- Hey, guys, welcome back.
Today we're gonna be doing a beginning ballet barre.
So barre is always at the beginning of your ballet classes
no matter your level.
So today I'm gonna give you some follow-along
plies, tendus, degages, rond de James,
fondus and grand battement.
And we'll skip straight to seven,
grand battement and a stretch.
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Let's dance.
All right friends, so the first thing
that you will always do in ballet are the plies.
The two positions that you need to know
as a beginner in ballet is first, heels kissing, and second.
We're not gonna do fourth or fifth quite yet.
So always place one hand at the barre,
you're gonna start in first position,
our arms are in bras bas.
We'll take demi-plie, and stretch.
Demi-plie, arm goes out.
A big plie, your grand-plie,
heels are lifted,
up and stretch.
Forward bend one, two.
Come up, three, four.
We're gonna do a little eleve, rise, lower,
now you take your outside foot, tendu, or point.
Second, we'll repeat.
Demi,
stretch,
demi,
stretch.
Big plie, tuck your booty under,
two,
three,
four.
Stretch into the barre, two,
three,
four.
You rise up, you lower down.
Same foot, tendu, first position,
finish.
So you want to do that on this side,
flip and do it on the other side.
And make sure whenever you flip to the other side,
that you go towards the barre.
(snaps)
I just burped from my apple that I ate earlier.
Ahem, we're gonna do some tendus.
Your tendu means to stretch.
And what you're doing is you're stretching your foot.
So, an important tip for your tendu,
is to make sure that your entire foot stays on the floor
until the very last minute.
Then you can extend to your full point.
So, if you're at home or a studio, wherever you are,
you're gonna face what you're holding.
Kay, feet in first position again.
Arms always start off the barre,
you prepare and then you lightly place them on the barre.
Don't hold on for your dear life.
Just a soft grip.
Your combination is right foot tendu one,
plie.
To the side tendu,
plie.
To the back tendu,
plie.
Tendu side,
and side.
Let's try your other foot.
Tendu front,
plie.
Keep your chin lifted up,
plie.
Shoulders are pressed down,
plie.
Two to the side, to the side.
And then you lower down.
And those are your tendus.
Okay, we're moving onto our degages.
Your degages means to disengage,
because your little toesies are disengaging from the floor.
So just like a tendu, keep your foot on the floor
as long as you can until you lift it
just like a little cupcake height.
You don't want it to be any taller
than a little red velvet cupcake from Sprinkles.
Shout out, shout out Sprinkles, really.
Okay and we're back.
So we're gonna do eight on the right, eight on the left,
half it, four on the right, four on the left,
half it, two on the right, two on the left,
half it, one, one, one, one.
Arithmetic.
Why do I feel like I reference math in every video?
Feet are in, what position, Brayden?
For $1500, what position are we in?
- First. - First, ding, ding, ding.
Okay.
We start with your arms in bras bas,
we prepare, light grip,
degages one,
two,
three,
four,
keeping your core nice and tight, seven, eight.
Other side, two,
three,
four,
light grip, seven, now we go four.
Four,
three,
two,
one,
and straight legs, three, two, one.
And two, one,
and two, one.
And one,
one,
plie.
(breathes out)
I'm burnin'.
Good job.
(laughs)
Those were your degages.
Okay, we're gonna do our rond de jambes.
Your rond de jambes mean round of the leg.
And you have four different positions.
First, front, side and back.
So as a beginner, I recommend that you put your outside hand
on your empi tot, your hip.
Your other hand on the barre.
Now just to begin, feet in first position, of course,
you tendu to the front,
keeping your toe connected to the floor,
you slide it to the side.
Staying connected, you slide it to the back.
You go to your demi-point, your half-way point
and you brush it through to first.
So you have position one,
two,
three,
four.
Position one,
two,
three,
four.
Now it's not like, tiki, how I'm doing it.
It's very smooth.
It's ba-lump,
ba-lump.
It's nice and
gooey, okay.
A gooey rond de jambes.
But, when you're first learning them,
you want to break down those positions
so that you build your muscle memory
of hitting every single spot.
And then you can start to blend them together.
So what I would recommend,
is starting in a nice first,
keep your shoulders pressed, chin lifted,
booties under and smile, okay.
And you go one,
two,
three,
first position.
Try it again,
two,
three,
first.
Now you can blend it together,
and blend it together,
blend it together,
plie.
And finish.
And don't forget to do that on the other side.
Okay, we're gonna blend your fondu
and your grand battement together.
Your fondu means to melt, just like your chocolate fondue.
And I always say, don't even bring up cheese fondue,
don't insult me like that, okay?
Well we're gonna do fondu, we're gonna do grand battement.
Your grand battements are your kicks.
Now, as a beginner, I know you want to
kick your head right away and be so good.
But start with the foundation first
and then build up to higher kicks and more flexibility.
So, we're gonna do a really, really baby version
of these exercises.
'Cause again, we need to start from the bottom
♪ Started from the bottom now we ♪
You saw that coming, right?
Start from the bottom, build yourself up.
But you still should have knowledge of it, okay, so.
We're back.
First position again, surprise, surprise.
We got from our bras bas, arms lift, and extend.
We're gonna go tendu front.
Your fondu, you bend both legs.
This outside leg is coming into your ankle
with a nice pointed toe.
Tendu,
fondu.
Let's start over, we go tendu,
bend your legs, straighten your legs, lower first.
To the side, tendu,
fondu front,
extend, lower first.
We go to the back, tendu,
you're now going in the back of your supporting leg,
tendu,
first position.
Your grand battement is starting here.
Brush, lift,
close.
Brush, lift,
close.
Plie
and stretch.
Let me give you a little tiny tip on your grand battements.
They're a bigger version of your
tendu, degages, grand battement.
I would keep that like 90 degrees,
you want to have your legs as straight as possible.
You don't want to move your hips around.
So everything stays stable
and your legs just brushes down and out.
That wasn't very stable.
That's why you have the barre, okay.
Brush, lift, lower, plie and stretch.
So those are all of your barre exercises.
I know I stopped to give you tips and whatnot,
but grab the exercise, the movement
and do it through its entirety, using my tips
on your right side and your left side.
I'm gonna link some good ballet music
that I like to use in the video description.
Okay friends, I hope that you enjoyed
my beginning ballet barre.
Let me know what else you guys want to see,
I know I always say that
but truly, truly I get my video topics
from what you guys comment and message.
You want to do this barre before trying
the beginning ballet, I think part one and part two,
I don't know, like a million videos on this different stuff,
but this is what you,
(laughs)
I thought the barre was behind me.
This is what you start out with.
You guys, I just got glasses, okay, this morning.
So I think my sense of
vision?
- Depth? - Depth is a little off.
But that's okay.
We're gonna keep on, keep on goin'.
What I'm trying to say to you is,
you need to do barre, before you do center exercises.
It's the ballet equivalent
of stretching and warming up and cardio.
So, get movin' on those and I hope you love this video,
I love you and I'll see you next week.
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