IFBC Ballet School

IFBC Ballet School:
The company school exists exclusively to provide specialist co-educational training in Classical ballet, with the aim of developing the students of the school in achieving Professional level qualification. IFBC students undertake both dance and academic training. In Dance, students study classical ballet, character dance, contemporary and jazz dance at the junior level. Later in their training, students study ballet repertoire, solos, pas de deux and undertake body conditioning. The school offers academic study at the level of a typical secondary school at the key levels/stages, with all the students getting certificates from the company.

The Imperial Fernando Ballet Co. gets results. Student of the company school have graduated to the IFBC and have won countless grants and scholarships from around the globe to dance. The school has trained dancers who have become instrumental in the success of ballet in India and represent the excellence of our dance community throughout the world. Dancers and choreographers from all parts of the globe have come to regard the Imperial Fernando Ballet Co. as a foundation for a fine arts education and a leader in classical ballet instruction.

Curriculum: Students of the Imperial Fernando Ballet Co. at the core of the dance training for the school is the Vaganova Training System. This system of training is recognized around the world as one of the leading curriculums of study for dance. A student preparing for professional careers in dance benefit greatly from the Vaganova curriculum and the Vaganova curriculum is widely respected for its built-in injury prevention methodology.

The Vaganova Training System emphasizes that all movement originates from the center of the body which ensures strong, powerful, reliable support with full artistic coloration of the steps. The principals of Agrippina Vaganova (1879-1951) system are the melding of perfect technical virtuosity with truthful expression and elegance, training that leads to technical and artistic freedom. Specific attention is given to epaulement (the cohesive turning of the shoulders, head and the upper body). The system aims to teach students to dance with their whole body in order to acquire a harmony of movements and a broadening of artistic expression. Dance students at most levels, and without any prior training in the Vaganova Training System will find that the process and application of training will be both rewarding and fulfilling given the level and care of our instruction.