This is perfect! Just what I need to practice at home and improve technique. I am so glad to be back to ballet. It's never to late! Thank you so much for these videos, I love them.
I do this almost daily in between my adult ballet classes - so helpful! Thank you for posting (it's a great idea to have with and without intros too) :)
Thank you so much for sharing this barre. I am a former dancer recovering from a major abdominal surgery and this was just perfect for getting me going again. Beautiful music too!
I've been doing this barre for the last couple of months as a fill in between classes and its so great. I'd been trying to find something like this for ages, so thanks for sharing your gift with the world!
I love your videos - have chosen 3 videos that I train daily now in this corona time, where my studio is closed. I am an adult - never did ballet until 3 years ago. It doesn't always look pritty, but I love the training - and your way of teaching is just wonderful and helpful. Thank you so much
Honestly you deserve a bunch more followers! There are these people who just play video games and earn a million followers, you are much more helpfull!!
Could you please do some pointe workouts? I am 14 years old and new to pointework, but I want to work on it a lot so that I can get to the point (no pun intended haha) where I can do full dances/choreography on pointe, and I think that you and your classes would be the perfect tool to help me get extra pointe work in. I know that it takes a long time to get really, really good at pointe but I am willing to work on it and be patient with it. Some beginner pointe workouts would be perfect for me, and I'm sure more advanced pointe workouts would be perfect for many others. I only started ballet when I was 13, and have been working on catching myself up ever since. Thank you so much for your excellent classes that I am using to build technique, and I hope you please please please do some pointe classes!
There is on pointe workout on her channel, and you can do most of the barres in pointe shoes. Sometimes she says (only in the long versions) not to use pointe shoes, but when she doesn't just go ahead and put your pointe shoes on. :)
I know this was so long ago and you probably don’t even remember making this comment but how did you get en pointe that fast? I’m starting as a 14 year old and I really want to improve fast. I’m just wondering like how many classes a week did you take? And was it really hard to get there so fast?
I'm an adult student who has restarted classes after 35 years! Your tips and barres keep me going in between classes! I have pinned you to my Pintrest tab in the hopes that other dancers will find you! If you have any tips for adult or beginner ballet dancers, please post them. There are so many of us out here, and not many classes, in the smaller cities. Thank you!
Same here! I experienced several injuries and haven't danced in more than 20 years. I recently bought a barre and this is the perfect barre workout for my re-entry level. Thank you so much for making these videos - I feel like I am home again :)
Thank you for these videos! I have been looking for something just like this to do daily with my daughter, who is in Ballet I. Are you going to be doing more videos for stretches, and also steps and sequences (i.e. spotting, balancé, glissades, etc.). That would so amazing!
Thank you. I really afore that you show both sides. I will use your video for my barre. You are very beautiful. One can see your spirit and presence in each move you do.
Your videos are really helpful! Thank you. If possible, I would really appreciate it if you could make a back strengthening workout to achieve a higher arabesque. This has always been a struggle for me and I would love some tips and advice.
Hello Katie! I'm a ballet student and i really love your videos they are extremely helpful! Could you please do an stretching / leg extension video please :). Thanks!
Hi Katie. I notice many advanced/professional dancers such as yourself bend their knee and place their foot in fifth when closing a fifth from tendu devant. I was taught that I should slid my foot in on a straight leg, but so many professionals do it with a bent knee. I even saw a technique dvd from the Bournoville ballet school where the male dancer did this consistently. Is my teacher just nuts or is closing fifth on a straight leg a legitimate strength building practice. Can you please explain this to me? Is it just different schools? What are the pros and cons of straight knee vs. bent knee?
Hi! I'm not a professional ballet dancer (not yet :P) but I think I can still answer to your question. Your teacher is totally right about asking you to close in fifth with your knees straight, but it's unfortunately impossible for most people who weren't born with a natural turn-out. In that case, dancers are usually cheating by closing with their knees bent so they can achieve a perfect fifth position. However, until you are a professional dancer, I think you should try to close with your knees straight, so you can (ideally) get a perfect turn-out in a few years
Sherry Wang Well you should always try and close with straight legs, but my legs are so hyperextended that I physically can't. If I didn't bend my knee, I would get as far as about 4th position. So that is why I do it! Great question though! :)
One of my teachers recommends to lift the heel of your supporting leg when your closing - just a little bit (a few mm) to make your supporting leg "longer" and create a space for working leg. It's more of a weight shift and it makes you control your posture even more. I think that keeping legs perfectly straight (as it is requested) is physically impossible in general :-) I haven't seen a professional dancer so far who wouldn't bend the knee a bit at some point. I think we need to keep trying, giving up this thought of straight leg wouldn't help :-) And fortunately - it's not the main point of ballet, right? :-)
I can only do fourth position with full hyper-extension and it pisses me off)).. If I could master bending it without getting the rest of me out of whack)) - it's much harder then it seems!!
I had learnt ballet 6years ago and now I am watching your video to correct my positions. I want to enquire how should I correct my sickle feet when doing derriere positions
Try to wing your feet, so you can't sickle. I also had and sometimes still have that problem, but you get used to it through practice. Then you do it automatically.
Hi Kathryn, when do you think you will bring out your music? Will it be available to download? I sometimes just play this video when I want to music to practice things to, it is 1000x better than listening to random classical music on youtube :)
Hello katie! Well I am not very flexible when i say not its really! When i dance i have an awkward movements because im not really that flexible i look like a dancing stick haha. I badly want to be a professional ballerina but im not flexible enough, should i continue? Please answer it. Thank you very much! By the way I really love your videos, you teach well! :)
+andrea javiniar A lot of people aren't naturally flexible. The secret is stretching, when you're warm. :) Whenever you finish class, stretch (Kathryn has a stretching & flexibility video you can watch to know which stretches to do). Flexibility comes with time and practice, and even the most naturally flexible professional dancers wouldn't be as flexible as they are now if it weren't for regular stretching. :)
Does anyone have tips for how to relax your shoulders when doing port de bras? I tend to tighten my shoulder muscles instead of relaxing them and properly working with my back muscles. I don't know what to do :/
I"m in horrible pain (psoriatic arthritis and fibromyalgia) even on meds but Dr said I can try anything I want to. I used to dance and can remember how good stretching at the barre felt. I wont' be able to manage a gran plie' yet, maybe not a demi at this point. I'm brave and forge ahead on things but even this looks like a mountain to me (used to climb them too). Is anyone else using this who is really pretty debilitated? Or was at the outset but got stronger?
A lot of warmth all over your joints, and support helps tremendously!! I am a dancer with autoimmune flares (during which I rest) and when flares begin to dial down to milder stuff - good neoprene ankle braces and knee braces plus leg warmers and something warm on my waist have carried me through the worst of it, considering I have had wise teachers - their daily routines actually have built me back up.. And correct stretching is key to everything, I had to learn to consider my natural imbalances and adjust accordingly, not repeating what everyone else is doing.. BTW i did a dna test for methylation and found a lot of my triggers that way, some common metabolic mutations that can be helped nutritionally and bring some relief!..
I fell asleep while doing this Barre, lol jk, but for real I like these slow and simple Barre exercises they're very relaxing almost like getting a massage
Thank you. I really afore that you show both sides. I will use your video for my barre. You are very beautiful. One can see your spirit and presence in each move you do.
I have the worst ballet class the other day and I come home I turned you on and I promise you make it out better 🙏🏾 🤘🏽💪🏾🌈
The end made me want to cry with tears of joy. I wish you well with all you dreams!
This is perfect! Just what I need to practice at home and improve technique. I am so glad to be back to ballet. It's never to late! Thank you so much for these videos, I love them.
I do this almost daily in between my adult ballet classes - so helpful! Thank you for posting (it's a great idea to have with and without intros too) :)
so great
OMG Amazing photos of you when you are younger. Love this easy barre. Thanks Kathryn.
Thank you so much for sharing this barre. I am a former dancer recovering from a major abdominal surgery and this was just perfect for getting me going again. Beautiful music too!
I've been doing this barre for the last couple of months as a fill in between classes and its so great. I'd been trying to find something like this for ages, so thanks for sharing your gift with the world!
Yeah really we all need this
Ive done this barre probably 2 dozen times and watched my body grow stronger each time. 💪 thank you Kathryn.
I love your videos - have chosen 3 videos that I train daily now in this corona time, where my studio is closed. I am an adult - never did ballet until 3 years ago. It doesn't always look pritty, but I love the training - and your way of teaching is just wonderful and helpful. Thank you so much
Honestly you deserve a bunch more followers! There are these people who just play video games and earn a million followers, you are much more helpfull!!
Could you please do some pointe workouts? I am 14 years old and new to pointework, but I want to work on it a lot so that I can get to the point (no pun intended haha) where I can do full dances/choreography on pointe, and I think that you and your classes would be the perfect tool to help me get extra pointe work in. I know that it takes a long time to get really, really good at pointe but I am willing to work on it and be patient with it. Some beginner pointe workouts would be perfect for me, and I'm sure more advanced pointe workouts would be perfect for many others. I only started ballet when I was 13, and have been working on catching myself up ever since. Thank you so much for your excellent classes that I am using to build technique, and I hope you please please please do some pointe classes!
There is on pointe workout on her channel, and you can do most of the barres in pointe shoes. Sometimes she says (only in the long versions) not to use pointe shoes, but when she doesn't just go ahead and put your pointe shoes on. :)
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I know this was so long ago and you probably don’t even remember making this comment but how did you get en pointe that fast? I’m starting as a 14 year old and I really want to improve fast. I’m just wondering like how many classes a week did you take? And was it really hard to get there so fast?
@@Bybelial A friend of mine did 4 classes per week at age 14 in order to start le pointe.
Hello Kathryn, thank you so much. Your videos are incredibly helpful and adapted to beginners as well as advanced dancers. You make ballet possible :D
I'm an adult student who has restarted classes after 35 years! Your tips and barres keep me going in between classes! I have pinned you to my Pintrest tab in the hopes that other dancers will find you! If you have any tips for adult or beginner ballet dancers, please post them. There are so many of us out here, and not many classes, in the smaller cities. Thank you!
RJsExtremeMom Thank you so much! I need to get on pintrest. I am so glad you are enjoying my videos.
Same here! I experienced several injuries and haven't danced in more than 20 years. I recently bought a barre and this is the perfect barre workout for my re-entry level. Thank you so much for making these videos - I feel like I am home again :)
This video is amazing. This is brilliant. Thank u
I love your classes ❤
You are so inspiring to me for me to try my best at my dance classes.
I love Wicked! The first song is beautiful! 💜
yes it reminds me of when im younger
i just did this yesterday and let me tell you my legs hurt so bad but so worth it !!! ugh i miss dance so much
Thank you for these videos! I have been looking for something just like this to do daily with my daughter, who is in Ballet I. Are you going to be doing more videos for stretches, and also steps and sequences (i.e. spotting, balancé, glissades, etc.). That would so amazing!
Good luck to all u dancers 😘
so beautiful! and so beautiful the pictures at end! :) GOD bless you! :)
Thank you. I really afore that you show both sides. I will use your video for my barre. You are very beautiful. One can see your spirit and presence in each move you do.
Beautifull photos. Thanks for your class
Love this! Thank you for doing these videos :)
same i really enjoy this page its really helped with mine
Your videos are really helpful! Thank you. If possible, I would really appreciate it if you could make a back strengthening workout to achieve a higher arabesque. This has always been a struggle for me and I would love some tips and advice.
llove this page such great advice
Hi.....I love your videos.....I'am a ballet teacher from Ensenada México. I'am gonna use some of your exercises at my clases.....thank you! ♡
Jeannete Amador Thank you so much! I appreciate it!
You are fantastic! This is so helpful.
true
Ours is a super special art that we gotta keep going
Thanks!
Hello Katie! I'm a ballet student and i really love your videos they are extremely helpful! Could you please do an stretching / leg extension video please :). Thanks!
Arantza Rojas Yes! And thank you!
Used to ports de bra front and back sousou en pointe. Not at 50! Shoot I think I balanced there with both arms wrapped around my legs.
Brava ❤
Hi Katie. I notice many advanced/professional dancers such as yourself bend their knee and place their foot in fifth when closing a fifth from tendu devant. I was taught that I should slid my foot in on a straight leg, but so many professionals do it with a bent knee. I even saw a technique dvd from the Bournoville ballet school where the male dancer did this consistently. Is my teacher just nuts or is closing fifth on a straight leg a legitimate strength building practice. Can you please explain this to me? Is it just different schools? What are the pros and cons of straight knee vs. bent knee?
Hi! I'm not a professional ballet dancer (not yet :P) but I think I can still answer to your question. Your teacher is totally right about asking you to close in fifth with your knees straight, but it's unfortunately impossible for most people who weren't born with a natural turn-out. In that case, dancers are usually cheating by closing with their knees bent so they can achieve a perfect fifth position. However, until you are a professional dancer, I think you should try to close with your knees straight, so you can (ideally) get a perfect turn-out in a few years
Sherry Wang Well you should always try and close with straight legs, but my legs are so hyperextended that I physically can't. If I didn't bend my knee, I would get as far as about 4th position. So that is why I do it! Great question though! :)
One of my teachers recommends to lift the heel of your supporting leg when your closing - just a little bit (a few mm) to make your supporting leg "longer" and create a space for working leg. It's more of a weight shift and it makes you control your posture even more. I think that keeping legs perfectly straight (as it is requested) is physically impossible in general :-) I haven't seen a professional dancer so far who wouldn't bend the knee a bit at some point. I think we need to keep trying, giving up this thought of straight leg wouldn't help :-) And fortunately - it's not the main point of ballet, right? :-)
I can only do fourth position with full hyper-extension and it pisses me off)).. If I could master bending it without getting the rest of me out of whack)) - it's much harder then it seems!!
Thank u so much for this
I had learnt ballet 6years ago and now I am watching your video to correct my positions. I want to enquire how should I correct my sickle feet when doing derriere positions
Try to wing your feet, so you can't sickle. I also had and sometimes still have that problem, but you get used to it through practice. Then you do it automatically.
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Thank you for this video!
Hi Kathryn, when do you think you will bring out your music? Will it be available to download? I sometimes just play this video when I want to music to practice things to, it is 1000x better than listening to random classical music on youtube :)
AriRHen Thank you! I am really working on it. Don't know yet, but I will keep everyone posted!
Hello katie! Well I am not very flexible when i say not its really! When i dance i have an awkward movements because im not really that flexible i look like a dancing stick haha. I badly want to be a professional ballerina but im not flexible enough, should i continue? Please answer it. Thank you very much! By the way I really love your videos, you teach well! :)
+andrea javiniar A lot of people aren't naturally flexible. The secret is stretching, when you're warm. :) Whenever you finish class, stretch (Kathryn has a stretching & flexibility video you can watch to know which stretches to do).
Flexibility comes with time and practice, and even the most naturally flexible professional dancers wouldn't be as flexible as they are now if it weren't for regular stretching. :)
Does anyone have tips for how to relax your shoulders when doing port de bras? I tend to tighten my shoulder muscles instead of relaxing them and properly working with my back muscles. I don't know what to do :/
I"m in horrible pain (psoriatic arthritis and fibromyalgia) even on meds but Dr said I can try anything I want to. I used to dance and can remember how good stretching at the barre felt. I wont' be able to manage a gran plie' yet, maybe not a demi at this point.
I'm brave and forge ahead on things but even this looks like a mountain to me (used to climb them too). Is anyone else using this who is really pretty debilitated? Or was at the outset but got stronger?
A lot of warmth all over your joints, and support helps tremendously!! I am a dancer with autoimmune flares (during which I rest) and when flares begin to dial down to milder stuff - good neoprene ankle braces and knee braces plus leg warmers and something warm on my waist have carried me through the worst of it, considering I have had wise teachers - their daily routines actually have built me back up.. And correct stretching is key to everything, I had to learn to consider my natural imbalances and adjust accordingly, not repeating what everyone else is doing.. BTW i did a dna test for methylation and found a lot of my triggers that way, some common metabolic mutations that can be helped nutritionally and bring some relief!..
wow
I fell asleep while doing this Barre, lol jk, but for real I like these slow and simple Barre exercises they're very relaxing almost like getting a massage
Why are there so many ads now?! There weren't so many when I last did this. Maybe she doesn't have the rights for the music.
At mark 17mins im sweating like crazy
Your beautiful 😍❣️
Thanks!
Thank you. I really afore that you show both sides. I will use your video for my barre. You are very beautiful. One can see your spirit and presence in each move you do.