The Finis Jhung Ballet Technique Levels 2 & Up: The Power Barre

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As you do these exercises on a portable barre in front of the mirror you will be encouraged to use the barre by pressing down on it with your hands. This will energize your shoulders and supporting arm, strengthen your posture, and help you to balance the movement of your legs and feet in center floor. You will also be instructed to keep your head turned toward yourself in the mirror so that you check your placement, alignment, and execution while you develop correct body positions—éffacé, croisé, and écarté. All pliés (except for stretches) are to be performed with opposition and resistance, which will strengthen your feet, ankles, knees, hips, and core. The fondu-relevé exercises develop proper placement, balance, and foot-ankle-knee strength which are necessary in order to correctly execute most poses, turns, and jumps. Learning to plié and relevé correctly on one foot is the determining factor in how quickly you can advance, so take these lessons with Finis Jhung to heart and you will be well on your way!

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"I'd like to give you my perspective on your DVDs, which I regard as the most powerful learning tools available to today's ballet student.

Although I deeply appreciate the teacher's corrections in my weekly adult ballet class, I feel that I'm able to learn more when I work solo with your DVDs. The problem is that when I'm in class and watch the demonstrations of the barrework and center work, my inability to remember the movements still throws me into a low-key panic. Because of my poor memory, I need movement models to follow, so I still have to find a place at the barre between two more competent dancers. Since I'm following rather than initiating the movements, I end up feeling like a failure as the class moves on to the next exercise and the demonstration once again throws me into a low-key panic.

On your DVDs, each exercise is thoroughly previewed before being demonstrated, which helps address my learning limitations. What I find even better, though, is the rewind/replay option the DVDs provide. If I'm not happy with the quality of my movement, I can take as much time as I need to practice it, and to refine it. On the other hand, since there's no rewind/replay option in a live class, I rarely attain the satisfaction of a decent level of mastery. In short, your DVDs allow the luxury of self-pacing, which, for me at least, is the key to success." — Ian Jackson, developer of the Acousticoaching™ CDs for the ballet-inspired BreathPlay System -- the power behind Olympic medals, world records, and world championships. (www.BreathPlay.com)

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• éffacé
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• écarté
• fondu-relevé
• learn barre
• teach barre
• stretch

[mpwandrea]

Can sombody tell me some excercises for "lift" more the legs?? or o get strenght on theme for it... thnks!!

[nicktesla45]

I am Impressed ! This man is an Excellent Teacher ! That girl seems to be a very good student too .

[EvanescenceROCKSS]

@xocutie97 then it's pirrouettes at the barre. that one is kinda easy to follow. hope i helped!! (truth is, im happy to cuz i hurt my foot and could only watch my last ballet class, so i'm at home from school. lol.)

[EvanescenceROCKSS]

@xocutie97 for the next one, lol sorry about the long replies. the next one is:

pointing one foot infront, (im guessing that the preperation is a tendu devant) step onto it and grande battement with the other leg in a sort of half battement balance, finishing with it behind you and step onto that one, pointe the other foot again. repeat three times, then walk around to the other end of the barre. and again on the other side. :)

[EvanescenceROCKSS]

@xocutie97 i couldnt fit it all into the other box so... (oh and sorry for all the spelling mistakes, no accents, etc)

the next bit after that is: 4 ronde de jambs en deyor, on the last one brush the leg up straight infront of you, not too high off the floor, fondu keeping the knee straight and flexing the foot,then ballance for a second, then pointe the foot again, close it into first in a tendu, then demi-plie, and again on the other side. not sure about the next one, sorry!

[EvanescenceROCKSS]

@xocutie97 its a ballet combination. but the first step is a demi-plie. the next thing, a combo does something like this:

retire to passe then retire down to close behind. tendu derrier, degage derrier, another tendu and degage derrier, then again retire to passe and down closing front. Tendu, degage, tendu, degage, tendu,degage, to the side. then a releve with the foot in passe, lift the arms to fifth en o to balance, then close that passe leg behind and do it on the other side. hope i helped!

[coco5channel]

She's got very beautifully stretched lines of feet and toes!

[xocutie97]

does anyone no the name of the steps shes doing ??

[videowatch221]

please check out my ballet and pointe videos, i've been en pointe for 6 months, let me know what you think! xo

[brwnhoney]

her feet are beautiful!