What You'll Learn
- Master the transition from barre to center while maintaining stability en pointe.
- Refine your technique for échappé, pas de bourrée, and passé.
- Improve your balance and core engagement during adagio sequences.
- Learn to maintain long toes and proper roll-through in pointe shoes.
- Enhance upper body placement and arm carriage for better support.
About This Video
Welcome to this comprehensive intermediate pointe class with Broche Ballet, designed to refine your strength and artistry en pointe. This thirty-five-minute session is perfectly balanced, featuring fifteen minutes of intensive barre work followed by twenty minutes of challenging center exercises. We begin at the barre, where the focus remains on proper alignment and core stability.
You will work through essential movements including plié and tendu to warm up the feet and ankles. Special attention is given to the roll-through in your pointe shoes, ensuring you are working through the metatarsals correctly. The instructor provides detailed feedback on maintaining a lifted posture, particularly emphasizing the height of the left arm to provide even support across both sides of the body.
As we move to the center, the difficulty increases with a series of classic intermediate combinations. You will practice controlled relevé movements, elegant adagio sequences, and dynamic échappés. The class also covers pas de bourrée and passé, where you will focus on the precision of the movement and the sharpness of your footwork.
Throughout the center work, you will learn to develop your devant positions and maintain balance during complex transitions. Key techniques such as the tombé and various pas de bourrée variations are explored to help you find your center and gain confidence away from the barre. This practice is ideal for dancers looking to transition from basic pointe work into more fluid, professional-level combinations.
By focusing on keeping the toes long into the floor and mastering the descent from relevé, you will build the specific muscle memory required for advanced ballet. Proper execution of tendu, tombé, and passé movements is crucial for a successful session. A good pas de bourrée requires balance and control, which can be achieved by practicing the relevant movements taught here.
Join Broche Ballet for this focused practice session and elevate your technique to the next level.
