Beginner Ballet Barre - Broadway Theme
Updated: Apr 22, 2020
Hey guys! I hope you enjoy this beginner ballet barre. My follow-along classes are designed for students who are away from their teachers or their studios and want to do some work independently.

I recommend pausing after every few combos to catch your breath and drink some water! Stretch as needed, or follow up with my quick-stretch series (Link to come!).
Recommended playlist
Sweet Heaven (West End to Broadway vol. 2, #22)
Alone in the Universe (West End to Broadway vol. 2, #19)
Kansas City (West End to Broadway vol 2, #33)
The Merry Old Land of Oz (West End to Broadway, vol. 2 #28)
The Winner Takes it All (West End to Broadway vol. 1 #9)
Gus the Theatre Cat (West End to Broadway vol. 1, #12)
The Jellicle Ball (The Essential Musicals for Ballet, #12)
One (Modern Ballet Studio Melodies Musical Theatre Hits, #22)
Combinations
Foot Warmup - from 1st position, beginning with the right foot
1: ball
2: point
3: ball
4: heel
5-8: repeat left
1-8: 4 slow elevé in 1st position
Repeat, using relevé for the second set.
Plié
1-4: 2 slow demi plié with the arm side
5-8: 2 slow demi plié with the arm crossing to first, and open
1-2: cambré forward
3-4: come up
5-6: elevé and balance
7-8: lower the heels and tendu to 2nd position.
Repeat in 2nd and 5th. (2nd take a cambré into the barre instead of forward)
To finish: balance in sous-sus and plié.
Tendu
1: tendu front
2: flex the foot
3: turn in both legs to parallel
4: turn out both legs
5: articulate to point
6: close
7: tendu front
8: close.
repeat en croix
Degagé
1-3: 3 degagé front
4: plié
5-7: balance in passé
8: plié and stretch
repeat en croix and balance at the end.
Rond de Jambe
1-8: 4 rond de jambe a terre en de hors
1-4: 1 slow grand rond de jambe en l'air, closing in 5th back
5-8: cambré forward to stretch, and come up.
Repeat en de dans
Come to sous-sus, then sur le coups de pied, then passe and bring the arms up to high 5th, and sous-sus to finish.
Fondu
1: tendu front
2: lift to 45 degrees
3-4: fondu
5-6: extend front
7: tendu front
8: close
Repeat front, side, back, then, tendu side, close in 5th front, cambré froward sous-sus, soutenue, and repeat on the other side.
Frappé
1-6: 3 slow frappé to the front
7-8: carry to the side
repeat en croix.
8 counts of petite battement with a flexed foot
8 counts of petite battement with a pointed foot
8 counts balance in sur le coups de pied
soutenue to the other side and repeat
Grand Battement
1: tendu
2: lift
3: tendu
4: close
repeat en croix
then,
4 grand battement en croix.