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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.

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  • 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
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Ep. 160 Day 1: Amazing In Class. Lose It When Performing

Apr 27th 2026

Hello Everyone! Today marks the start of a new series!

The Dancer Reset Series – 7 Days To Reset Your Mind.

Episode 1, dives into why we seem to nail things in class but not when it matters, be it in an audition or when performing.

You know you can do it. You’ve done it a hundred times. In class it flows, it feels good, it looks exactly the way you want it to — and then the lights go up, the audience sits down, and something happens. The body tightens. The mind goes blank. The very thing you’ve rehearsed so many times suddenly feels like a stranger.

If this is you, you are not alone — and you are not broken.

In this episode we dig into exactly why the gap between class and performance exists, what is actually happening in your mind and body when the pressure hits, and how to start closing that gap for good. Because the dancer in the studio and the dancer on the stage? They are the same person. It’s time to let her show up everywhere.