Class · Ballet

Junior II & Senior Character

Junior II & Senior Character is a Ballet class at Carolina Youth Ballet.

At Carolina Youth Ballet

This Character class will be taught at an Intermediate level. Character dance is a specific subdivision of classical dance. It is the stylized representation of a traditional folk or national dance, mostly from European countries, and uses movements and music which have been adapted for the theater. Character dance is integral to much of the classical ballet repertoire, and some good examples are the Act II dances in the Nutcracker, and dances in the ballet's Don Quixote and Coppelia. Popular character dance adaptations for ballet also include the national dances of Hungary, Russia, Poland, Italy and Spain: csárdás, mazurka, tarantella, flamenco, etc.