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Introduction
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Advanced Pointe Course – Introduction05:00
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Advanced Pointe Course – Lesson 125:00
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Advanced Pointe Course – Lesson 225:00
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Advanced Pointe Course – Final lesson32:00
Course outline
About this pointe course
Welcome to the Advanced Pointe course!
This course is specifically designed for advanced students and company members, aiming to challenge and refine your technique while testing your technical skills in the centre.
We begin with conditioning exercises and foot tips from Isabella, followed by a demanding pointe barre. The real challenge awaits in the centre with Vaganova exercises that Isabella typically practises daily.
Mastering these exercises with precision will set you on the path to exceptional technique.
Let’s get started!
Pointe course breakdown
An introduction with Isabella and her students welcoming you to the course. Isabella and the girls will share their personal preferences with their pointe shoes, padding and sewing along with what’s to come. Let’s begin!
Lesson 1 of this course will introduce you to key exercises on the floor with the theraband and pilates ball. We will then stand up and do some lower leg stabilising exercises and drills to increase strength of the ankles and calves.
In this Lesson we will be doing some advanced exercises at the barre one after the other. Challenging exercises such as fondu, ronds en l’air and adagio.
The final lesson. This is where the challenge really kicks in. We will be doing dome technically challenging combinations with turns, grands pirouettes, hops on pointe and more. Finishing with a segment from Grands Pas Classique to really get the strength and stamina up! Let’s go!
Meet your ballet teacher
Isabella McGuire Mayes
Founder
Isabella trained at The Royal Ballet School and then became the first British girl to join the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Saint Petersburg at 15 where she studied for 4 years. She joined the Mikhailovsky Ballet in Russia as a soloist and later danced with Eifman Ballet. Isabella later founded BWI and her podcast helping dancers all over the world both with the physical side of ballet and mental side. Helping you reach your true potential.
What you’ll learn in our pointe course
- Lower leg drills
- Feet exercises to add to your daily routine
- Barre exercises to strengthen your technique
- Centre Vaganova exercises to challenge and strengthen technique
- find your areas of weakness that you need to work on
- Gain stronger pointework!
Who is this for?
- The dancer already comfortable on pointe looking to advance
- The dancer looking to have less limitations on pointe, becoming stronger.
- The dancer looking for stronger feet and lower legs.
- The dancer who wants to be versatile, having anything given to them and being able to handle it with solid technique
Who is this not for?
- Not for the beginner dancer
- If you’ve never been on pointe before
- for the dancer who has only done some simple combinations on pointe
Pricing.
Each tier has something very special to offer. Let’s dive in and see which plan will suit your needs best taking your ballet to the next level!
Corps
Watch anytime and anywhere.
- Access to Online Studio Classes
- Live BWI Classes & Recordings
- Access to Online Studio Plans & Courses
- Direct communication with Isabella and the Principal team to discuss goals
- New personalised plan every 8 weeks
- Personalised video where the BWI team walks you through your plan
Soloist
Expect a greater understanding, detailed lessons and big progress.
- Access to Online Studio Classes
- Live BWI Classes & Recordings
- Access to Online Studio Plans & Courses
- Direct communication with Isabella and the Principal team to discuss goals
- New personalised plan every 8 weeks
- Personalised video where the BWI team walks you through your plan
Principal
Structured plans made just for you by Isabella along with direct communication with her.
Isabella will help you reach your desired goals. This gets results.
If no spots, contact us to be put on the waitlist.
- Access to Online Studio Classes
- Live BWI Classes & Recordings
- Access to Online Studio Plans & Courses
- Direct communication with Isabella and the Principal team to discuss goals
- New personalised plan every 8 weeks
- Personalised video where the BWI team walks you through your plan
Related courses.
Take a look at our related courses below.
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Introduction
Floor Barre Drills
Theraband Drills
Turning Drills At The Barre
Centre Drills
Isabella’s Expert Tutorials
Your Practice Time! Let’s Tie All The Turns Together
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Centre Basics
Using the head, style and balance
Adage & strength
Vaganova ports de bras and linking steps
Relevé in the centre and pirouette prep
Walking, Pas balancé & rythym
Linking steps
Jumps
Practice week
Build Strength of the feet, Barre drills establishing correct technique
Building Foot Strength, Barre drills and challenging Centre work with a focus on stamina and many repetitions.
Increased intensity of barre drills and intrinsic foot work.
Continuing from week three, we build the demanding drills
Legs Legs Legs
Strength for développé
Turnout that Booty
Lower Legs of Steel
Lunge and battement
Core Power
Barre HIIT
Stretch and Recover
Build Strength of the feet, Barre drills establishing correct technique
Building Foot Strength, Barre drills and challenging Centre work with a focus on stamina and many repetitions.
Increased intensity of Barre Drills, challenging centre work and intrinsic foot work.
Continuing from week three, we build the demanding drills, ending with the challenging Improver Centre with many repetitions.
Build Strength of the feet, Barre drills establishing correct technique
Building Foot Strength, Barre drills and challenging Centre work with a focus on stamina and many repetitions.
Increased intensity of Barre Drills, Centre work and intrinsic foot work.
Continuing from week three, we build the demanding drills, ending with the challenging Improver Centre with many repetitions.
Building Foot Strength and Injury Prevention
Building Foot Strength, Balance and stability, Barre drills and basic Pointe work.
Building Foot Strength, Balance and stability, Barre drills, Pointe work, increasing the demands.
Continuing from week three, we build demanddrills, ending with a pointe beginner barre that with the barre combines all we have learned feeling stronger than before.
Yoga for Turnout, Arabesque, Hamstrings, upper back, spine mobility, core strength and breathe work meditation
Yoga for Hamstrings, Balance, Supporting leg, Full Body Flow, Splits, Shoulder Release, and Colour meditation.
Hip Mobility and Stretch, Floor Barre 2.0, Turnout Stretches, Psoas work
Turnout and Beats Conditioning, Stretch and imagery for turnout, Connect with the deep rotators, Psoas work
Exercises for turnout, Floor Barre intermediate, Hip manifestation stretch, Psoas work
Floor Barre with the Magic Circle, Strong Hips and Glutes, Turnout Stretches, Psoas work
Floor Barre 2.0, Turnout and Beats, Hip mobility and stretch, Floor Barre core, Hip Manifestation Stretch, Psoas work
Exercises for turnout, Floor Barre Intermediate, Strong Hips and Glutes, Turnout Stretches, Floor Barre for developpe. Psoas work
Mat Madness Turnout, Floor barre with magic circle, Turnout stretching and imagery, Turnout stretches, Turnout and beats, Psoas Work
Hip Mobility And Stretch, Connect with your turnout, Floor Barre 2.0, Strong Hips and Glutes, Hip Manifestation Stretch, Psoas Work.
Confidence Boosting Full Body Stretch
Intermediate Hip Stretches
Long Hamstring Stretches
Positivity Stretch and Flow
Long Hamstring Stretches
Intermediate Back Stretches
Full Body Stretch Class
Long Hamstring Stretches
Intermediate Hip Stretches
Confidence Boosting Full Body Stretch
Intermediate Back Stretches
Positivity Stretch and Flow
Long Hamstring Stretches
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