Ballet Floor Barre Class

You complete the exercises either sitting or lying down rather than standing at the barre so gravity will play with your muscles in a different way.

Ballet floor barre class.

Floor barre this is a ballet workout on the floor. Floor barre includes common routines that professional ballet dancers use to maintain an optimal physical condition. The mission of the zena rommett floor barre foundation is to preserve and promote the highly regarded floor barre technique for current and future generations of dancers athletes the injured elderly and everyone desiring the alignment and strengthening health benefits of this gentle yet highly effective technique. Zena rommett r originated floor barre in the 1960s in new york city one day in class when she found herself telling the students at the ballet barre to just lie down on the floor and start all over again zena rommett spent her lifetime further refining and passing on her technique until her death at 89 in new york city.

In this class we focus on developing ballet aesthetics such as good posture and lean muscles. The original floor barre class was created by zena rommett in new york city in the 1960s as a way to help professional dancers build flexibility strength and recover from injuries. The ideal class to train the ballet muscles with extra attention on core and legs. She also freelanced with the stuttgart ballet and hong kong ballet.

Misty copeland a principal dancer at american ballet theater abt used it to recover from stress fractures in her tibia. All exercises are mirrored by the instructor safely on zoom for easy learning and modifications for all bodies and comfort levels are welcomed. The origins of my floor barre and ballet classes charlotte danced with the national ballet of portugal and dutch national ballet before joining the birmingham royal ballet as a choreologist. This open class consists of a light stretching warm up routine followed by a challenging ballet barre that uses repetition to build muscular strength and endurance.