Solo Dance Prize is a teaching and assessment method based on the theory of teaching ballet, through dance itself.
The Teaching Program consists of 13 levels of carefully prepared solos divided into graduating levels of difficulty.
Each level corresponds to a recommended age group (5 - 18 years old)
Within each level there are two or more dances
The entire program is digitally supported by videos, music and handbooks
Each solo in Solo Dance Prize is accompanied by a description of steps that must be taught in the classroom.
Choreographed to advance the child both technically, artistically and musically.
Concepts are taught in class and motivate students to continue to learn and improve.
In this way, the technique of classical ballet is improved through the program.
Concept
The concept of Solo Dance Prize and its method can be in addition to your school’s already existing method.
There are over 50 solos to choose from for boys and girls of different standards.
The music for each solo is specially chosen, played and arranged. High quality professional recordings of music and videos are provided.
After the solos are taught alongside classroom material, the teacher chooses when the children are ready to perform.
Solo Dance Prize Founder
Choreographer and Artistic Director, Cosima Borrer-Stadnik, is of Swiss-Australian heritage and was a recipient of a scholarship award at the Prix de Lausanne in 1987. After studying at the Australian Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School and graduating from the State Ballet School, Berlin, she was both a corps de ballet member and soloist in Dresden (Semper Oper), Vienna (Wiener Staatsballett) and Russian State Ballet in Moscow. Ms. Borrer was invited as a guest artist with the Bayreuther Festspiel, State Hermitage Theater and St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theater. It was in this city, where she remained to complete her studies in Ballet Pedagogy and graduated with a Masters in 1999. For four years she studied with experts of the Vaganova Method at the State Conservatory learning from some of the most important pedagogues of the twentieth century. Since then, having taught all over the world, at both professional and amateur schools and dance departments of universities, Ms. Borrer combines her unique experience to teach the art of classical dance to children and teachers, with special emphasis on teaching this program.
A Method for teachers to teach dance
A Concept based on Classical Ballet
A Competition for All