“The Perfect Pointe Book” is a fantastic resource for dancers of all ages. It is designed to guide you through all of the stages required for pointe work, to make sure you have a safe and fun progression onto pointe!
This invaluable resource was written by a Physiotherapist (Physical Therapist) with over 10 years of experience in treating dancers and preparing them for pointe work. It is designed to combine classical technique training with physiotherapy techniques to fine tune and accellerate your preparation for pointe work!, this book is worth its weight in gold! The book, available in a downloadable e-book (or hard copy upgrade) and accompanying MP4 video files teach you:
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A breakdown of all of the strength and technique requirements
for a safe and easy progression onto pointe Simple tests to show you how prepared you are for pointe work already What any weaknesses or restrictions mean, and how to fix them Why its sometimes hard to do what you know you are meant to do! Simple massage techniques to improve your pointe range
How to strengthen your internal foot muscles to avoid injury en pointe
Different ways to wake up your real turnout muscles and strengthen for ballet
How to get true core stability so that you can balance en pointe safely!
The program then guides you through four special exercise programs designed to really target those areas and improve your technique and strength as quickly as possible!
And because all of the tests and exercises now recorded on video, you can watch videos of girls just like you going through all of the exercises and test so that you can see it in real life! (Over 2 hours of Video footage is included!)
After over 10 years of working intensively with dancers as a therapist and constantly seeing the same weaknesses resulting in the same problems en pointe, I simply had to find a way to teach students how to get it right from the beginning. The problem is, if you start off with bad technique, it is VERY hard to UNLEARN this later on.
You can learn fantastic technique NOW, and find out how your feet work, so that when you go onto pointe, you will get much better, much faster, than girls who try to learn
it as they go.
It doesn’t matter if you just do ballet for fun or if you plan on becoming a professional ballerina, this book is an essential part of your ballet bag. Whether you are just beginning pointe, or have been en pointe for years, you will learn so much about your body and how it should work by going through this process. With this book you get to learn what muscles do what, why some people find it easier than others, how to improve your turnout and how to get a great looking pointe!
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A Downloadable PDF of “The Perfect Pointe Book” This book has been newly revised and is now in full colour and has new exercises! This extraordinary resource guides you carefully through the four stages that need to be addressed before going en pointe. Each of the Four Stages starts with several tests to assess where you are at, with photos and detailed instructions to guide you. It then outlines a series of exercises to help you develop strength and range of motion in all the right places for pointe work!
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PLUS 4 DOWNLOADABLE VIDEO FILES |
| Disk 1 – Fabulous Flexibility! This DVD demonstrates in detail all of the tests and exercises in the first stage. This includes massage techniques that you can use to increase the flexibility of your ankles safely to give you that perfect line en pointe! |
| Disk 2 – Marvellous Muscles One of the most important things to master before starting en pointe is how to use all of the tiny muscles in your feet (Intrinsic Foot Muscles). This DVD teaches you how to find and strengthen these muscles, with special tips if you are struggling in the beginning! |
| Disk 3 – Terrific Turnout! Most of us are told to “Turnout!” constantly in class, but I am always surprised at how few dancers actually know where their turnout muscles are or how to strengthen them! This DVD explains all about your turnout muscles, how to find them and how to strengthen them properly |
| Disk 4 – Beyond the Barre Good core control and balance is essential to progressing onto pointe, and makes it so much easier! Learn great exercises to strengthen all of the deepest tummy and back muscles as well as improve your balance and endurance on demi pointe. If you learn this BEFORE going en pointe, your teacher will be amazed at how quickly you progress! |
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