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We're taking a short pause while Ballet With Isabella steps into something new. Same world-class training. A bigger mission behind it. This next chapter is about more than ballet. It's about how you train, and how you show up – in and out of the studio.
We'll be back soon. In the meantime... keep it moving
- 32 calf rises each leg! – keep it slow and controlled
- 30 glute bridges – lengthen through the floor
- 1 minute plank - embrace the shakes!
- 4 x 30 second balances in retiré each side – if you fall, we start from the top!
- Practice your pirouettes from 5th and 4th each side. Try each turn until you feel 1 percent progress
- An arabesque each side – master it, and make it clean
- 1 minute butterfly stretch – breathe, don’t force, keep your back long and actively push the knees out
Welcome to the missing piece in your ballet training. This isn’t your typical floor barre, it’s the foundational method used in top pre-professional ballet schools, designed to give you the placement, precision and power that most dancers never get taught.
We’ll begin with four essential exercises (affectionately called the Fab 4) that lay the groundwork for turnout, plié, retiré and foot positions – just like the beginning of a ballet barre, only from the floor. From there, we’ll build into targeted work to support the more demanding half of class: adage, batterie, grand battement and beyond.
You’ll strengthen the psoas for height in front and side extensions, activate the back for a more lifted arabesque, and learn how to work with your body – not against it – to create longer lines and real classical control.
This is where clean technique meets confident extension. Let’s hit the floor.
- The four essential exercises to build turnout and placement from the floor
- How to activate and align the deep rotators, glutes and lower abs
- How to connect turnout to leg extensions in all directions
- Core and abdominal exercises to support high, controlled leg lines
- How to refine adage and grand battement technique from the floor
- Tools to strengthen and prepare for faster, more advanced centre work
Lesson Breakdown
Floor Barre for Extensions – Introduction to The Course
Floor Barre for Extensions – Fab 4 – Exercise 1
Floor Barre for Extensions – Fab 4 – Exercise 2
Floor Barre for Extensions – Fab 4 – Exercise 3
Floor Barre for Extensions – Fab 4 – Exercise 4
Floor Barre for Extensions- Abdominals
Floor Barre for Extensions – Adage
Floor Barre for Extensions – Grands Battement
Is this course for me? Yes if..
- You’re a dancer who wants stronger, more consistent leg extensions
- You’re struggling to find turnout or feel your working leg grip or wobble
- You’re coming back to class and want to rebuild from the floor up
- You’re curious about Kniaseff technique and want to try something new
- You’re looking to strengthen your classical line without overworking
Look for another course if...
- You’re only interested in fast, centre-based ballet classes
- You’re looking for advanced combinations without foundational work
- You’re injured and haven’t been cleared to train with turnout