ABOUT THE TEACHER: Finis Jhung performed with the San Francisco, Robert Joffrey, and Harkness ballets, on Broadway, and in film, before founding his own Chamber Ballet U.S.A. Now, he is a master ballet teacher, the creator of more than 50 instructional dance videos, and the author of The Finis Jhung Ballet Technique: A Guide for Teachers & Students. ABOUT THE VIDEO: Based on his experience as ballet teacher for the lead boys in Billy Elliot: The Musical on Broadway, Finis Jhung knows that today's boy ballet dancer must go beyond positions and poses and learn the mechanics so that he will have multiple pirouettes and big jumps. In this video, eleven year-old Joseph Harrington warms up in front of the mirror without using a barre. He demonstrates the essential exercises which emphasize the spring action of the foot and necessary to achieve balanced turns and quick jumps. Finis explains each exercise and Joseph demonstrates, Finis analyzes and Joseph repeats. At the end, Joseph performs jumps and turns that will make you stand and cheer as audiences did at Billy Elliot: The Musical. EXERCISES are listed on the back cover of the DVD image above.
M**N
Great content, but video quality is pretty poor on even a medium sized TV.
The content in this is great, and my son likes being able to see actual boy dancers (as opposed to adults or girls) try different things. But it seems to have been transferred from VHS, and the video quality is pretty bad on even our medium sized flat screen TV. I wish they had a digital version, as I think it would likely look much better on an iPad sized screen.
A**R
Five Stars
well done. greatly emphasized the importance of posture and positioning
C**K
I am happy with it
I started using this dvd for my ballet. I learned other moves which helps using this dvd. I am happy with it.
S**Y
awesome for any intermediate dancer!
If you have never viewed a Finis Jhung DVD you are missing some wonderful perspectives on ballet placement, energy, and artistry. This is a great DVD which is not for the beginner. Another reason why I like this DVD is that it has the option to watch the entire class and listen to instruction or just do the class without instruction (he has other DVD's with this same format) which can save you time if you are well versed in the exercises and corrections. It does not require a barre but does require a floor surface which you can turn on and adequate space for turning. I can do it in my living room. It is awesome that there are now more DVD's for the intermediate dancers. If you would like more DVD's which are complete intermediate classes but also allow you to skip over instructions there are some others out there. For instance,a great intermediate/advanced DVD which does this is 'Master Class With Andrey Klemm'. This DVD is a company class of the Stateballet of Berlin. The dancers are incredible but even so most of the exercises are not too tough. It also has 37 different exercises some of which are impossible to do because of space restrictions of a home, but the basic exercises can be easily done in a living room and the others are purely fun to watch. David Howard has two DVD's that also fit this format: 'Celebration' and 'A dancer's class'. Those DVD's only do one side at the barre, but it only takes one button push to repeat the exercise, and again the instructions have their own individual chapters.
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