JEANNE TEACHES DANCE

Click image to read the article at DanceSpirit.com We’ve all heard it: the chorus of cracking joints that comes with the first plié of class. A lot of dancers treat barre as their daily warm-up, but a ballerina jumping into class cold is kind of like the Tin Man trying to move without his oil can. Conditioning expert and former professional ballet dancer Rachel Hamrick has four pre-barre exercises that will get your body ready for that aggressive dégagé combo.   You’ll need : an FLX ball or a medicine ball

TUNE-IN FOR TWENTY-THREE HOURS OF BALLET FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE! Following an unprecedented collaboration, in 2014, on the first broadcast of World Ballet Day LIVE, five of the world’s leading ballet companies once again streamed 23 hours of live, behind-the-scenes footage on Thursday, October 1, 2015.  The Australian Ballet ,  Bolshoi Ballet ,  The Royal Ballet ,  The National Ballet of Canada , and  San Francisco Ballet  partnered to provide viewers around the world with an inside look at professional ballet companies in the studio, on tour, and in performance. For more information, visit worldballetday.com

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