Maximize your technique and relish in the music as Josie takes you through a structured ballet barre. Using her personal method of 'the three points' as a guidepost, this class encourages you to work in a circular motion while simultaneously lifting your back and grounding through the feet to keep your body secure and rooted.
Circular Motion Barre
Maximize your technique in this structured ballet barre. Using her method of 'the three points', Josie encourages you to maintain posture and grounding to keep your body secure and rooted.
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About
Known as the “Renegade” ballerina for her cutting-edge, hybrid style of edgy classical and contemporary ballet fusion, Josie transcends boundaries and sets new trends as a choreographer. She began her career dancing with the Zurich Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, and Oregon Ballet Theatre, after which she went on to become the artistic director and choreographer of BalletRED, Project Protégé, and The Joffrey Ballet School’s summer intensives. Her resume as a director and choreographer traverses stage, television, and film. Her credits include commercials for Paul Mitchell, Red Bull, Yahoo!, Torchwood (STARZ), and That’s Life (CBS). Her film credits include Bulletproof Monk, Get Ur Ballet On, and OMG she's a REAL Ballerina. Josie has been commissioned to create contemporary ballet pieces for Gala De Danza, Ballet West, YAGP Gala, Festival Ballet Theatre, State Street Ballet, and Aeolian Ballet, to name a few. She was endorsed by the Los Angeles Times as one of the “Faces to Watch'' in dance, named in the “25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine, and awarded the Outstanding Choreography Award at the Youth American Grand Prix.
01: Circular Motion Barre
Maximize your technique and relish in the music as Josie takes you through a structured ballet barre. Using her personal method of 'the three points' as a guidepost, this class encourages you to work in a circular motion while simultaneously lifting your back and grounding through the feet to keep your body secure and rooted.
47 min
