- Introduction
- Stronger Pointe Course – Intro05:00
- Stronger Pointe Course – Lesson 110:00
- Stronger Pointe Course – Lesson 225:00
- Stronger Pointe Course – Final lesson17:00
Course outline
About this course.
Welcome to the Stronger Pointe Course!
This course is designed to help you take your strength of pointe work to the next level.
This course involves exercises to strengthen the feet, barre drills and centre drills.
Simple exercises that are certainly going to help you build the strength you need.
Isabella’s tips and helpful insights will help you work correctly and in a smart way!
Suitable for the intermediate dancer looking to strengthen their pointe and condition the legs!
Course breakdown.
Welcome to the course! First of all Isabella will introduce the course as well as share her top tips towards making her shoes last longer and a little into her experience with pointe shoes and more! This Course is full of exercises and drills to get your pointe work stronger from home. Perfect for those looking to step up their pointe work or who are gaining strength after coming back from injury. Let’s Start!
In this lesson we will be gong through key exercises for the feet along with lower leg drills at the barre. Making sure your feet and legs are strong is key to getting stronger on pointe. If you want to eventually achieve doing fouettés on pointe but can’t do 8 plié relevés on pointe, then of course fouettés will be hard. Let’s start with building the strength of the lower leg and intrinsic muscles of the lower legs. Your Pointe work will instantly feel stronger and it will only get better!
In this Lesson we will be working the intrinsic muscles of the foot at the barre challenging the muscles and progressively getting more difficult. If you’re looking to strengthen your legs and feet, this class can be done regularly as part of your routine so you really start to get comfortable in the pointe shoes. Your legs will feel so much stronger when you’re in flat shoes after doing these exercises regularly. Let’s go!
In our final lesson we will be doing our centre drills! These exercises are not complicated but challenging to do well. They will help your build foundational strength. The more controlled you can do these exercises the better. As they are simple, it will be easy for you to see how they are progressing as you gain more control and strength. Enjoy the final lesson! Keep coming back to the course again!
Meet your 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.
What you’ll learn.
- Lower leg drills
- Feet exercises to add to your daily routine
- Barre drills to challenge and condition the body
- Centre drills for clean and solid technique
- Building strength in the centre
Who is this for?
- The dancer already proficient on pointe but looking to get stronger
- The dancer looking to improve muscular endurance
- The dancer looking for stronger feet and lower legs.
Who is this not for?
- Not for the beginner dancer
- If you’ve never been on pointe before
- If you’ve just started 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
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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
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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.
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