What You'll Learn
- Mastering proper alignment in grand plié and port de bras
- Technique for développé and cou-de-pied transitions
- Utilizing torso twists and oblique engagement to face the barre
- Maintaining consistent rhythm and tempo during complex sequences
- Deepening flexibility through intentional stretching and arm reaches
About This Video
Elevate your home practice with this comprehensive 48-minute all-level ballet barre from Broche Ballet. Designed to push your boundaries while remaining accessible to various experience levels, this class emphasizes the intersection of strength, flexibility, and precise technique. Throughout the session, your instructor focuses on the vital importance of maintaining a tall spine—thinking higher than the legs—to ensure optimal alignment and deep core engagement.
This session begins with essential foundation work, including the grand plié and port de bras. You will learn to engage your entire body by reaching through the arms and stretching forward with intention. A unique focus of this practice is the incorporation of twisting movements.
You will practice rotating the torso to face the barre during exercises like développé and various port de bras sequences, which helps develop your oblique strength and spatial awareness. As the class progresses, the movements become more complex. You will refine your tendu and plié en dedans, focusing on keeping the heel down and the knee rotated upward.
Special attention is given to the cou-de-pied and the rhythmic consistency required to execute series of movements with total control. The instructor provides constant feedback on armpit muscle engagement and ribcage placement, ensuring you aren't just moving through the steps, but truly mastering the mechanics of dance. Whether you are a beginner looking for a challenge or an advanced student wanting to return to fundamentals with a fresh perspective, this class offers the tools to improve your balance and fluidity.
By the end of this session, you will have a deeper understanding of how to use your core and breath to support every movement at the barre.
