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[Victoria Leigh]

Hello 5thAveGirl, welcome to the Young Dancers board!

Allegra has done a fine job with some advice for you, so I will just second all of that!  Some floor exercises, followed by a full barre would be the best!  

[Victoria Leigh]

Hello 5thAveGirl, welcome to the Young Dancers board!

Allegra has done a fine job with some advice for you, so I will just second all of that!  Some floor exercises, followed by a full barre would be the best!  

[Victoria Leigh]

Hello 5thAveGirl, welcome to the Young Dancers board!

Allegra has done a fine job with some advice for you, so I will just second all of that!  Some floor exercises, followed by a full barre would be the best!  

[Paquita]

I'd be interested to hear what everyone here thinks of the NYCB Workout book. I looked through it briefly, but decided not to buy it because some of the excersizes looked like no-brainers for people that do ballet ( plies, tendu, etc.) Are these some really challenging excersizes, because then I'd like to buy the book. I also read on the website that they're coming out with a NYCB workout video!

[Mel Johnson]

A book or a video is good thing to have when on "off-season" because it provides the dancer with a syllabus - that is, a detailed listing of what's to be done when.  

I can tell you from bitter experience that many dancers will short themselves on those things they are not the most confident about.  If the book or the video seems to be perhaps below your level of technical accomplishment, even brainless, then work for detail!  Make sure every tendu is letter-perfect, that the accents on the petits battements are all there and clear, that the relevés are absolutely correct!  It's only for a month, after all - why not give it a try?

[Mel Johnson]

A book or a video is good thing to have when on "off-season" because it provides the dancer with a syllabus - that is, a detailed listing of what's to be done when.  

I can tell you from bitter experience that many dancers will short themselves on those things they are not the most confident about.  If the book or the video seems to be perhaps below your level of technical accomplishment, even brainless, then work for detail!  Make sure every tendu is letter-perfect, that the accents on the petits battements are all there and clear, that the relevés are absolutely correct!  It's only for a month, after all - why not give it a try?

[Mel Johnson]

A book or a video is good thing to have when on "off-season" because it provides the dancer with a syllabus - that is, a detailed listing of what's to be done when.  

I can tell you from bitter experience that many dancers will short themselves on those things they are not the most confident about.  If the book or the video seems to be perhaps below your level of technical accomplishment, even brainless, then work for detail!  Make sure every tendu is letter-perfect, that the accents on the petits battements are all there and clear, that the relevés are absolutely correct!  It's only for a month, after all - why not give it a try?