Video Programs for Sale: BASIC BALLET 11

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Basic Ballet 11
Improving Your Turnout & Extension
75 minutes
$60.00
Now also available on DVD

16 Standing, Barre, and Relaxation Exercises

Going on from the floor exercises in Basic Ballet 10, Finis & Noriko now show you how to improve your turnout and extension at the barre. Slowly and meticulously, learn how to place your weight and send your energy so that you can make the most of what you've got. Whether or not you look turned out, and can get your leg up higher, has a lot to do with what you're thinking or not thinking. Get a hold of some new ideas that can make the difference. And, after your dancing is completed, Finis shows you some wonderful ways to get the kinks out , relax, and rejuvenate!

Ballerina, Noriko Naraoka demonstrates each movement.
Music by Bill Brown.

The ballet exercises are presented as follows:
A: Finis teaches the exercise
B: Noriko demonstrates the exercise with Finis commenting.

1. Parallel stretch.
2. Isometric plié in second position
3. Isometric plié with spirals
4. Demi plié & tendu in first position
5. Tendu & demi plié in fifth position
6. Grand rond de jambe
7. Fondu developpé front
8. Lunge, penchée, arabesque
9. Fondu developpé side
10. Developpé en croix
11. Grand battement front and back
12. Grand battement side
13. Adagio for turnout & extension
14. Relaxation: Using tennis balls
15. Relaxation: Using the back roller
16. Relaxation: Unwinding