What You'll Learn
- Synchronize port de bras with grand plié for fluid, professional movement.
- Utilize 'down to go out' plié-tendu coordination to build power for future jumps.
- Refine weight placement to achieve more stable and consistent balances.
- Challenge your musicality and cognitive skills with recurring 'three-and-one' exercise patterns.
About This Video
Welcome to a comprehensive 44-minute ballet barre session designed to strengthen your foundation and refine your coordination. At Broche Ballet, we believe that a strong barre practice is the secret to effortless center work and powerful jumps. This class specifically targets the intricate relationship between arm movements and leg actions, ensuring you build the muscle memory needed for professional-level performance.
The lesson begins with a focus on demi-plié and grand plié, emphasizing the exact moment the arm reaches first position as the heels return to the floor. By mastering this timing, you develop the fluid grace essential to classical ballet. As we move into tendu and dégagé, we introduce a 'three-and-one' directional pattern.
This challenges your cognitive processing and musicality, helping you move beyond simple repetition into intentional artistry. One of the core technical focuses of this class is jump preparation. We explore the 'down to go out' plié-tendu coordination, which is vital for developing the functional strength required for future allegro work.
By coordinating these movements simultaneously, you create a more dynamic and efficient takeoff. Additionally, the instructor provides deep dives into structural alignment, including ribcage expansion during cambré and maintaining turnout through first position during rond de jambe. To improve your stability during balances, we practice shifting weight correctly onto the standing leg.
You will learn to feel weightless in the working foot before it lifts into passé, ensuring a secure and centered position. We also refine the pathways of the port de bras during transitions like frappé and fondu. Whether you are looking to improve your grand battement or perfect your alignment, this class offers the technical feedback necessary to elevate your dance practice.
