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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Richard Blanshard, Rebecca Metzger-Hirsch |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 2000 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Palm Pictures / Umvd |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Aerobic Exercise, Ballet, Color, Dance, Dance Instruction, Exercise, Exercise/Fitness, Fitness, Fitness/Self-Help, Health & Fitness, Instructional, Movie, Video |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 660200302924 |
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Customer Reviews of New York City Ballet Workout
Excellent therapy and overall conditioning! I am a former bodybuilder now in my 40's and even though I'm still lean, I've always admired the long, shaped and specially well develop lower body of ballet dancers, so I decided that whatever was good for them must be good for me too. After only one day of my clumsy and akward ballet workout routine... I can already see the results: my bad haunched posture is almost gone! I just can believe how good I feel and how straight I'm walking already. My abs feel tight all the time and my balance had improve too. It is amazing how stress specific muscles are. Personally I didn't find it "easy", actually pretty tough, but yet rewarding and challenging. I definelty will incorporate this ballet workout DVD in my weekly exercise routine.
Authentic Ballet Workout
Ballet improves your posture and gives you a sense of grace even when you are not working out. The New York City Ballet workout presents exercises in a formal ballet style setting. For minutes at a time you forget you are not a ballerina as you work through the warm-up with first and second position.
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>Fluid movements follow as you move from side to side and then put a spring in your step. A floor routine follows with leg stretches and then you work your abs in every possible way, although each movement is so precise you are getting double the workout in half the time.
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>The unique and challenging postures and dance steps are explained as you are doing them, although at times the choreography takes center stage as the narration lessens and you focus more on the dancers instead of following the cueing.
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>This is a well structured, intermediate to advanced workout that requires a sense of determination, some experience with Pilates and possibly Yoga. The jumps are the most challenging and the entire workout fine tunes your balance. There are 17 exercise sessions and bonus programs including video diaries, behind the scenes footage and interviews.
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>Back exercises appear during the floor workout, but you are using your entire body at all times because most of the workout requires you to be super focused and keep your balance so you may feel this the most in your back after the workout. Throughout the exercises classical music guides you into a peaceful space where you feel relaxed even though you are working out at a fairly high level that requires patience and endurance.
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>~ The Rebecca Review
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Disappointed - Hard to follow, very mild workout
I have taken several basic ballet classes and was expecting more from this video based on the other reviews. Even with a basic background, I was quickly lost during the initial warmup. The directions for each exercise (and cues for switching sides/to a new position) are minimal and are nonexistant in the intial warmup. How to do each stretch/position is NOT explained, neither before the pose nor during it.
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>Each position is only run through a few times - just enough to start getting the feel of it/seeing how to do it properly. In order to actually get a workout (or any benefit) from each position, one would need to "rewind" the DVD and repeat each section a few times. I didn't feel like I got any sort of real stretching, cardiovascular, or muscle toning workout - even though the video is approximately 1 hour.
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>I have not tried other ballet videos, but if you are looking to get a cardiovascular workout or any sort of toning, I would suggest trying something different. If you just want to briefly learn each position (without any real instruction as to body alignment/positioning), and are willing to continue each pose for more time than is alloted in each segment, this is a good video for you.
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>I would not recommend this video and can tell that I will get bored with this workout quickly.