Meet the expert: Isabella McGuire Mayes is the founder of Ballet With Isabella. She trained at The Royal Ballet School, before becoming the first British girl to join the Vaganova Ballet Academy in ...

If it is tricky to balance on one foot, you can use the side of the sofa or a chair as a ballet barre. Raise your arms ... That’s just like a dance move called a pirouette.

As its name suggests, you also incorporate the ballet barre into barre workouts—something you don’t see in other classes—which typically brings a focus to balance moves and exercises that ...

Keen to read a full Barre review, while you're here? You're in the right place. Élevés are a common ballet move that require constant but stable movement. As Annie Landry, a former professional ...

Heavy lifting and high-intensity cardio may get all the glory, but when it comes to sculpting lean muscle don't sleep on ...

I tried the ballet/Pilates/yoga hybrid exercise class that is all over my TikTok feed – it worked muscles I didn't know I had ...

The barre method was created by Lotte Berk, a German ballet dancer in the 1940s ... which is important for training your body to move safely and help strengthen the injured area.

Barre can burn, but it’s not just a physical ... as well as traditional ballet moves like pliés. “The fitness element of the class comes with pulses during holds and the occasional ...