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The '''Cecchetti method''' is variously defined as a style of classical ballet<ref name="csc">{{cite web|title=The Cecchetti Method|publisher=The Cecchetti Society of Canada|accessdate=11 January 2018}}</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> Its goal for students is to learn to express themselves through dance by studying and [[Internalization|internalizing]] the basic principles, in an effort to become self-reliant rather than imitating the movements executed by their teacher.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}

Cecchetti-trained dancers have achieved places in ballet and dance companies all over the world. Well-trained Cecchetti dancers have a purity of line and simplicity of style which enables them to take their places in dance companies of other genres of classical ballet.