What You'll Learn
- Master proper hip alignment and engagement during rapid-fire grand battement and frappé sequences.
- Develop cardiovascular endurance through continuous, high-energy ballet combinations.
- Improve balance and stability by integrating core engagement with complex movements like fouetté and arabesque.
- Refine muscle memory through high-repetition exercises with minimal instructional breaks.
About This Video
Welcome to Broche Ballet's high-octane Super Sweaty Speed Barre. This 36-minute intensive class is designed for dancers who want to push their limits, improve their stamina, and focus intensely on hip strength and mobility. Following our philosophy of less instruction and more dancing, this Speed Barre session allows you to stay in the flow and maintain an elevated heart rate throughout the entire practice.
The workout begins with a dynamic warm-up to prepare your muscles, quickly transitioning into complex sequences at the barre. You will engage in a series of targeted exercises, including plié, fondu, and frappé, each designed to challenge your precision and control at a brisk tempo. A major focus of this session is the mastery of the hips.
Through grand battement and enveloppé, you will learn to maintain proper alignment—keeping the knee back and the heel forward—even as the speed increases. We also dive deep into the mechanics of the passé and arabesque, emphasizing that small, precise movements are often more effective for muscle engagement than large, sweeping ones. By focusing on the details of your technique, you ensure that the correct muscle groups are doing the work, which is essential for injury prevention.
Throughout the class, we incorporate conditioning movements to reinforce your core engagement, helping you find stability during challenging fouetté turns or sustained balances. The class culminates in a signature Speed Barre finale: a rapid-fire sequence of movements designed to test your muscle memory and cardiovascular endurance. It is the ultimate way to cap off a workout, leaving you feeling strong and accomplished.
Join the Broche Ballet community today and transform your daily practice with our high-energy Speed Barre series.
