Ballet In Form

05/03/2021

A Ballet Calss with Marjorie Thompson...
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Marjorie Thompson had the good fortune to be in the New York City Ballet during the years that Mr. Balanchine taught the daily morning class. This class represents some of her memories of how Mr. B wanted his dancers to execute their class work.
Marjorie’s class contains comprehensive explanations of the steps and the reasoning behind the style in which they are executed.

03/09/2020

In Honor of the great Violette Verdy..
Violette Verdy discusses how the necessity to move quickly created an iconic Balanchine step.

The great Violette Verdy discusses rehearsing Theme & Variations with George Balanchine, and how the necessity to move quickly created an iconic Balanchine step. Violette Verdy was one of the premier ballet dancers of the 20th century and dedicated her post-performance life to training future genera...

03/02/2020

Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet!! Get Inspired!
This 12min video is full of insights & tips as teacher Rose Taylor skillfully helps the students improve their already impressive technique.

In this class excerpt, Children’s Division Coordinator Rose Taylor takes the students through 3 barre exercises that are part of the CPYB syllabus. This 12min video is full of insights and tips as Rose skillfully helps the students improve their already impressive technique.

08/23/2019

Let’s demand that GMA does a segment on men in ballet!!!! Many people are owed that after this abysmal segment.

Lara Spencer reports the buzziest stories of the day in "GMA" Pop News. Visit Good Morning America’s Homepage: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/ ...

06/15/2018

Coming off pointe can be trickier than getting up. Amanda Bennett shares wonderful advice for making the transition from pointe to plié seamless. Featuring Boston Ballet principal dancer Misa Kuranaga.
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06/08/2018

One of our favorite videos! Watch it on our Youtube channel.
With Kathryn Bennetts & Jahna Frantziskonis

Kathryn Bennetts, internationally renowned stager of Forsythe works, shares terrific advice for how to connect the arms to the back, giving the arms energy a...

06/07/2018

Simple & challenging, two attributes that make for a great classroom combination.
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05/22/2018

This is a great way to work on tour jeté with your students. Thank you Karen Lynch!
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Karen Lynch of Lynch School of Ballet shares an effective teaching tool for helping students attain a better tour jeté.

05/18/2018

Try not to smile as Alecia walks us through teaching tombe pas de bourreé to a group of adorable CPYB students.
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Alecia Good-Boresow walks us through teaching tombe pas de bourreé to young students.

05/03/2018

Listen up, this one's very important:-)
Declared by the New York Times as “America’s Quintessential American Ballerina”, Susan Jaffe was a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre for 22 years. She is currently the Dean at the School of Dance, NCSA.

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04/27/2018

The best tips for coordinating consecutive turns from 5th you'll ever get:-)
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04/18/2018

Do your students understand how important 5th position is?

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Michael Vernon shares words of wisdom explaining the importance of 5th, along with a beautiful demonstration by Abby Jayne DeAngelo.