Product Description

DESCRIPTION: Tough muscle-toning combined with ballet-oriented cardio ... all done to a stirring orchestral soundtrack. From basic sit ups and push-ups to elegant chassés and arabesques, you're sure to develop a lean, strong dancer's body (as you experience the joy and energy of classical ballet). The ending aerobics is especially fun - a graceful, flowing medley of simple movement phrases. Jessica Sherwood, from New York's Crunch Gym, blends authentic dancers' training techniques with down-to-earth teaching ("this doesn't have to be perfect ..."). A very "artistic," stylish production and fabulous, motivating music by Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Strauss and Bach. No equipment needed. ©2000. (65 min.). For a slightly more intense workout with different exercises, see BalletBootCamp II.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21590 in DVD
• Released on: 2000-08-01
• Format: NTSC
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 65 minutes

Customer Reviews

I love this video....
This is my favorite exercise video, for when I have the time. She focuses on fitness and strength for the floor exercises and the final dancing sequence, and spends most of her time working on exercises to train the muscles used in ballet. I have never been much of a dancer, but the music and structure of ballet classes always appeals to me and this video is perfect. Jessica leads a fairly large class of variously-shaped and -skilled students, so it is not intimidating but is very inspiring. I find it to be quite a challenge, with the high number of repetitions involved and then the dance routine at the end, but it is certainly do-able and extremely well taught. And if you ask me, I'd rather do a muscle-strengthening and cardio routine to Tchaikovsky music than to anything else!