| | |  | Ballets & Classics | Home » » » Ballet Boot Camp | | | | | | | Description: | | DESCRIPTION: Tough muscle-toning combined with ballet-oriented cardio ... all done to a stirring orchestral soundtrack. From basic sit ups and push-ups to elegant chassés and arabesques, you're sure to develop a lean, strong dancer's body (as you experience the joy and energy of classical ballet). The ending aerobics is especially fun - a graceful, flowing medley of simple movement phrases. Jessica Sherwood, from New York's Crunch Gym, blends authentic dancers' training techniques with down-to-earth teaching ("this doesn't have to be perfect ..."). A very "artistic," stylish production and fabulous, motivating music by Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Strauss and Bach. No equipment needed. ©2000. (65 min.). For a slightly more intense workout with different exercises, see BalletBootCamp II. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Jessica Sherwood | | Director:
| Michael Berry | | Format:
| NTSC | | Number of Discs:
| 2 | | Studio:
| Isis Videos | | Run Time:
| 65 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| August 01, 2000 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 15 reviews |
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49 of 50 found the following review helpful:
 From Taebo to Ballet......This video ROCKSNov 25, 2005
By flying_roundhouse
I have been doing Taebo on and off since 1999, so I am what you would consider "fit". However, I didn't like what Taebo was doing to my body - i.e. making me look like Billy Blanks....so I switched to ballet, hoping it would sculpt me to look like a woman. Well! Oddly enough, I had just bought about 4 belts when I started the ballet. Within 3 weeks, all of the belts were WAY too big, and I was suddenly able to get into pants that I haven't gotten into in years. Furthermore, my extremely stubborn little belly has virtually melted away, and my arms are getting very firm. Ballet rocks! And, of the 4 videos I bought (including both NYC Ballet videos), this one is my favorite. I like the music, which changes a lot depending on the exercise (some of it is cheery, up-tempo, and some is slower, quieter). The instruction is good, but I did ballet as a child, so a lot of it comes back to me. My mom, who has never done ballet, had a hard time following the instruction the first time. If you dance with someone else, have the person who knows what they're doing stand in front of the other person. It's easier to watch a live person do the exercises than try to follow the video, if you're an absolute beginner. All in all, a wonderful workout. Highly recommended.
37 of 38 found the following review helpful:
 I was not impressed.Feb 05, 2006
By E. Blaim
I did ballet for the last 4 years before coming to college. I missed ballet and was looking for something that would help me keep up with it- and give me a workout as ballet does, from the comfort of my own room. I feel like this was made for those without any or much ballet experience. But at the same time, the way it is shot/edited at times makes it hard to follow. When a step is being demonstrated suddenly it goes to a black and white zoom on the instructor's upper body, when what you need to see is her feet! Furthermore I'm disappointed with the non-ballet muscle toning parts. It's nothing special, crunches and push up, which when I'm buying an excersive video I don't want the abdominal excersizes to be all crunches- I could come up with that on my own.
It's not awful, ther are things I like, but overall it's not as good as I was expecting.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
As close as being in a dance studio as it gets.Dec 04, 2010
By Nora Hernandez
This is the best ballet video class I've had,and I've owned just about all of them in a quest for a stay-at-home alternative to a $40 studio class.
It goes through routines the way you would in a classroom and Jessica goes through the technique like a real-live instructor does.
My beef with other videos is that they're structured more like a strength training work-out and fail to stress injury prevention which is boring, dangerous and doing ballet a disservice because it's such a fun and effective way of staying in shape.
I danced until I was 20, stopped for several years. This summer I got to a size 16 when I decided I wouldn't betray the sisterhood if I assessed a need to get in shape again. Since I dislike traditional exercise and I missed it I chose ballet for the job. I'm 4 sizes smaller after only 2.5 months. That means I went from an XL to a L-M before the season was over. I credit ballet boot camp with that. The awesome thing is that even when I skipped for a very busy week, the muscles kept getting leaner, a total incentive to get back on the wagon, plus it is really very fun.
I love this video so much I want to take it behind the bleachers and get it pregnant.
12 of 13 found the following review helpful:
I love this video....Nov 06, 2009
By Chris
This is my favorite exercise video, for when I have the time. She focuses on fitness and strength for the floor exercises and the final dancing sequence, and spends most of her time working on exercises to train the muscles used in ballet. I have never been much of a dancer, but the music and structure of ballet classes always appeals to me and this video is perfect. Jessica leads a fairly large class of variously-shaped and -skilled students, so it is not intimidating but is very inspiring. I find it to be quite a challenge, with the high number of repetitions involved and then the dance routine at the end, but it is certainly do-able and extremely well taught. And if you ask me, I'd rather do a muscle-strengthening and cardio routine to Tchaikovsky music than to anything else!
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
You'll definitely see a difference on your body!!!May 19, 2010
By G.A.M
"GAM"
I bought myself a few DVD's including the N.Y city ballet workout but this one was the only one that was challenging & yet very gentle. A real delight!!!
I have only 1 year of ballet experience & I'm over 35.
I like the instructor: She's very clear, simple, down to earth with a pleasant voice.Not the type of person that will get on your nerves while you're sweating & suffering.
The whole experience is very invigorating & relaxing.
No jerking or jumping around; Just what I needed & 3 weeks later (4 times a week), my inner thighs & bottom look much better!!
One flaw: The video editing + quality are not that great but I love what this workout did to my body so I'll give it 5 stars anyways!
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