Ballet Videos and DVDs 3

Fantasy Garden Ballet Class Video

DVD Only - $19.99
This unique ballet class have been created especially for pre-schoolers. It associates each of the basic ballet steps with flowers and garden animals as characters that help children remember ballet terminology easily. The beautiful melodies and memorable lyrics make this ballet class a fun experience for the young child! The class includes a warm-up, stretching and strengthening exercises as well as fundamentals like basic motor skills, rhythmics and elementary ballet steps. The center floor and across the floor exercises will also teach young children the format of a dance class, spatial directions and working together in groups.

40 mins.
DVD - Region 1.

Lifts and Partnering Video

DVD - $44.95

VHS - $39.95
Ronn and Layla lead you through the many aspects of lifts and partnering. The video starts by explaining exercises for strength training, balance and trust. Layla and Ronn then teach beginning and intermediate lifts, and presses and turns for partnering. They conclude with dance combinations for partnering in the ballet, modern and jazz styles.

60 mins. (DVD-2007)
VHS - NTSC format only (Canada, USA).
DVD - Region 1 (US, Canada)

Lifts For Kids Video

DVD Only  - $39.99
 This material-filled video presents lifts and partnering skills for young dancers taught by Don Mirault and demonstrated by two young teams, one ages 7 and 8, the other ages 11 and 12.

Don presents a variety of easy and effective lifts you can integrate into your choreography. Along with individual lifts, Don shows the basic mechanics of lifting, proper line and hand placement, how to adjust lifts to each dancer's strengths, and how to develop teams.

Competition studios - lifts and partner work always score high! Schools - boys love the challenge of lifts! It allows them to immediately shine as they increase their technique level! Created to meet the demand of dance teachers!

50 mins. (2007)
DVD - All Region

Stretch & Feel It! Video

VHS Only -  $19.95
An elegant and unique approach to stretching that will elongate and strengthen your muscles. Blends the grace and beauty of dance with muscle control and body alignment techniques. Focus your mind and fine-tune your body through this non-intimidating, artistic process. A Balanchine prima ballerina for 10 years, Ms. Herman performed with world-class dancers Mikhael Baryshnikov and Rudolf Nureyev. She has also practiced the muscle control and body alignment techniques of Joseph Pilates since 1973. Certified by the American College of Sports Medicine, Ms. Herman has a deep understanding of the philosophy and science of physical expression and rehabilitation. Her innovative workouts offer strengthening, toning and therapeutic benefits while retaining the beauty, grace and spirit of dance.

60 mins. (1998) Ms. Herman
VHS - NTSC format only (Canada, USA).

Adagio & Turn Combinations Video

VHS Only - $39.95
This intermediate level video lays out the format of Ballet class as barre, center floor combinations and across the floor skills. Within this format, ballerina Allegra Lillard demonstrates choreography of six combinations for the center floor section of ballet class: three adagio combinations and three turn combinations. All combinations are performed by Allegra to show dynamics and style. She then teaches each combination slowly from the back view for easy learning.

50 mins. Allegra Lillard
VHS - NTSC format only (Canada, USA).

Interactive Beginning Ballet CD

CD ROM - $39.00

As a resource for beginning ballet students, Interactive Beginning Ballet reinforces what students learn in class--it's like having your own private tutor. The CD-ROM's user-friendly format allows you to navigate through the barre and center exercises of a beginning ballet class in two ways: in the order in which the exercises are learned or alphabetically. This unique feature allows you to easily review each exercise as many times as necessary to learn the technique and terminology. For each exercise, step, position, and/or pose, a simple point and click allows you to do any of the following:  View a visual or video performance; See the name of an exercise or step, and its spelling in the French language; Hear the pronunciation of the exercise or step in French and listen as the text is read to you; Read the English translation and description for executing the exercise or step; Use hot links to access information about key terms; Study technical points on correct execution of beginning classical ballet; Administer self-testing on the ballet techniques and principles and get instant feedback. For instructors, teaching a beginning ballet class can be a challenge. Even dancers who have studied ballet for many years may be intimidated by the idea of teaching ballet technique. Interactive Beginning Ballet is a flexible teaching tool that provides you with a visual model of the beginning steps, exercises, and principles typically taught in educational settings. This integrated approach to learning is consistent with the National Standards in Arts Education and the goals of the National Standards for Technology in Teaching and Learning.

Video Dictionary of Classical Ballet Video

DVD Only - $49.99
This program demonstrates the complete language of ballet with an index of over 800 ballet steps. Made in association with the Metropolitan Opera Guild and Capezio Dancewear.

270 mins.
DVD - Region 1

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