What You'll Learn
- Techniques for stabilizing the pelvis and hips during leg extensions
- How to engage the obliques to maintain upper body control and prevent twisting
- Improving turnout by keeping the femur bone correctly placed in the hip socket
- Strategies for engaging the correct muscles for better balance and higher legs
- Executing combinations like développés and rond de jambe with technical precision
About This Video
Welcome to this high-efficiency Speed Barre session with Broche Ballet, led by instructor Julie. Designed for the dancer on the go, this 35-minute class packs a full barre experience into a condensed timeframe. This session is specifically crafted to help you refine your technique, alignment, and placement through simple yet effective combinations that keep you moving.
Because there is less time spent on verbal explanations, you can stay in the zone and focus entirely on the physical sensations of your movement. A major focus of this class is hip placement and turnout. Julie guides you through exercises designed to help you keep the femur bone deeply seated in the back of the hip socket, especially during challenging extensions.
You will learn how to stabilize the pelvis to prevent tilting or twisting, which is crucial for achieving higher legs and maintaining a strong center of gravity. The importance of pulling the hip back and keeping the front of the hips lifting is a recurring theme that will help you find better alignment in every step. Throughout the class, we cover essential movements including plié, tendu, and rond de jambe, culminating in développés and preparations for pirouettes.
Julie emphasizes that the goal isn't necessarily a perfect extension on day one; rather, the value lies in the consistent effort to engage the correct muscle groups, such as the obliques, to prevent the torso from twisting. This active engagement is what builds the functional strength needed for advanced ballet vocabulary. Whether you are using a professional barre or a chair at home, this 35-minute practice will leave you feeling aligned, strengthened, and more connected to your turnout.
It is an excellent way to maintain your technique between longer classes or to use as a focused warm-up. Join the Broche Ballet community and discover how a targeted, fast-paced barre can transform your dance practice.
