1. Level 8 is the first of the Advanced courses and requires students to move towards professionalism in all aspects. Course curriculum is geared towards more comprehensive training; thus, there are higher and more detailed requirements regarding students’ flexibility, ability, stability, coordination, and so on.

2. Students will learn to achieve greater clarity and precision with their movement paths. They will be able to utilize fundamental skills with ease. They will learn proper placement and direction of the head and eyes in coordination with overall body positions, concentrate more on positions that focus the body’s weight on one leg, and improve control over greater shifts in balance.

3. Students will begin integrating different pacing and intensity of movements into their work with music, placing emphasis on their jing-qi-shen (vigor and bearing).