Beyond Barre Basics – The Ballet Level 4 Blueprint for Dance Teachers
Your advanced dancers don’t just need more reps—they need refined technique, expressive artistry, and pre-professional polish. DTCE’s Ballet: Level 4 is your fully guided training system for turning capable dancers into captivating performers. With 26+ advanced ballet skills, 2+ structured syllabus guides, and 2+ hours of expert tutorials, this course brings serious depth to your upper-level classes—without the stress of creating your own curriculum from scratch.
Whether you’re preparing dancers for Pre-Pointe, college auditions, or competition stage presence, this course gives you the tools to train with precision, purpose, and polish. You’ll get step-by-step instruction, real-time corrections, and insight into what to do, what not to do, and what to look out for—making it easier to catch mistakes before they become habits.
The program features age-appropriate student demonstrators showing both correct execution and common mistakes, with multi-angle footage that brings clarity to your corrections and elevates your teaching. You’ll also find detailed hands-on correction tips, technical dos and don’ts, and a progression-based syllabus that ensures nothing is missed—ever.
Because at this level, every detail matters—and with DTCE’s Ballet: Level 4, you’ll have everything you need to build stronger, smarter, and stage-ready dancers from the inside out.
No fluff. No gaps. Just ballet—taught right.
Key Features of DTCE’s Ballet: Level 4
✔ 26+ Advanced Ballet Skills, 2+ Syllabus, 2+ Hours of Tutorials
✔ Step-by-Step Breakdown with Demonstrators, Do’s & Don’ts, and Teacher Tips
✔ Progression-Based Drills for Strength, Precision & Artistry
✔ Designed for Advanced Ballet Barre, Center, and Grand Allegro Training
Take Their Training to the Top
✔ Fouetté Turns + Box Exercises – Build consistent control with fluid rotation
✔ Tour Jeté Big Split + Piqué Arabesque – Elevate jumps with clarity and strength
✔ Royale, Entrechat & Échappé Battu – Sharpen petit allegro precision with flair
✔ Attitude Turns + Arabesque Turns – Refine upper body carriage and balance
✔ Grand Allegro + Reverence – Finish strong with performance-ready combinations
…with every skill broken down in clear demos, featuring right and left sides, multiple angles, and real classroom correction strategies.
Why Level 4 Ballet Teachers Love This Course
This course was built to give dance educators a crystal-clear path to teaching intermediate-to-advanced ballet—with multiple filming angles, technique dos and don’ts, and corrections made in real time. You’ll feel like you’re getting a behind-the-scenes ballet masterclass, while your students build the technique that wins on stage and in the studio.
Meet Your Instructors – Elizabeth Acuña Nuevo & Nadine Barton
DTCE’s Ballet Complete Genre Series: Levels 1–4 is led by Elizabeth Acuña Nuevo and Nadine Barton, two seasoned ballet educators whose combined experience brings both technical precision and artistic depth to every class.
Elizabeth is the Director of Artistic Dance Center in Doral, FL, with a background in classical and contemporary works like Giselle and Sleeping Beauty. She blends traditional technique with modern methods to build strong foundations in posture, alignment, and musicality.
Nadine is a current company dancer with the Alabama Ballet and an award-winning choreographer and teacher. She’s known for combining refinement, strength, and artistry, helping dancers connect movement with intention.
Together, they bring clear, progression-based instruction that supports dancers from beginner to advanced—balancing discipline with expression at every level.
Build Artists, Not Just Dancers – Train with DTCE’s Ballet: Level 4
Set the stage for professional-level performance with a training system that empowers you to teach ballet with clarity, purpose, and artistry. With advanced combinations, musical phrasing, and refined technique, your dancers will rise to new heights—both technically and expressively.
Graduate your dancers from good to breathtaking—Level 4 is where the magic happens!
Instructor Credibility
Built by a Dance Educator Who Gets It
Created by Kimberly Beck Thomson, a certified dance curriculum specialist with 35+ years of experience and former owner of one of the Top 50 studios in the U.S. (17 instructors, 600+ students). She built DTCE to solve the real challenges dance educators face—teacher burnout, inconsistent training, and skipped progressions. Today, the DTCE Method is trusted by thousands and delivers the structure, clarity, and support every studio needs.