By the end of this video you're going to learn two new barre exercises. If
you're a barre teacher you can add these to your classes to make them even more amazing
and if you're just a pure lover of barre then I'm going to teach you
some great technique that you can take to your classes to take them to the next level.
Hi, I'm Andrea Robertson and I'm here to make the world a healthier and happier place in a very big
way. I have taught over 150 people all over the world how to become amazing barre
instructors and personally I've taught over 14,000 clients in my studio here in Adelaide, Australia,
as well as countless more online. Today I'm going to teach you two of my favorite barre
exercises and how to transition in between them so that your classes can have a non-stop flow.
All right, let's get into it the two barre class exercises that we're going to learn today...
A second position cardio into second position plie.
So we're going to learn the whole series and the technique first and then do it with the music.
We're starting our second position to curtsy cardio facing the barre. So feet in second
position. Toes in a natural turnout, not overly turned out. Tummy in, shoulders back, and feel
length through your spine. We take a lovely big second position plie, you step back with one leg
to a curtsy, so legs are turned out, knees are turned out, and thighs are rotated from the hips.
We step back to second position and then we take the other leg back to curtsy.
So a lovely big deep second followed a lovely big deep curtsy. Make sure the legs are nice and wide.
If you're too close in here you won't be able to step deep into the curtsy where you go second
and curtsy. And then, when we keep going and we've done enough there, we take a second,
opposite arm lifts to the leg, second, down and the arm lifts up to fifth position.
Plie in second, curtsy back. Now there's an alternative you can do the same arm as the leg.
If you would like to do this next little add-on,
which goes down and does a little lean over on the curtsy. Plie down, lean over. So we do
a certain amount of those. We come back to second position and take a lovely second position series.
So we'll do eight down and up here. You want to really feel those thighs turning out,
knees pressing over your toes on the plie, neutral pelvis so the bottom doesn't stick out this way,
ribs don't expand, they're zipped in closed, tailbone lengthens down to the floor, keep those
upper thighs rotating out, and we'll do eight plies full range of motion down and up. As you
come up really stretch through those legs. Then we'll come down and pulse. So staying down low,
the pulses are very small, just one inch pulses at the very deep aspect of your challenge zone.
We'll hold it here then we do eight heel lift and lowers. Once those heels are lifted we'll do
eight more little pulses, and then we'll do very small slow movements down an inch, up an inch,
down an inch, up an inch, so you really want to make those little tiny movements and pulses
super small and deep in the challenge zone. All right let's do it with the music.
If you'd like to try that exercise in one of my classes check this little link up here.
Well done there you have it, the skills and technique for two great barre exercises.
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