Everything You Need Intermediate Plan

I’m so excited to share this second stretch in the positive stretch series! After releasing the confidence boosting stretch class I had so much positive feedback from you all I decided to do another class. This class focuses on positive affirmations and removing self doubt whilst giving an intense stretch to the whole body. A positive mindset can do so much to your training and career. Start now!

Level 1 aims and objectives:1. To learn activation of foot intrinsics and arch support.2. To activate and build endurance to movements of foot inversion, eversion – tibialis posterior and peroneals.3. To build optimal neuromuscular control of plantar flexion utilising gastrocnemius and soleus to demi pointe.4. To obtain optimal range of motion into dorsi flexion and learn control of this range.5. To build single leg stability in standing and stability on double leg demi pointe.

Let’s Visualise and find our Psoas muscle. Because the Psoas is so deep running from your lower back all the way round to the front of your body attaching at the hip, it can be hard to find!In this lesson we will find it, learn tools to visualise it and also try to relax it preparing it to lengthen and strengthen in the following lessons.This is a great lesson to come back to when struggling to locate or relax your Psoas muscle.

In this lesson, Isabella will be teaching you exercises you can do at the barre, stretches and how to really utilise your turn out. After all, even if you know all the exercises, you need to understand how to put it into practice and execute the ballet movements effectively or you won’t reach your true turnout goals.

Floor Barre is one of the most effective tools a dancer can use to train proper alignment and muscle usage. Now with the aid of the wall we are taking it to new levels. This class will help you find your deep rotators, hamstring strength, inner thigh and heel reach and stability. If you add this to your routine you are guaranteed to be stronger than ever.

Looking to improve your height of leg to the side! we have spoken about this in detail in the extensions course but in this class we will be doing targeted stretches that will help you get the legs to the height you desire.It’s not just about the legs, you’ll be surprised! If areas of your back and waist are tight you will find you shift the rib cage even if your legs are loose and not have the height or line you desire.With smart stretching techniques we can combat that. This is what this class is for!Get ready to feel the results.

Strong jumps requires very strong glutes and backs of legs! Here in this 20 minute class we will be doing some key exercises on the mat and standing up at the barre that really helped me get the power and strength in my legs that I needed to jump high. This class is perfect for students who have gone through a growth spurt and need to start getting their strength back, or for those who are just lacking the strength in general and need to work on it. For those who just want their legs to be that bit more toned, it’s great for that too! Let’s get going.

Welcome to the next lesson. Now we’re in a relaxed state, we will be lengthening the muscle with some of my most favourite exercises. You will need a stretching band for this along with two soft balls which you can find on amazon under ‘miracle ball method’It’s key to keep yourself as relaxed as possible in this lesson with very little tension in the muscles, focusing on length and space in the hip joints.After this, when you stand up, you should feel much more lengthened in the back, grounded in the legs, open in the hips and tall in the torso.

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!

This is the ultimate back workout to train your core, sides of body and back making you feel strong in your entire body. Giving you a powerhouse of a body!Looking for a stronger arabesque, more control in your movements and ease when dancing.This is the class for you!

Isabella teaches a full body Stretch Class designed to improve and maintain flexibility of the hips and back as well as a relaxing mind and body experience to feel completely rejuvenated.

With the aid of a glute exercise band, we will maximise your strength training, helping you work the muscles to fatigue with added load.  This band is amazing for training the Psoas connection and hip flexors. For extensions, we need a really strong core, and the connection to the Psoas is a key area that needs to be trained and mastered. A weak and tight Psoas will very much inhibit turnout and leg height.

We will look at the iconic jump of grand pas de chat or grand jeté. With Isabella’s long physique, coordinating the jump was hard. However, she discovered all the keys to mastering a gorgeous jump.

In this course I will be sharing all my exercises, tips and technique to getting consistent and good petit allegro. Isabella will take you through several petit allegro ballet steps and how to improve them/how to practice them correctly. Petit allegro is so light, fast and impressive. Getting it good takes practice and it looks so mesmerising when it’s done well and is so fun to do. This course will take you on your way to achieving that.

This Vaganova Barre focuses on Strength and Extensions. This will include holds of the legs, lot’s of relevé and added codas within the exercises to push ourselves that little bit more! This class incorporates style of the Vaganova method along with strengthening combinations to build our technique to new levels. Appropriate for the Intermediate dancer who can understand relatively complex movements and is  advanced in their knowledge of steps.