Upcoming Virtual Classes*
*Complete class information can be found below the list of upcoming classes
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**Beginning April 1, 2023 all classes cost $30.
Zoom Live: Beginner Ballet Online
Saturday, April 1 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDTZoom Live: Beginner Ballet Online
Saturday, April 8 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDTZoom Live: Beginner Ballet Online
Saturday, April 15 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDTZoom Live: Beginner Ballet Online
Saturday, April 22 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDTZoom Live: Beginner Ballet Online
Saturday, April 29 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
About Online Classes
Classes are held on Zoom & are available worldwide! Class registration is open up to one hour before class time. Looking for a Zoom link for a class you purchased? Visit your My Account page.
*There are no refunds, credits, or exchanges. If we cancel or reschedule a class that you have paid for, you will be given credit for that class to be used when you wish.
Beginner Ballet
Essential Ballet Barre Exercises & Ballet Movement Skills
This 90 minute class is geared to adults who may have limited ballet training but are acquainted with the Finis Jhung Ballet Technique through his videos & classes.
The class includes Finis’s newest teaching technique – the PING SLAM BOUNCE – a very fast relevé (as fast as a ball bounces) – done in dance tempo (allegro) which is required when dancing in center floor with relevé poses, turns, & jumps.
After Finis breaks down & demonstrates each exercise which you do along with him, it is repeated & demonstrated as needed by a TEAM FINIS demonstrator, Mayumi Omagari or Ai Toyoshima. As you dance along with them, Finis is able to watch & correct you.
The class ends with practicing the pirouette from the fourth position. If time allows, you will also practice a linking or dance step.
EQUIPMENT: A ballet barre, or two sturdy high-backed chairs (one for each hand). Your barre space should allow you to take 3 or 4 steps in any direction. Avoid working on carpeting which will not allow you to slide your feet out & in.
ATTIRE: Please wear ballet or exercise clothes. Ballet slippers or socks.
Experiment with the placement & angle of your camera so you are visible from head to toe with arms reaching out to the sides.
To familiarize yourself with the Finis Jhung Ballet Technique & Finis’s latest teaching concept “PING-SLAM-BOUNCE” — the quick plie-relevé, you can rent a pre-recorded Beginner Ballet Level 1 class recorded in April 2021 for 48 hours here: Finis Jhung Live Rewind
Cost: $30 per class
Saturdays: 1 – 2:30 p.m. ET