the requisite strength, flexibility and endurance for ballet. Much of her work was focused on the capability of the dancer to perform a classical pas de deux and the skills necessary for such a performance. In terms of pedagogical training, Vaganova concentrated attention on precision in a teacher’s instruction, particularly when to teach what, how long to teach, and in what amount.
In 1948, Vaganova authored a book titled “The Foundation For Dance” (more commonly known as “Basic Principles of Russian Classical Dance”). The book outlined her ideas on ballet technique and pedagogy. This notated and progressive training program has produced some of the best dancers in the world, including Anna Pavlova, Natalia Makarova, Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, the legendary choreographer George Balanchine, and professional dancers in almost every company in the world.
In 1957, the school was renamed the Vaganova Ballet Academy in recognition of her achievements. Today the Vaganova method is the most common method of teaching ballet in Russia. It is also widely used in Europe and in North America. The Vaganova Ballet Academy continues to be the associate school of the former Imperial Russian Ballet, now known as the Mariinsky Ballet.
The Vaganova method is considered to be very clean, with precise movements that express clean lines yet softness underneath. Even though a Vaganova-trained dancer would be very strong and clean, she/he would still be soft and perform well on stage without robotic stiffness.
There are eight levels up to diploma that this international syllabus follows.
Early training focuses on epaulement, or the stylized turning of the shoulders and body, which is partnered with the development of total stability and strength in the back to produce harmonious coordination of the body and continuity of movement. This core of strength enables consistently precise, easy movement of the body; the training in epaulement, in turn, instills in the dancer an intuitive anticipation of how best to use every part of his or her body to evoke breathtaking results, right down to the hands and eyes.
The Vaganova Method’s codified technical approach thus makes for INJURY-FREE training emphasizing the simultaneous development of both technical proficiency and individual artistry, and a complete range of movemental expression that comes out of proper placement and a strong classical dance foundation.
This scientifically proven method involves the systematic study of all ballet movements by breaking them down into their separate elements and is characterized by impeccable precision, attention to detail, ease of execution, emotion-evoking grace, and individual creativity.
ANCE CHANNEL TV STUDIOS AIMS TO INSPIRE, EDUCATE, ENGAGE, AND CONNECT VIEWERS THROUGH THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF DANCE.
WE ARE HERE TO BUILD A COMMUNITY FOR DANCERS, COMPANIES, AND SUPPORTERS OF DANCE, AND, IN SO DOING, WE GIVE BACK TO THE WORLD OF DANCE TO ENSURE THAT
THE ART OF DANCE CONTINUES TO THRIVE NOW AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
DEVELOP, EXPLORE, DISCOVER, ENJOY!
RIGOROUS TRAINING ALONE DOES NOT MAKE A DANCER,
LET ALONE AN ARTISTE.
TO UNDERSTAND AND TO DEVELOP
ONE’S MIND, BODY, AND SELF.
TO DISCOVER WHAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF.
TO EXPLORE AND ENJOY THE
BEAUTY AND FREEDOM OF DANCE.
WHAT CAN BE MORE CHALLENGING,
EXCITING AND REWARDING?
WE ARE DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL DANCE EDUCATION
AND WE WILL WORK OUR HARDEST TO GUIDE EVERY SINGLE DANCER
TO REACH THEIR FULLEST ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL POTENTIAL.
