COMBINATIONS 2:16 Pliés 7:29 Tendu in 1st 12:59 Tendu in 5th 16:25 Pas de Cheval 20:39 Dégagé in 1st 22:47 Dégagé in 5th 26:32 Rond de Jambe 32:39 Fondu 36:43 Frappé 40:17 Adagio 43:39 Grand Battement 45:22 Relevés
Kathryn: I'd rather they were clean 90s Me at my 45s: cool cool cool cool cool no doubt no doubt no doubt This barre was so good for my supporting leg control!! Really felt it through the hip and arches!
Hi Kathryn, I’m 50 and just got back into ballet. I’d love to take your beginner online classes , but am worried to look embarrassing. I love ballet and your teaching videos are the best.
Hi May, me too- started at 58 so have been working at it for about 3 yrs now. Live Kathryns video classes. Have you tried the beginning Disney barre? It’s my favorite so far. Hopefully she will do more like that for us. Was diagnosed with RA two years ago and this has really helped me.
I'm 61 and getting back into ballet-after a 40 year hiatus. I'm also learning tap at long last. 😏 Kathryn's videos are a real inspiration. Ballet should be for joy, strength, health and for life!
That moment when you realize your "light touch" on the barre, was NOT EVEN. I LOVE HOW HARD THIS "beginner" barre is. I can see why doing this would cause huge improvement. Thank you thank you so much! -adult ballerinas everywhere
I danced ballet my entire childhood. I am now 45 and SO OVER running or HIIT training for fitness. Just yesterday it dawned on me that I should go back to what my soul used to love - ballet. So I googled classes and found you. This was AMAZING! I am so happy now and I can't stop smiling. I appreciate you! :-)
I just took my first ballet class two days ago. 25 years old. Working muscles I didn’t know I hadn’t worked before in my fitness regimen. Learning some French as well. Thank you for making these!
Starting a health journey after many years off of ballet as a 35 year old adult, some injuries, major weight gain, etc. I'm using this class as my reentry into my goal of going back to inperson classes (whenever that happens). Day 1: made it through tendus. I have to keep reminding myself that the competition isn't real. I just want to be stronger mentally and physically.
"I have to keep reminding myself that the competition isn't real" dear God that's a real talk, almost same case with me :D how you doing with your goals?
I'm 74!! ( according to my birth date - but i don't feel it and RESIST!) I love KMs approach - so stretching, and still possible and positive in every way. Always feel a buzz when I've done this workout!
as a dyspraxic dancer, I always do every exercise twice (once for my brain, once for my body) as it takes me longer to pick up material. prior to these barres I've always had to rewind at each exercises! I know this probably wasn't your intention when creating this, but wanted to say what an incredible bonus it is for me and am sure many other dancers who learn differently. not to mention the extra balance and strength! thank you for everything you do!
This was really good to do! I'm 43 and doing ballet barre next to my kitchen counter. Thanks so much! 🙂 Husband (who is now used to my daily ballet efforts) walked in, heard some of your quips, grinned, and said "She's funny!" 😁
Kathryn, thank you! ...From myself and all of my friends from our fight gym. We're not dancers but you have saved many of us from serious injuries over the last 2 or more years since we discovered your channel. Our hips, knees, and ankles have never been healthier.
I was having a bit of a bad morning, and when the notification popped up it instantly made me smile😊. I can’t wait to do this after school!!! Looking forward to it, thank you!
I'm a beginner, I started less than 2 years ago. But my first teacher always made us do some barre work without a barre. Especially plies and balancing moves. I am so grateful for her doing that, it definitely helped me a lot with balance!
I know what an old video this is now, but I'm finally at the point where I can do this one and enjoy it. I just wanted to thank you, Kathryn for your clearly paced teaching. You're doing good work.
Kathryn you’re such a thorough and encouraging teacher. Coming back to ballet at 40 and this class destroyed me (in a good way). Thank you for providing it!
me too , Istarted balled at 23 y/o and advanced to pointe, I was a runner too, which helped with strength , with ballet alone I lost a lot of weight, never professional, but I was in a show at disney and that was my only professional debut...it has been more than 20 years now, I continue practicing first on my own, but this channel is the best..that means you can advance as much as you like too
Hi Kathryn, I am 55, and took ballet classes for a few years when I was 8-9, then again at 13 but stopped after that. In my 30s and 40s I got more into sports (running/hiking) and then had to do yoga to heal. my injuries. I found ballet workout classes were very therapeutic for my weak ankles. I especially enjoy your classes, much more so than NYC Ballet workout classes. So a huge thanks. And I wanted to comment about. your apology after one session re your weight and thyroid. I am sorry that you had to go through that, but keep in mind that not all your students are professional dancers and some of us appreciate seeing a dancer looking more like us! Thanks again.
This was SO helpful! I didn't do ballet as a child, and now in classes am often confused about the details of footwork. You laid it all out so clearly. Love the core work too :)
I am 60 and just started 75 Hard today. This was fantastic!! You are so encouraging, and I appreciate you acknowledging that things should be difficult. Thank you so much, from a fellow Kathryn.
Hi! I’m a young dancer who also dances at school. Today this was our assignment. Although most of the arms where not what I’ve been taught I still had lots of fun!
I’ve been doing this daily for a week and it has helped me so much! My calves hurt so much the first day after but I can tell that I’ve gotten a lot stronger since. I could lift my legs up higher, my legs and hips are not as sore or worked out when doing certain moves in other beginner ballet classes. I love this class!
Wow. I haven't danced for the last few months and this was a killer way to get back into it. Thanks so much Kathryn! My legs are burning and the rest of me is sweating :D
I've been taking this latest lockdown (our third 🥺) to really work on my turnout and stability, doing 'easier' exercises as I concentrate on the new-to-me cues from my teacher. This was perfect! I was shaking by fondus 😂😂👌
I’m getting back to ballet for my senior year of high school after a 6 month injury and I’m so glad I did this class! I’ll see how I feel tomorrow but hopefully I can do this again in a few days!
Dear Kathryn, 12 years ago (age 25) I started Ballet at my community college. I took their Adult Beginner and Intermediate class for 5 years. It was the exact same class every semester. And even though the teacher didn't bother to correct or support us, I felt such joy. Until they changed the schedule and it conflicted with my working hours. I just finished your class....my legs are burning but I am smiling from ear to ear !!!!!! Your comments and corrections are so spot on that they made me laugh a couple of times :) But the most important fact is that I feel encouraged . Thank you from the bottom of my Heart !!!!!!
Everytime I see notifications of this channel, I smile. For these barres, it has been extremely challenging but I noticed even if it's little progress, that I'm improving. I love your videos and at my opinion you are the best, speaking about content, personality and honestity.
I have done this barre at least 15 times at this point, it's challenging and fun no matter how many times I do it. This is getting me through lockdown :)
Did this after a full day of dancing street, jazz and ballet (doing a performing arts degree) and it really centered me after a long day of technique and choreo! Thanks and lots of love from a dane in Sweden
I took ballet classes as a little girl. Once in high school I had to stop. I'm 26 now and I just started again about a month ago, love your videos so much!
I’m really glad my teacher does fairly regularly make us do ‘centre barres’ so we avoid relying on it too much, but I loved having the barre there to get the hang of the exercises before diving right in, it let me focus on doing it right instead of worrying about remembering the combo. However I did not enjoy those rises at the end!!
I'm using these as my workouts during pregnancy because it's literally a full body workout, but it's not crazy intense. It helps me stretch and strengthen my body without overworking (I've been dancing since the age of 4, and only really stopped because of quarantine. Please talk to your ob/gyn before starting exercise while pregnant. The stretches in the book they gave me just weren't working for me since i barely felt any sort of stretch or muscle use and I was cleared for more intense stretching and workouts like these and more). I'm just about at 20 weeks into my pregnancy and I'm starting to realize that my balance is who knows where right now, lol🤣 Thanks for the wonderful videos Katie! I've been a big fan for years ❤
This was an AMAZING balance conditioning excersize, especially since I've definitely been lacking that in my quarantine practice with limited center space. Definitely tough but felt really good to wake those muscles back up!
I've been learning ballet everyday for 2 months now, I'm so happy I could do almost everything!! When I get better I will apply for a dance school, It's my dream since I was a kid. Thank you for the class!!
GOODNIGHT am I glad I didn't try the advanced one first. I got through 20 minutes. Per tradition, this 50 year old will get there eventually! This one is hard but also SO VERY FUN. Thank you, again, My Dear!
Oh and it's normal for your balance to be way better on one side, right? One of those things I always wanted to ask my ballet teachers but I was the shy girl who just did the work and didn't ask questions;).
I've never done ballet or dance in my life because my mom didn't allow it. I started doing these videos in the beginning of quarantine and I'm amazed that I was actually able to keep up with this. Idk how pretty it was but I had fun.
I am totally in love with your videos. I did ballet as a pre-teen and truly loved it, although I wasn’t very good. I loved the challenge. Since then, I’ve all about triathlons, weight training, kickboxing, boot camp and all kinds of stuff to make me strong and fit. I forgot the beauty, simplicity and KICKASS difficulty and challenge of ballet bar. I am committed to doing thee videos a week and just see how I improve. Right now, this is the singularly most challenging aspect of my workout routine. And I LOVE IT!
I’m currently 16 in a half and I did ballet for a short time when I was 8! Not long enough to gain much experience though. I’ve struggled with finding what I would like to do. From volleyball, to soccer, even tried being a flag girl! But ballet has always intrigued me. I’m so interested in doing ballet and I hope I can soon!
Your words about how slow is difficult are so true. They apply to instrumentalists as well. My own piano teacher, Mischa Kottler, said you show the size of your true musicianship in the slow movement of a sonata. He studied in the 1920's with Alfred Cortot in Paris (from the school of Chopin) and Emil von Sauer (from the Liszt school) in Vienna. I did you home workout for about 3 weeks first. This tiny background is helping me with the current workout. Thank you!
I just did this. It was SO hard! I am dripping in sweat - and it's mid winter. Yet so satisfying, and made me feel proud for getting through it. A perfect barre for getting back in shape for ballet.
Hi Kathryn, I hope you are safe and well. I restarted ballet after about 18/20 years off. I’ve been disabled for four years now and needed to find something to help strengthen me up for spinal surgeries. Your videos are truly helping me strengthen up, and just doing this again has brought me so much joy. I’m going to try and aim to get back on pointe when it is safe for me to do so. Thank you so much for your helpful videos 🖤
I feel like I saw you last night after my dance class at the Covington Regional Ballet! We walked out of the studio to leave and I saw someone who looked just like you!
i dont know if you’ll see this but I just want to say that i really like your videos so far. I am diagnosed with depression and anxiety and just got out a mental hospital a couple weeks ago. My therapist encouraged me to try to pick up some activities i used to before the depression one of them happening to be ballet. Im 16 now and havent done ballet since i was eight but im really hopeful and am excited to start again!
Thank you so much ,I have just gone back to my beloved ballet after 40yrs (@61yrs young) and these beginner classes are helping me remember much faster
I am 42 years old with no experience, and I have done this routine at home by myself for maybe 8-10 times (just once a week), and I'm starting to feel a small improvement in strength. I would send you a recording if you're interested. Anyway, thank you so much for this. I love the slow gentle movement.
Hi Kathryn! I'm 29. I started taking ballet last week for the first time, and your channel is helping me to learn basic movements and their names. Thank you for sharing with us! :)
I have kids and am unable to devote time to make it to a studio. This is so amazing thank you and I love how you talk to us like we are truly there gaining correction and lessons. Your videos are wonderful
I started this barre thinking "I'll try the plies and tendus without the barre" and ended this barre having done the whole thing in center. R.I.P. my calves and feet tomorrow
I am not strong enough in my core to take my hand off the barre for some of these without hurting myself, but I was pleasantly surprised how much I could do without the barre! Thank you for the encouragement. There was a bit of judging going on (not always the bad kind though), so thanks for calling me out. ;)
lol my fav! love your character. i love how elegant ballet is and how much hard love , sweat, and pain there is behind this elegance... love. love. love.
SOOO i'm 16 yo, rn I go to contemporary dance but i've been wanting to do ballet for YEARS, hopefully i'll join ballet classes in two weeks but i still wanted to tried this, i don't have a barre at my house so i did the whole things without it BUT It was so much fun thankyou for this video💗💗💗💗
I just found you and OH MY WORD!! I haven't done dance classes since college 16 years ago. I don't do resolutions but I decided I wanted to do more of what I love and here I am! This was just what I needed!
I love this class! This is so helpful to me as a teacher as I often don’t have my own barre to show the combinations on. Thank you also for always being so encouraging.
i am a very beginner (started a few months ago at the age of 27, no dance experience whatsoever) and i found some elements still impossible (pas de chevals and frappes). releves were killers, i loved it 🔥 i plan to go on with different trainings of yours and classes in my local studio and i will be able to follow 100% at some point (in a distant future if at all, but still). thank you!
You are such a great teacher. I'm so thankful you're here. My live Zoom teacher has a power outage today, and I came straight to your channel after having taken your "beginner" barre last week. You're such a clear teacher. I just love your classes. Thank you.
Thank you Kathryn your such a beautiful dancer i’ve only been taking adult ballet classes for seven years. I’m currently taking a workshop with the National Ballet Of Canada in Toronto on Sunday morning and studio at the Prima studio a beautiful, beautiful studio, where all the professional dancers rehearse and take their classes during the week I’m very lucky to be there on Sunday mornings so I go to a beginner adult class and I’m learning a lot and thank you for your video
I came across your class because I missed a pilates session this morning and thought ooh ballet class! I am a dance teacher and ex dancer and am currently injured with an insertional achilles problem. I loved your class for beginners, it really allowed me to work carefully and watch my placement whilst still feeling like I had worked hard. You're so right, beginner doesn't mean easy. Still a way to go but I really enjoyed it and have since checked out lots more of your videos and shared them to my students. Thanks again xx
I did The class yesterday and I just finished this one. I kid you not, I felt stronger just from one class. I used my “real turn out” and the correct muscles were used. These classes are amazing!
now this is the quarantine in Canada and I practices with your video because the studio are close. thanks you and I smiles when I do your video its hard but I do without the bar and it helps me to stand by myself not to rely on the bar, but on my strength.
I love, how every time after I screwed up completely, there is: "Do not judge", and when I'm giving up: "Do not give up". Like Kathryn actually can see me))) My feet hurt, but I finished it and will do it again!
I love this sooo much. WHY is this not the standard in ballet class? You get so much more out of the "centre" work when having the barre "just in case". I used to get sooooo frustrated because every time I fell apart in centre I lost half of the combination because I had to set up myself again. I also use the "in-between-trick" sometimes. When a combination is too hard to do completley without barre, I just place only one finger on the barre. That helps
I loveeee those barres! I had planned on having a slow morning reading, but when I saw this, I just had to do it, and now well, I am fully energized :) Thank you!!!
Thank you so much for these videos! I've adored ballet from afar my whole life but coming from a family of dancers, I was always told that with my body type and x-shaped legs I could never be a dancer. I've always felt very self-conscious in any dance class I took and almost gave up on dance altogether. But after a while of following your beginner classes, I'm excited to dance again! I never would have thought just how much my body can do.
