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The '''Cecchetti method''' is variously defined as a style of [[ballet]]<ref name="csc">{{cite webbook|title=The Cecchetti Method|publisher=The Cecchetti Society of Canada}}</ref> and as a [[ballet training]] method<ref name="cca" /> devised by the Italian ballet master [[Enrico Cecchetti]] (1850–1928). The training method seeks to develop essential skills in dancers as well as strength and elasticity.<ref name="cca">{{cite web|url=https://www.cecchetti.org/|title=The Official Website of the Cecchetti Council of America.|website=Cecchetti Council of America}}</ref> Cecchetti-trained dancers are commonly found in ballet and other dance companies throughout the world.

== History ==

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Initially, Cecchetti passed on his method by teaching it to his pupils and professional dancers, including well known dancers of the early 20th century, such as [[Anna Pavlova]], [[Alicia Markova]], [[George Balanchine]] and [[Serge Lifar]]. Many of his students later taught the Cecchetti method, including [[Ninette de Valois]], [[Marie Rambert]], Laura Wilson,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-laura-wilson-1097378.html | title=Laura Wilson | access-date=2018-01-21 }}</ref> [[Margaret Craske]] and [[Olga Preobrajenska]]. A number of professional ballet schools have historically used the Cecchetti method, including the [[Royal Ballet School]], [[Rambert Ballet School]], [[National Ballet School of Canada]], and the [[Australian Ballet School]].

In 1922, British writer and dance historian [[Cyril W. Beaumont]] collaborated with Cecchetti and [[Stanislas Idzikowsky]] to document the method in print, producing the ''Manual of the Theory and Practice of Classical Theatrical Dancing''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Beaumont%2C%20Cyril%20W%2E%20%28Cyril%20William%29%2C%201891%2D1976|title=Online Books by Cyril W. Beaumont|archive-url=https://archive.is/wip/w37yB|archive-date=July 22, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cecchetti.org/|title0Enricotitle=Enrico Cecchetti|language=Italian}}</ref><ref name="Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana">{{cite web|author=Alessandra Ascarelli|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/enrico-cecchetti_(Dizionario-Biografico)|title=Cecchetti Enrico|work=[[Dizionario biografico degli italiani]]|publisher=Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana|year=1979|volume=23|language=Italian}}</ref> This continues to be the standard resource for the Cecchetti method throughout the world and it has been replicated in numerous forms, including [[Benesh Movement Notation|Benesh]] and [[Labanotation|Laban]] notation. The method was further documented by Grazioso Cecchetti, one of Enrico's sons, in his treatise, ''Classical Dance''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cicb.org/pioneers/pioneers-grazioso-cecchetti/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-08-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823060326/http://www.cicb.org/pioneers/pioneers-grazioso-cecchetti/ |archive-date=2013-08-23 }}</ref>{{Relevance-inline|date=February 2013}}.

The Cecchetti Society was established by Cyril Beaumont in London in 1922, with Maestro Enrico Cecchetti as its first president, and remained independent until it joined the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing , against the wishes of Enrico Cecchetti, in 1924. Today, the Cecchetti training system is used internationally to teach classical ballet.

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There are a few ballet teachers, such as Gavin Roebuck, who can trace their knowledge of the Cecchetti method in a direct line from pupils of Enrico Cecchetti, including generations of dancers trained at the Royal Ballet School, the Rambert School and Canada's National Ballet School.

== Examinations ==

=== United Kingdom ===

In 2002, the [[Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing]], became an accredited dance awarding body. As a result of this change, its system of exams and qualifications were revised, including those of the Cecchetti faculty. The ISTD now operates a three tier system of qualifications, which are recognised by the national qualifications regulators of England, Wales and Northern Ireland: