What You'll Learn
- How to maintain a tall, lifted posture during intense grands battements
- Techniques for a 'tall plié' to increase power for jumps and grands jetés
- Proper alignment and head placement for supported cambré and relevé passé
- Advanced barre combinations focusing on fondu, développé, and stability
About This Video
The Super Sweaty Speed Barre class at Broche Ballet is designed for dancers who want to maximize their time at the barre. This fast-paced session focuses on the concept of less instruction and more dancing, allowing you to find your flow and build stamina while maintaining rigorous classical technique. By moving quickly between exercises, you will challenge your muscle memory and cardiovascular endurance simultaneously.
A primary focus of this class is the concept of lift and maintaining an impressive, tall posture throughout every movement. We start with pliés, where the emphasis is on staying taller than your leg. This approach avoids sinking into the hips and ensures that your plié acts as a powerful spring for future movements like grands jetés. We then transition into fondu and relevé passé en trois, where students are encouraged to keep their knees directed toward the barre during landings for safety and structural integrity.
The workout intensifies with grands battements and développés. In these exercises, the instructor guides you on how to keep your energy reaching toward the ceiling, ensuring your leg movements never outshine your upper-body alignment. By maintaining a lifted head and engaged core, you develop the strength and control necessary for complex center work. You will also practice cambré, learning to lift through the spine to achieve a deeper, more supported stretch without collapsing in the lower back.
Whether you are refining your passé changé or working on your arabesque line, this class provides the technical cues needed to elevate your practice. It is an ideal routine for intermediate to advanced dancers who want to challenge their physical limits while refining their classical foundations. Join us at Broche Ballet to experience a workout that is as technically demanding as it is physically rewarding, leaving you feeling taller and more aligned.
