DIGITAL FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS - APPLICANTS FOR UPPER SCHOOL ENTRY

Applicants aged 16-18 in August 2025 applying for September 2025 entry - 

UNIFORM

Women - leotard (sleeveless), ballet tights and shoes
Men - tights, t-shirt or leotard and ballet shoes

CENTRE WORK

10 minutes maximum

• Adage must include grand rond jambe, penché in 1st arabesque (girls only) and promenade in arabesque
• Pirouettes – en dehors and en dedans from 5th and 4th
• Allegro – 3 enchaînements to include:   

                        A combination of assemlés, jeté, temp levé 
                        A batterie combination of your choice 
                        Grand allegro to include four grand jeté en tournant, grand jeté en avant, grand sissone fermé en avant on both sides 

POINTE WORK (women only)

• Relevé in1st, 2nd and 5th position, échappé relevé in 2nd and 4th in the centre
• Relevé in 5th, relevé devant and derriére, courus in the centre 

TOUR EN L'AIR (men only)

Double- right and left  

STRETCHING 

• Hamstrings sideways to the camera, legs stretched out in font parallel, stretch the arms above the head and reach forward to touch the toes, knees as straight as possible
• Splits on both legs (facing en diagonal with both right and left leg)
• Box splits, in second position
• Lay flat on back with arms to the side and place legs in the 'Frog' position
• Back sideways to camera, lying face down, place hands next to shoulders, stretch the arms so the back is arched. 

FREE MOVEMENT

• 30 seconds to 1 minute of free improvised movement of any genre, to music of your choice