Description
Now that you’ve mastered the fundamentals of classical ballet taught by Finis Jhung in Barrework Levels 1 and 2, you’ve gained a basic understanding of how to balance your positions and movements, so you’re ready to do this center floor class with Finis and Kelley Waddell of The American Ballet Theatre. These exercises will show you how to move with the purity, musical precision, and energy that define the essence of classical ballet dancing. Each exercise is first shown and explained by Finis, danced by Kelley, analyzed and discussed, and then repeated by Kelley. You’ll notice that Finis constantly reminds Kelley to stretch out her supporting shoulder and arm in order to balance her movements. You’ll learn the principles of opposition as well as the minute details of execution that make the difference in the way you feel and look. Welcome to the 21st century! The CD music is by Scott Killian.
Play the DVD in 3 modes: Full Class, Individual Exercises or Workout Mode where you can run the exercises without instruction. Once you’ve learned the exercise and heard the instructions, you may want to go straight to the demonstration with music so you can have a work-out without interruption.
You can find this feature on these videos.
The following DVDs don’t have the SPECIAL FEATURE but do allow you to skip the Instructions and go straight to the demonstration with music by using the SKIP FORWARD button:
- The Finis Jhung Ballet Technique: Stretch, Turn-out, & Extension
- The Finis Jhung Ballet Technique: The Power Barre
Streaming Playback
Streaming videos that offer the “Workout Mode / Nonstop Class” feature Streaming videos that offer the “Workout Mode / Nonstop Class” feature may be found here.
Most streaming videos do not offer multiple playback modes. Each DVD chapter/exercise is presented as an individual video. Once you complete an exercise, the next will play automatically. There is currently no “workout mode” available for most streaming videos.
About your purchasing choices…
FJ Streaming Singles We have released several brief videos (for example, our Foot Strength and Dance at Home series) which are only available to stream online. You will not receive a DVD, but may watch instantly upon completing your purchase.
DVD vs. Streaming
You’ll notice you have purchasing options on nearly all of the Finis Jhung Instructional Videos:
Streaming Playback
Streaming videos that offer the “Workout Mode / Nonstop Class” feature may be found here.
Most streaming videos do not offer multiple playback modes. Each DVD chapter/exercise is presented as an individual video. Once you complete an exercise, the next will play automatically. There is currently no “workout mode” available for most streaming videos.
Please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page for more information.
Available as a DVD.
Available to Stream Instantly Online.
Stream in Workout Mode.
“I’ve been doing your DVDs with my mother in her 60s. It’s helping her out a lot with learning to keep her balance and have good posture. Even the slightest movements have helped strengthen her muscles. We love you.”
— Trula Hudelson
“I want to thank you with all my heart for sharing your gift with all of us. I have loved ballet my whole life. Although my family did their best, they could not afford to send me to lessons for long. I was a cadet at West Point between 1999 and 2002. I used to run 2 miles each way to dance with six year-olds. I wish I would have known you were only a train ride away. I have a very fragmented dance education, and you have helped me put those pieces together. This renewed dancing life has also very unexpectedly allowed me to heal some emotional wounds I suffered during my military times. I am so grateful. I live in a rural area and have opened a small dance studio with the hopes of hiring a teacher for my kids and their friends. I decided I would refresh and start teaching until I could find one. I’m still teaching confidently and happily because of your clear direction. I hope to attend your workshop next year.”
—Josie Posir
“I am so grateful for your incredible videos. I have been using this video with my adult class and have seen tremendous results. My students are finally starting to look like dancers!”
— Jo Wiseman, Teacher, Albuquerque, NM
“I love all the videos I ordered. I can already see improvements in my students. Keep up the great work, and keep the videos coming!”
— Lisa DuBois, Center Stage Dance Studio, Battle Creek, MI
“Both my young students and adults get so much out of all your little tips. I so appreciate your breaking everything down – now I know why everyone says you’re so special!”
— Christine Batruk, The First Act, South Amboy, NJ
“This video is terrific! It is loaded with valuable teaching ideas and great choreography. It is full of new and helpful information that makes my job as a teacher much easier, and it ideal for the Advanced Beginner student who wants a challenging workout.”
— Beverly Spell, The Ballet Studio, Milton, LA
“Awesome! It is user friendly, accessible, clear, the dancer is lovely, and it is both process and result oriented, which is great.”
— Jen Danby, Professional Actor, NYC, NY
“I’d like to give you my perspective on your DVDs, which I regard as the most powerful learning tools available to today’s ballet student. Although I deeply appreciate the teacher’s corrections in my weekly adult ballet class, I feel that I’m able to learn more when I work solo with your DVDs. The problem is that when I’m in class and watch the demonstrations of the barrework and center work, my inability to remember the movements still throws me into a low-key panic. Because of my poor memory, I need movement models to follow, so I still have to find a place at the barre between two more competent dancers. Since I’m following rather than initiating the movements, I end up feeling like a failure as the class moves on to the next exercise and the demonstration once again throws me into a low-key panic.
“On your DVDs, each exercise is thoroughly previewed before being demonstrated, which helps address my learning limitations. What I find even better, though, is the rewind/replay option the DVDs provide. If I’m not happy with the quality of my movement, I can take as much time as I need to practice it, and to refine it. On the other hand, since there’s no rewind/replay option in a live class, I rarely attain the satisfaction of a decent level of mastery. In short, your DVDs allow the luxury of self-pacing, which, for me at least, is the key to success.”
— Ian Jackson, developer of the Acousticoaching™ CDs for the ballet-inspired BreathPlay System