May Ballet Barre Series

Hi DanceGeeks! Welcome to our May dance series! We learned 5 new barre exercises this week (all of which can be done center barre) If you want to see some behind the scene set-up footage with a 19 month old….make sure you watch the video until the end!

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Please remember to warm up before class and stretch afterwards! Full class stream at the end of this blog.

Tendu

• Tendu flex tendu close
• Tendu force arch press stretch close
• 4 tendu
• Repeat front, side back
• Degage to the side to prep for beats f/b 7x on 8th soutenu to 5th releve and balance.

Plie

• 2 demi plie
• 1 grand plie
• port des bra forward
• 1 releve and lower (4cts)
• 1 releve quick, change positions
• repeat 2nd (bend towards the barre) 4th (bend away from the barre) 5th (arch back)
• finish and repeat other side.

Degage

• 3 front
• 1 pas des cheval forward
• repeat front, side, back
• pique to 2nd retire away from Barre & balance (4 counts balance, 4 counts reset)
• repeat back towards barre & balance close in 5th
• 8 degage side optional port des bras

Rond des Jambs

• 4 a Terre
• passe to tendu
• fondu with extended leg
• stretch supporting leg
• close 5th
• retire developpe front back to retire, repeat side and back from retire position
• close plie, extend leg behind to prepare to reverse RDJ en des dans
• reverse enter exercise

Kicks

• 3 front from 3rd cloche to kick back
• reverse
• 8 kicks side
• kick out to second, hold and balance
• repeat other side

Until we dance together again, xo’s