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Instructional Ballet Videos and DVDs 1

Ballet videos - learn to dance ballet; lyrical, ballet choreography, Adagio, ballet for boys, beginner to advanced and ballet terminology.

Ballet Class Intermediate/Advanced with David Howard Video

Ballet Class Intermediate/Advanced with David Howard DVD Only - $19.99
David Howard, America’s foremost ballet master, leads some of the world’s finest young dancers in an intermediate ballet class specially designed to expand the classical vocabulary, movement potential and kinetic awareness of the student.

Dancers and teachers alike are given the possibility to participate in this unique class, which features Cynthia Harvey and Peter Fonseca, formerly with the American Ballet Theatre.

David Howard, ballet master, teacher and coach was a soloist with the Royal Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada. Mr. Howard opened his world famous school on Manhattan’s upper west side in 1977. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association for Regional Ballet, and served as its President from 1976-1979. He has been a guest teacher for New York’s Metropolitan Opera, the Joffrey, Boston Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada and the Ballet de Marseilles. David Howard teaches and has coached many of the world’s foremost dancers and celebrities including Natalia Makarova, Gelsey Kirkland, Valery and Galina Panov, Patrick Bissell, Cynthia Harvey and many others. Lynn Stanford, ballet’s top accompanist, has composed an original score, ideally suited to the needs of the dancer.

60 mins. (2008)
DVD - All Region

Shape Up with David Howard Video

Shape Up with David Howard DVD Only - $19.99
“Shape Up is without a doubt, the ideal way to achieve head to toe fitness. It is marvelous for flexibility. It tones and strengthens every part of the body”. - Natalia Makarova. “To develop poise, improve body image and keep fit: Shape Up is an excellent program of exercise”. – Vogue Magazine.

Shape Up is a unique exercise program designed by America’s foremost ballet master David Howard. These energizing and strengthening exercises provide a complete workout for all fitness levels and offer a varied mixture of aerobic techniques that target your body’s core muscle groups toning and conditioning them.

This fun and exciting program also features top Broadway dancers performing some of the shown techniques to a musical score by Douglas Corbin.

David Howard, ballet master, teacher and coach was a soloist with the Royal Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada. Mr. Howard opened his world famous school on Manhattan’s upper west side in 1977. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association for Regional Ballet, and served as its President from 1976-1979. He has been a guest teacher for New York’s Metropolitan Opera, the Joffrey, Boston Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada and the Ballet de Marseilles. David Howard has coached many of the world’s foremost dancers and celebrities including Natalia Makarova, Gelsey Kirkland, Valery and Galina Panov, Patrick Bissell, Cynthia Harvey and many others.

60 mins. (2008)
DVD - All Region

Bob Rizzo's Turns, Leaps & Bounds Video

Bob Rizzo's Turns, Leaps & Bounds DVD Only - $39.95
Turns, Leaps & Bounds is a unique collection of Ballet combinations you’ll cherish and use time and again. Join Ballet Master David Howard as he guides you through the absolute essential exercises for center floor work. Work on adage, pirouettes, allegro and more! The variations are fun, easy to follow and designed for all levels of dancers.

Bonus feature: "About David Howard" mini-biography. “I am forever indebted to David Howard for his enlightened teaching for over twenty years. He imparts his love of dance by inviting you to take a journey with him … you only have to want to go.” Gelsey Kirkland.

David Howard is a world-renowned teacher and coach to professional dancers and students alike. He was a soloist with The Royal Ballet in England and directed the David Howard Dance Center in New York for 20 years. David teaches at Steps, Broadway Dance Center, the New School University, The Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. He presents Teacher's Training Workshops worldwide.

75 mins. (2005)
DVD - All Region

Bob Rizzo's All That Dance Video

Bob Rizzo's All That Dance DVD Only - $39.95
With Keith Clifton. All about variety! All about fun! A complete dance video that encompasses the best in Jazz, Ballet and Lyrical. Never a dull moment as Keith Clifton takes you through high energy Jazz, gorgeous Lyrical, and Ballet choreography that’s as delicate as it is powerful.

With music composed by Keith Clifton, All That Dance will encourage dancers to tap the range and versatility they all possess. Designed for the intermediate and advanced dancer, the three routines are taught in segments with both front and back views!

Keith Clifton is an acclaimed dancer, teacher and choreographer based in Los Angeles. His work includes commercials for Dr. Pepper, Wendy’s, Dodge, McDonald’s and Levis Jeans. As a musician, Keith composes his own music and currently performs with the Clifton Drum Tap Trio. Music from this DVD is available on the All That Dance CD below.

60 mins. (2005)
DVD - All Region

Ballet 101 - A Beginner's Class Video

Ballet 101 & 201, Combinations 1 Video

Ballet 101 & 201 Combinations 1 DVD Only - $21.99
We taught you beginning ballet moves in Ballet 101 & 201. This addition to the series gives students a chance to develop even further by introducing new dance pieces. Now you can feel like you're on stage performing for an audience.

After warming-up and stretching, an instructor uses the ballet moves you’ve learned, then adds new moves to choreograph and pace you through a variety of dance combinations found in ballet classes and performances throughout the world: Adagio, Waltz, Petite Allegro, Grand Allegro and Reverence.

Combinations 1 focuses on choreography, stage presence, and performance quality. New ballet steps and trickier footwork are introduced to make the combinations unique. Ballet is a graceful workout that can improve carriage, increase flexibility and strengthen the body. You'll feel the power to create, ad-lib, and choreograph on your own ... so dance now, and take your bow!

Combinations 1 is an easy to follow, hands-on tape that is endorsed by private instructors.

58 mins. (2002/2006)
DVD - All Region

DVD - $21.99
Now, build on the steps you've learned so far in this second Combinations video that picks up where Combinations 1 leaves off. You'll have the chance to develop even further with the introduction of another set of new dance pieces.

Combinations 2 focuses on choreography, stage presence, and performance quality. New ballet steps and trickier footwork are introduced to make the combinations unique. Ballet is a graceful workout that can improve carriage, increase flexibility and strengthen the body. You'll feel like you're performing on stage for an audience. You'll feel the power to create, ad-lib, and choreograph on your own.

Combinations 2 is an easy to follow, hands-on tape that is endorsed by private instructors.

48 mins. (2002/2006)
VHS - NTSC format only (Canada, USA).
DVD - All Region

Interactive Beginning Ballet CD

Interactive Ballet CD CD ROM - $39.00

As a resource for beginning ballet students, Interactive Beginning Ballet reinforces what students learn in class -- it’s like having your own private tutor.

The CD-ROM’s user-friendly format allows you to navigate through the barre and center exercises of a beginning ballet class in two ways: in the order in which the exercises are learned or alphabetically. This unique feature allows you to easily review each exercise as many times as necessary to learn the technique and terminology.

For each exercise, step, position, and/or pose, a simple point and click allows you to do any of the following: View a visual or video performance; See the name of an exercise or step, and its spelling in the French language; Hear the pronunciation of the exercise or step in French and listen as the text is read to you; Read the English translation and description for executing the exercise or step; Use hot links to access information about key terms; Study technical points on correct execution of beginning classical ballet; Administer self-testing on the ballet techniques and principles and get instant feedback.

For instructors, teaching a beginning ballet class can be a challenge. Even dancers who have studied ballet for many years may be intimidated by the idea of teaching ballet technique. Interactive Beginning Ballet is a flexible teaching tool that provides you with a visual model of the beginning steps, exercises, and principles typically taught in educational settings. This integrated approach to learning is consistent with the National Standards in Arts Education and the goals of the National Standards for Technology in Teaching and Learning.

(1999)

A Fantasy Garden Ballet Class II Video

DVD Only - $19.99
By popular demand, Rosemary Boross and Bruce Stephen Foster present the sequel to their hit program, A Fantasy Garden Ballet Class. Pre-schoolers will love dancing with the newest members of the Fantasy Garden including the Friendly Frogs, Prancing Petunias, and Mr. Robin Red Breast. The beautiful melodies and memorable lyrics make learning and practicing the exercises a fun experience for young children.

This class contains classic ballet fundamentals being taught by Emboite Ants and Leaping Lady Bugs. Also included is continued work on basic motor skills with Marching Marigolds and Green, Green Galloping Grasshoppers, as well as rhythmic exercises in The Caterpillar Circle. The pictures of these fun characters seen before each exercise will stimulate your child’s creativity and imagination!

Program creator Rosemary Boross’ dance career includes performances with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Radio City, and the American Dance Machine. She is on the teachers training school faculties of DEA (Dance Educators of America). She has taught CNADM (Chicago National Association of Dance Masters) and has taught in many colleges and universities nationwide, lecturing and teaching Master classes on “The Art of Training Children in Dance.”

40 mins. (2006)
DVD - All Region